Let's Conduct an Experiment! No Cable News for 23 Hours!

[Barack_America]

Starting after Olbermann tonight until 8:00PM tomorrow. (I know how y'all love you some KO)

Let's tune out from the cable news hysteria for 23 hours and see what it does for the level of discourse in GDP and our collective sanity.

Let's stop being news "consumers" for one day and re-explore more substantive news sources.

Who's with me?


Turning off "Race to the White House"...now.

Wow. I think my blood pressure already went down! ;)

[FrenchieCat]

1. I've been there! And I have a Teevee right in front of my face

as I work. It is simply turned off.

[muntrv]

2. I do that all the time.

[Robbins]

7. Cable News

KO Is the only one I watch anymore.The problem Is this board will never be civil till the end of the
primarys.Sometimes I think there should be Democratic Underground and Clinton Underground.

[Shine]

3. I never get my news from TV....only the internet and the papers

:D

[bluerum]

4. I have been "off the cable" for a loooong time now.

Not sure of the affect upon my health but I sleep better knowing I am not paying Shawn the devil Hannuty's or Bill the le O'Liers salary.

[Barack_America]

39. .

Did you replace cable news with a coffee addiction?

(couldn't help but notice the avatar ;))

[bluerum]

46. he he he - nope - coffee came first!

[Bucky]

5. That's silly. Why would I quit watching TV for a whole day?

Why should I give up screeching about and panicking over every little peep pinched out by MSNBC, thereby giving up my one source of exercise? Good God, woman, this is America. I'll quit watching TV when you pry the remote from my cold, dead fingers.

[Cha]

35. You can be recon, then,

Bucky:P

[4themind]

6. I'll do some studying

or get some exercise, it's good to take a break from TV anyway

[movonne]

8. I do that everyday....Keith is the only one I watch...

[Speck Tater]

9. I NEVER watch cable news. I never watch TV news of any kind.

It's all too biased, over-edited and abbreviated. There's no substance to it at all.

I get my news from the Internet.

[Jersey Devil]

10. I'm lucky - I only get half of it to begin with

For some reason no one knows, FIOS customers in northern NJ and Manhattan do NOT get MSNBC, so all I have to suffer through is CNN. Of course I also get Fox but I'd rather swim through a sanitary sewer than tune them in.

[City Lights]

11. I've been watching one hour of cable news (Countdown) since right after

Obama gave his speech on race.

[izzybeans]

12. I only watch at the gym because I have no choice. There is very little reasons to

watch anymore.

[AlinPA]

21. Our gym has Rachael Ray on all the time or ESPN.

[Cha]

36. Nice..'cause who the hell

wants to listen to that dribble when they're trying to get healthy?

[Tribetime]

13. I don't know if I can make it without Lou Gobbs

He's a real amurikun

[Cha]

37. He's

murki all right.

[RichardRay]

14. No TV for the last 12 years, so I'm already there...

When I visit friends who have television I am not certain whether to be amused, abused, appalled or aghast.

My BP is fine, thanks.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

15. Too late

I haven't watched cable news (or cable TV) since 2005. Feel much better without it.

[Patsy Stone]

16. Done and Done

And I do love me some KO. :loveya:

K&R. If you don't give them ratings, they'll go away.

[Dinger]

17. O.K., But How About ESPNews?

Don't know if I could do it without ESPN, but maybe I'll try.

[Barack_America]

25. Just not SportsCenter!

;)

[Dinger]

47. No Shit!

Whew!:toast:

[AlCzervik]

18. i stick with BBC America and gasp.....the 2 newspapers that arrive on my doorstep every morning.

[rucky]

19. No Problem.

does Comedy Central count?

[populust]

20. It's papers and NPR

No cash to waste on cable…

[Irishonly]

22. I've Been There For A Long Time

I haven't watched the nonsense for a few weeks and I am a much happier for it. Warning-you can get angry reading about the crap and corruption.

