Day 1 CNN Free

[matcom]

Dear Diary: I ALMOST turned it on this morning but there was a GREAT local story on a traffic accident on the Mass Pike. I didn't succumb to the temptation.

Have been CNN-free for 24 hours now. Report: NO ill side effects to date.

Note: I have not heard ONE WORD about the "Runaway Bride OR the Michael Jackson trial". I have NO IDEA what is/isn't happening with both of those RIVETING cases. I sure hope I can be strong.

Hope I don't have any problems tomorrow.

Stay tuned.

[Mr_Spock]

1. CNN Free - 6 months, Fox Free - forever, WalMart Free - 19 months

and counting...

Good work, I know you can do it :D

[BamaLefty]

7. Soon, We Will Have The 2nd Largest Wal Mart in The Nation

It'll fit really good w/ the fundie population around here. Supercenter too! :eyes:

[democracyindanger]

2. You're missing important Runaway Bride information.

You will have absolutely nothing to say during awkward moments in the office bathroom.

[BamaLefty]

11. No More Schiavo News?

Monica? Whitewater? Afghanistan? Laci Peterson? OJ?

Damn, where is the news??? :sarcasm:

[OldLeftieLawyer]

3. I quit everything the day after the election

Save for "Countdown" and The Daily Show, I watch none of the other crap and my head's clear. I haven't any sense of missing anything of value.

And I'm reading a novel every couple of days.

Good luck - you won't regret holding out.

[charlyvi]

30. I quit the day after the election, too.

I was too heartbroken to watch; then the pain turned to anger(rage, actually), and my blood pressure couldn't take it. I do read the web sites, though. Somehow, they are less incendiary.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

32. It took me a while, but ..........

...........I finally went back to watching The Daily Show and Countdown, and I can tell you that it's safe.

It really is safe, if you're so inclined.........

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

4. As an alternative, you should peruse this DU thread instead...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3180176

...the informative and heartbreaking saga (from Weekly World News) of a 590 pound circus clown who gets his unicycle stuck in his butt.

When I posted it last night, people asked "Where's Matcom?"

Where's Matcom, INDEED.

A nation wept, and in its attempt to come together, a voice rose from the masses:

"Where's Matcom?"



:evilgrin:

:toast:

[Catherine Vincent]

5. haha!!

You always make me laugh guy. Good for you!

[MuseRider]

6. Been free for 8 months

except for 2 occasions, once for Jon Stewart on Crossfire and once for Dennis Kucinich on Crossfire.

Congratulations, you will feel so good in a few more days and it just gets better and better.

one day at a time

:applause:

[Roland99]

8. Cable/Satellite-free for 6 months

[seabeyond]

9. tips that help me

read du in morning with coffee and cig, before starting day.
start buying dvd and sssshhhhhh make copies of friends, creating a kick ass library. i almost never watch tv anymore. all movies all the time, grinnin

i do feel better that i turned off the news. wasnt hard cause i was just so disgusted what they were doing to kerry, by mid oct couldnt do it anymore

you are in a little different time.

[democrank]

10. Feels good, doesn`t it?

I`ve been CNN free since November 4, 2004. Haven`t been to Faux News for over two years. If Bush appears on tv, I turn it off or leave the room. What a relief.

[lady lib]

12. We need to start a Cable Anonymous Group

"Hi, my name is matcom. I've been cable free for one day."
{audience replies} "Hello, matcom!"

[babylonsister]

13. OK, so are you watching MSNBC or FAUX, or something

even more riveting?
I really want to know, because I was tuned into Judy WoofWoof yesterday and heard that bespeckled idiot (Bill Schneider?) comparing Blair's involvement in Iraq to Clinton's 'personal' problems. Like, the blivet has absolutely nothing to do with anything?

[matcom]

15. THAT is what sent me over the edge

i was GONE after that

[babylonsister]

24. I read your reaction yesterday, matcom-

and I heard you because I also watched it. I watched CNN today; nothing has changed much. To be crude, it's a bushfuck.

[Abelman]

14. Awesome

I can't stand cable news. I became a junkie during the primaries. Thank God for Summer Camp.

It's amazing how easy it is to get by without TV.

[Generator]

16. And trust me outrage is even better by proxy

You still have every opportunity to get in a rage reading DU threads at whatever a hole "journalist" on CNN says. It's fun-at a great distance.

