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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI turned off the news.
Just too many talking heads repeating each other.
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I turned off the news. (Original Post)
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Nov 2012
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narnian60
(3,510 posts)1. Ditto, here.
Me, too. Watching a Law & Order I have seen at least 3 times.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)2. Me too...
Watching all the Harry Potter movies back to back.
somehow things are saner in Hogwarts than in real life.
elfin
(6,262 posts)3. Turned off about a week ago
With very occasional dips into Charlie Rose, net headlines, DU posts.
And I used to be a "news junkie", with cable on ALL DAY if at home so as not to miss a minute.
It's too anxiety producing and since I can't do any more than I have already done I will rely on DU to make me crazy.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)5. No TV on here, just hanging @ the Underground.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)6. Local news (Pitsburgh KDKA) were hyping Romney's stop at Pittsburgh Airport. The reporter
(asshole John Delano) sounded like a high school cheer leader for Romney. Any DUers from the Pittsburgh area know about his sing-song stye.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)7. Maybe I'll tune in to Current once all the polls close
and Obama starts looking better, but if he wins I'm definitely changing it to FOX!