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Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
29. When I was a kid, my family routinely watched the local news followed by the national news.
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 12:09 PM
Jun 2012

I never do that anymore.

That's an encouraging thought and it has the ring of truth to it. teamster633 Jun 2012 #1
Has anyone else sensed that CBS has become a GOP platfor? judgegblue Jun 2012 #2
I rarely watch the evening news (or network TV at all). Blanks Jun 2012 #3
I quit watching 4-5 years ago CanonRay Jun 2012 #4
I'm 64 and never watch 'news' on TV, especially on the cable stations. sinkingfeeling Jun 2012 #5
At 50+ my teevee watching became a grail search re: watchability, I thought I'd found HereSince1628 Jun 2012 #6
That was my experience also. zeemike Jun 2012 #12
We chucked cable too... mike dub Jun 2012 #26
The Weather Channel is UNWATCHABLE now SoCalDem Jun 2012 #28
Except for wanting to catch the local weather report I don't watch news on tv, avebury Jun 2012 #7
Re: adversting RT Atlanta Jun 2012 #8
MSM entitites like NBC are one of the weaker divisions money-wise of huge corps like GE KurtNYC Jun 2012 #9
Absolutely on target. Jackpine Radical Jun 2012 #21
Absolutely Spot On!!!!....I applaud your understanding of the Media Machine!!! lostnote12 Jun 2012 #25
Hear here. /nt Festivito Jun 2012 #30
Citizens United $$$$$ otohara Jun 2012 #10
Create therefore Consumers United $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ RedCloud Jun 2012 #15
I still usually watch the local news for area updates on weather and stuff like that.. Harriety Jun 2012 #11
There are plenty of 50+ liberals thesquanderer Jun 2012 #13
That is true plus media consolidation abelenkpe Jun 2012 #14
Part of that was corporate cost-cutting, where they laid off all the fact-checkers. tclambert Jun 2012 #20
Fact checkers and actual reporters are irrelevant Jackpine Radical Jun 2012 #22
I watched a Bill Moyers interview a few weeks ago that focused on this. You can watch Arkansas Granny Jun 2012 #16
I think you have it backwards. eom GeorgeGist Jun 2012 #17
Give the watchers what titillates them, & tie that to what YOU want them to want BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2012 #18
Why, you young whippersnapper, I remember when we used to read NEWSPAPERS! tclambert Jun 2012 #19
News to me... progress2k12nbynd Jun 2012 #23
True and the good news is that many 50+ treestar Jun 2012 #24
The last stand of the white male elite... CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2012 #27
When I was a kid, my family routinely watched the local news followed by the national news. Arugula Latte Jun 2012 #29
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