Really, my life is less polluted without it. I never boycotted anything on TV before and (like you I suspect don't know..)am a TV addict from way back.

As a pointed protest it feels even better. It feels right. I don't bedgrudge anyone what they choose to read or watch. It's not just a don't choose that show thing-it's CNN is scum of the earth and I refuse to watch propaganda thing.

[B Calm]

17. CNN free for over a year..

[mopaul]

18. i'm prayin' for you matcom

i've got my hand on the monitor screen and i feel the vibes.

if this works out, you'll have to share your method with me cause i'm still hopelessly inclined to linger there when surfing.

[Verve]

19. You'll be just fine!

I used to be a news junkie but was "cured" after the election. I now get most of my news through internet and radio. It really has been a freeing experience. Keep it up and you'll be glad you did! :)

[lady lib]

20. Okay, I was flipping through the channels

and in the 2 seconds it took to blow through CNN, I learned what you're missing right now: (drumroll)

INSIDE THE MIND OF A PSYCHOPATH on Larry King Live

Be steady. Keep it turned off. You can do it.

[Generator]

22. WHAT?

They are finally decoding Bush? I am shocked. CNN you have been redeemed. A little. No wait. Not enough. Nope. Never. Ever. Ever.

MOST TRUSTED NAME IN NEWS my ASS!

[lady lib]

23. Yeah, about that tagline: MOST TRUSTED NAME IN NEWS...

When exactly was that poll taken? 2 years ago? 5 years ago? Certainly, not recently. Hey CNN: time for a reality check!!

[stillcool]

21. Congratulations!!! ....

If your jonesing really bad Bloomberg without sound i find tolerable in very small doses. Otherwise my viewing habits are void of most propaganda and my outrage is more contained to the truly egregious acts rocking my world.

[Hippo_Tron]

25. I'm waiting for the daily show to get my news

Sad state of the news or sad state of Jon Stewart's comedy? I think that it's the first one.

[Lugnut]

26. Congrats!

I've been CNN free for almost a year. I learn more here at DU than I ever did from that garbage on teevee.

:toast:

[high density]

27. I was a CNN addict in college

It was an amazingly easy thing to kick. I watch CNN (and TV news in general) very rarely now.

[Geek_Girl]

28. The only thing I really enjoy watching on TV

Is comedy central and HBO everything else sucks

[depakid]

29. After 30 days, you get a "chip"

And you can get up and share your experiences as a former cable news abuser.

That's how the AA people do it!

One day at a time....

[Cleita]

31. Turn on Air America Radio.

They have news updates and Rachel Maddox (sp.?) does the actual headlines or news you should get on CNN, but don't.

[realFedUp]

33. Your face will clear up also...nt

[expatriate]

34. I stopped watching commercial TV when I was eleven.

That was thirty-four years ago. I haven't missed much.

I've never seen a single episode of Dallas, Three's Company, The Cosby Show, Desperate Housewives, Queer Eye, Survivor, Seinfeld, or any of the other "must see" TV. I don't think I've suffered as a human being. Whenever I do get trapped somewhere with a television turned on, I'm stunned by the sheer stupidity of what's on the screen. It's either shallow and biased "news" reporting, or some program that's supposed to be "dynamic" or "funny" - and which is usually neither.

I'm well informed - through reading. I have a nice collection of films and rent videos/DVDs. I watch what I want to watch when I want to watch it.

During the hours that I should be watching TV according to statistics, I run my own small business, paint pictures that sell, make jewelry, write novels, garden, design and sew my own clothes and explore any other creative avenue that catches my fancy.

I don't need anyone to entertain me, or to tell me what is "must see". Particularly as far as news goes. It was a long time ago that the line between news and scandal got irrevocably blurred, courtesy of commercial television.

You'll do fine. Now that you've kicked CNN, you might find yourself becoming impatient with some of the other stuff on TV too, and decide that you'd like more of your time to be your own.

[ginnyinWI]

35. Cspan

the only cable news program worth turning on anymore. The others are watered-down drivel for the most part, and definitely right-leaning. (Ok, except for Olberman)

I like to get my news from PBS or one of the major networks(ABC's Nightline and Charlie Rose, especially). They are less right-leaning than cable news, but all too often major stories are left out. You always have to supplement your news "diet" with the internet.