Who Else has stopped watching broadcast news since the election?

[LaydeeBug]

I am wondering if I am not alone.

I refuse to give my energy to a de facto arm of the KGB. It wasn't *vague* that these were hacks by them...

There are things we need to do..boycotts, etc..and we need to tie Twitler and Mitch McConnell together like peas in a fucking pod. Because they are.

[MyNameIsKhan]

1. yes myself ... but its more to do with my personal situation ... I suddenly became alone...

[shenmue]

2. I don't watch much

[TDale313]

3. Me, almost completely.

[TreasonousBastard]

4. What means "broadcast"? I rarely watch cable-light news, but I do watch local stuff...

and PBS. And listen to NPR.

My favorite sources are print based, and been around for a while. NY Times, New Yorker, WaPo, Atlantic... Newsday for local stuff.

[KT2000]

5. Cannot watch anymore

we are going down and they are describing the décor like it is HGTV. Cannot participate.

[katmondoo]

7. Going back to reading books

[chillfactor]

6. I have...

I have not watched any news channel since election day.

[pangaia]

8. I haven't watched broadcast news since tube TVs.

[juxtaposed]

9. im going on 4 years of not turning my tv on

[TheDebbieDee]

10. I stopped watching broadcast news AND listening to left-leaning

radio...

[LaydeeBug]

11. left leaning radio?

since *when*? RT's Ed Schultz?

[TheDebbieDee]

14. Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartmann, Norman Goldman...

Alan Colmes and Wayne Besen out of Chicago. I used to livestream these shows from WCPT in Chicago. I was going to stop listening to The Stephanie Miller Show anyway, tho - she's just not FUNNY anymore!

[LaydeeBug]

28. I actually used to stream out of Chicago too, and think

she started getting more serious minded after she came out. Like it really dawned on her that she could make a difference so she started being a bit more news commentator than stand up comedian. Like she lost her footing when she stood her ground. It's kind of awkward now.

[still_one]

12. Right here. Downgraded my satellite service so don't receive CNN, MSNBC, fox, and CNBC

[TexasProgresive]

13. I'm guessing you mean cable news and not broadcast news

Broadcast is over the air received with an antenna. That's what we have. I watch a local NBC affiliate for local in the AM and switch to CBS for the national news. At night we watch ABC news and PBS News Hour. We don't have cable or satellite so CNN, FAUX, M$NBC etal are not available or wanted. What people call news is not generally news but commentary/opinion. You get that with broadcast news but that's pretty much all you get with the 24 hour cable news companies. They have a lot of time to fill. I won't watch them.

When I am in a waiting room with the ubiquitous cable snooze shows on, I am able to tune it out by reading my book.

[LaydeeBug]

29. Nope. I mean *any* of it. Broadcast news spread Russian Propaganda too. nt

[Sticky]

15. I downgraded my cable

the day after the election. Never thought I would quit MSNBC but it's been easy to leave it behind. A 25-year news junkie cured in one day.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

16. Same here.

I watch over the air. The news comes on at 6:30 and 7:00. If I get home after 7:30, I don't see the news.

[Arkansas Granny]

17. About the only broadcast news I watch is PBS newshour.

I feel like I get more facts and less hype.

[apcalc]

18. I stopped watching years ago

It's rarely news-it's entertainment...total bullshit..

Plus nothing in depth...nothing...
Where's the real news?

BBC

[kimbutgar]

19. On election night I said no more

Haven't turned on any cable news. Though my husband insisted on watching the Bernie townhall. But I just can't saturate in it anymore for my sanity.

[C Moon]

20. Yes. Or reading the newspaper. Or reading CNN online, etc. Or radio. Only DU for a while for me.

[liberal N proud]

21. I have not watched broadcast news since 2004.

Not sure why it took me so long.

[cpmx2006]

22. You can watch MSNBC for free here..

http://www.livenewson.com/american/msnbc.html

I only watch Chris Hayes, Rachael and Lawrence, to hell with the rest....

[MANative]

23. Raising my hand. Can't bear it. n/t

[Auntie Bush]

24. I used to be a news junkie and watched mostly MSNBC...now not so much.

In fact rarely. Can't stand Joe and hate to see tRumps distorted face everywhere.
Will not watch his inauguration. Just the thoughts of it make me sick.

[Hamlette]

25. I don't anymore, nor does anyone I know. I'm watching "Breaking Bad" as we speak

I used to watch up to 3 hours a day of news (MSNBC) but now, nada. I just don't want to hear about him.

[MFM008]

26. Rachel

And Lawrence.
That's it.

[bravenak]

27. Me

[nancy1942]

30. Me, too. I made that decision on election night. Never again.

[avebury]

31. I got rid of my cable a while back and wonder

why I didn't do it sooner.

Outside of the local weather I am not even interested in the local news. I stick to DU an appreciate it when someone posts a link to a good/relevant story. I have really tried to not spend a lot of energy on what is going on, it is too much like watching a train wreck.

I think that how the Democrats handle the situation in Congress will say a lot about how much they are willing to draw a line in the sand and fight back. This will be a make or break time on whether the Democrats can pull it together to fight for change and to make advances in Congress (and hopefully take back the WH).

[tenisfin]

32. I realized just before the election when the cable media

Reported with glee and abandon about how Obamacare premiums were increasing next year but failed to mention the many premiums which were either staying the same or decreasing that I couldn't take it any more. These days, I read the LA or NY Times, read Newsweek and visit some political websites and my nerves are the better for it. I can read what BS Smellyanne is spewing rather than watch it and stay calmer.

[world wide wally]

33. I was pretty much addicted (as pissed off as I would get sometimes) up through election night.

The way it was unfolding put me in a more cynical mood than usual. Then Tweety was trying to play Mr Brain or something and said, "Maybe the voters decided they wanted a more conservative Supreme Court". That was the final straw. So I am with you all!
There is nothing possible to hear about that is good anymore. The next thing I will tune if for will be Trump's funeral if it is soon.
Fuck TV news

[Emilybemily]

34. Oh absolutely

I will never watch MSM again.

[Historic NY]

35. Stopped back in 2009 - 10

[SammyWinstonJack]

36. I stopped after the 2004 election bs.

[mcar]

37. Me

[crazycatlady]

38. cut the cord in 2014

I watched MSNBC a few times this cycle when I was staying at hotels. That is it.

[Crunchy Frog]

39. I stopped watching after the '04 election.

In fact, I cut my cable after that election, and when they asked why, I told them. In fact, I've been boycotting the corporate media ever since. I'll read and watch things that I can freely access online, but I won't pay for them.

[sinkingfeeling]

40. Haven't watched any local, broadcast, nor cable 'news' program since Nov.8th.

[ailsagirl]

41. Stopped watching broadcast news years ago-- now am boycotting any and all cable news

[Johnny2X2X]

42. Haven't watched a minute

CNN and MSNBC failed us horribly and I am done with both.

[meow2u3]

43. Stopped watching world and national news, both broadcast and cable

Watching only local news, tuning out everything Tramp. I have to get the weather somehow.

Otherwise, I get my news from left-leaning and/or center-left sites.