[1776Forever]

23. After today's fiasco I am with you! I will check in tomorrow same bat time same bat channel!

[Barack_America]

24. I'm so impressed with all of you who don't watch TV!

Wow!

One hour without cable news and I already feel smarter!

;)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

26. The only thing we watch on American TV is Jeopardy.

American "news" has gone from laughable to pathetic.

[stillcool]

27. I weened myself off ...

a few years ago. The husband still tunes in every now and then, and to avoid breaking things I go in the other room and turn the music up.

[cbayer]

28. Why only 23 hours?

These people exist only because people watch them at all. I don't understand why anyone watches any of these sources. Turn on NPR and turn on PBS.

I also find excluding one particular MSM shill because he says what you want to hear pretty hypocritical. He is there for one reason only - to keep the demographic that agrees with him.

[Barack_America]

40. I don't want to be responsible for giving anyone the DT's...

Although I tend to shake and feel delirious when I watch cable news.

Hmm...

:think:

[cbayer]

43. We probably need to start a 12 step program.

First step: admit we are powerless over the mainstream media.

:rofl:

[DearAbby]

29. I have had the Cable off for over 4 yrs...

And the money I save? Goes right into the gas tank. :shrug: Oh well, now I am getting to know my fellow man, on public transit. Maybe next, I can introduce some of them to the wonders of SOAP.

[Hoof Hearted]

30. yeah.

Maybe it'll go away!

[Triana]

31. I haven't watched cable news (except on YouTube or the net) for 8 YEARS...

...whatchoo talkin bout? ;)

[Beregond2]

32. I do think that

people on this board have a warped view of reality due to too much cable news. Today there has been virtually nothing on here except Wright stuff, and believe me people, no one out there in the world gives a flying fuck about it.

[LWolf]

33. I haven't watched cable news in 7.5 years,

except for one morning because my son called me and yelled at me to "TURN IT ON NOW!!!"

I watched for 5 minutes and turned it back off that day: September 11, 2001.

Amazingly enough, I still manage to stay informed.

[Cha]

34. I've been doing that experiment since

November 6, 2002 when the m$$$fm lost us the midterm elections(not that they didn't in 2000).

I realize some have to do recon to know what they're up to but the m$$$fm need to lose viewers en masse.

[Barack_America]

38. Is anyone else joining us tonight?

Time to let them know that we're not interested in what they're selling.

:hi:

[ampad]

41. I only watch KO

As soon as it goes off I turn the crap off. I never watch Cable news.

[tabasco]

42. It's been 3+ years for me.

It is subtle perfidious propaganda.

[swishyfeet]

44. You can't get away from it in this love-fest we call GD:P

I'm a couch potato as much as the next, but watching teevee news is the worst kind of stupid.

How about no cable news posts here in the next 23 hours?

[Barack_America]

45. "How about no cable news posts here in the next 23 hours?"

I'm all for it!

:thumbsup:

[morningglory]

48. I had already started that regime this evening. Got home from work, planted

green bean seeds. Sat outside. Watched KO. Reading DU posts. Soon to bed.

[Barack_America]

49. So everyone, how did it go?

Do you feel like you missed out on anything?

Did you find more reliable and informative news sources?

How's the overall stress level?

Did you pet a puppy and kiss a kitty instead of feeling the urge to kick them?

[AlCzervik]

50. it went fine for me, i usually watch Olbermann but i skipped it. I watched

"The Kite Runner" last night, glad i did.

I really, really detest cable "Opinion shows", they aren't "News" shows and when people figure that out they'll be better off. I get my actual news from the 2 newspapers i get delivered to my house and lbn which imo is great, news from all around the globe.

[Barack_America]

52. What? News happens "around the globe"?

How come I never hear about it?

;)

Good on you.

[EFerrari]

51. I haven't watched cable news for two years, iirc,

and now I can play the piano!*

*Exception for headlines on Washington Journal because they ID the morning's top stories and for DemocracyNow! :)