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greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
3. I stopped watching months ago.
Mon May 4, 2020, 10:25 AM
May 2020

It seemed they were only reading tweets and not reporting on anything, so I joined twitter, and in a few seconds I can see everything that MSM reports for the whole day. Now I'm reading classic novels and watching travel shows on YouTube and foreign detective shows on Amazon.

hunter

(38,310 posts)
7. Television news and opinion is worthless. Much of it is toxic.
Mon May 4, 2020, 11:27 AM
May 2020

My wife and I quit traditional television more than ten years ago. No cable, no satellite, no broadcast. We read our news and opinion, and we subscribe to several newspapers.

$8.99 Netflix works fine on our inexpensive DSL connection. We don't run out of stuff to watch.

ooky

(8,922 posts)
8. I can't stand watching Trump or any propaganda praising or normalizing his
Mon May 4, 2020, 11:40 AM
May 2020

behavior. I just turn it off.

I tried watching the Covid19 pressers when they first came on, but quickly turned those off too. The last straw was when he brought Mr. Pillow to the podium. I don't have time for that nonsense and I haven't watched anything involving Trump since then.

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