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yellowwood Donating Member (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 06:21 AM
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Stop Watching TV News--Take the Pledge Now
First of all, it will be good for your mental health. You will be amazed at how much better you feel.

Second, generally, mainstream media supports conservative, corporate, and even right wing factions. Don't give them what they want, which would be watchers.

Admit it, you already know most of the few facts they tell you.

Do you really need to know more about pharmaceuticals?

Even if there are a couple of reasonable news programs, they can't possibly balance all the poison.

Never, never watch Fox.

Pledge?
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 06:24 AM
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1. I pledged before I knew there was a pledge. ; ) nt
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FarPoint Donating Member (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 07:04 AM
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12. I never, ever watch Fox...for years I've been that way.
I even make stores and pubs change the channel if it's on there.
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get the red out Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 06:25 AM
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2. I did that over a year ago
And it really has helped my frame of mind.
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safeinOhio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 06:26 AM
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3. This will help
http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKCE1

Use it in any public place with fox on the boob tube.
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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 06:27 AM
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4. But how am I going to learn about the latest Runaway Blonde Bride?
:shrug:
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AuntPatsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 06:28 AM
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5. Joined that particular pledge long ago, no need of anti depressant meds there like most of
Edited on Wed Nov-03-10 06:30 AM by AuntPatsy
Middle America, agree that joining is a very healthy task
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 06:29 AM
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6. I took that pledge over two years ago.
I occasionally tune in to msnbc's evening lineup, but these days even that is rare. I'm burned out and worn down. I am not the least bit interested in what the 24/7 corporate bobble heads have to say.
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Jkid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 06:31 AM
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7. OP, you should amend that to stop watching all tv news
Especially local tv news.
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ejpoeta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 06:47 AM
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8. well i did turn it to ID channel as soon as i heard the meme from the today show.
yech. I have been avoiding msnbc and cnn as well and obviously would never watch faux if you paid me. i have mostly been watching cable tv.... USA and ID and bravo yesterday thanks kathy griffin.
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Rebubula Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 06:55 AM
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9. After wall to wall OJ coverage
I figured out that the media was forcing stories on us that most could not care less about.

I stopped watching TV news at that point. Never looked back and feel better about it.

With the advent of the Internet, who needs to watch someone tell them how to think?
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mfcorey1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 06:58 AM
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10. National Turn Off Cable News Day....November 8, 2010
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Xicano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 07:00 AM
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11. My news sources for the last ten years.
- Democracy Now
- KPFK (radio)
- KPFA (radio)
- TYT the young turks
- CSpan house & senate floor coverage
- Random Lengths News my local progressive paper
- A very small amount of BBC
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Nedsdag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 07:11 AM
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13. Um, I took the pledge in 2009.
My mental state has never been better.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 07:15 AM
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14. Those who still watch are addicts
everyone else has already turned it off long ago (like me - haven't watch in about 20 years)
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canoeist52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 07:38 AM
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15. It's been 10 mos. with no TV for us.
Don't miss especially, the ads telling us we're not acceptable unless we buy what they're selling.

Netflix for movies.

Occasionally Rachel when some nice people from DU put up an important video.
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 07:41 AM
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16. I could care less if DUers watch. It's everyone else that matters. (nt)
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 07:41 AM
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17. I am already on board. If my wife turns on the news, I leave the room. nm
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 07:45 AM
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18. I don't pledge. But I haven't watched TV news in about 12 years. nt
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eilen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 07:57 AM
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19. I turned off the cable in the beginning of the month
Now, if I want to watch stuff on a screen, I Roku.

Occasionally I will watch last night's Eyewitness news in the am as I have a "news channel" that plays previous day's news. But more often than not I skip it. I am mellower.
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xiamiam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 08:03 AM
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20. good thread..i m celebrating one year of liberation from the hogwash they stuff down our throats
Edited on Wed Nov-03-10 08:03 AM by xiamiam
much clearer view with no pundits or ads..turn off the tv
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cbdo2007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 08:09 AM
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21. Also no Beck or Limbaugh!!!
they aren't "news" so I wanted to make sure they were included.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 08:09 AM
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22. not watching won't change a thing....
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subsuelo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 08:22 AM
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24. yes it will. n/t
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 10:42 AM
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30. How?
So you let the TV news grow even more RW & crazy? And even more of the voting population listens to this crap. And we withdraw in to our little elitist la de da land and get squat from our government.
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subsuelo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 06:55 PM
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32. you've got it backwards.
the only la-de-da land exists in the minds of those brainwashing themselves by tuning in to the msm. By not tuning in and listening to alternative truth-telling media, we empower ourselves by basically having more awareness of the truth, better discernment, and ultimately to make better decisions, rather than having our focus on the latest celebrity gossip or whatever is being pushed at the moment.
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 08:14 AM
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23. I'm down with that
And will recommit to Democracy Now, BBC and Al-Jazeera.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 08:24 AM
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25. I don't even bother watching the local news.
Mindless moronic cretin fodder.
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yellowwood Donating Member (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 09:50 AM
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26. Please Join Me
We're feeling pretty sad and revengeful right now. This is something we can do! Turn our backs on the media and the corporations that control them. The media is not our friend!
We can start a movement.
Turn off the TV news.
We can do this!
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 10:03 AM
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27. Not taking a pledge
We need more liberal news. If you want to be elite by not watching news so be it.

But know all you accomplish is allowing the Faux news & RW crap to grow and prove that liberals are too elitist to support liberal news & talk.

Sorry, unrecommend!
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yellowwood Donating Member (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 10:36 AM
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29. I Understand
I understand your frustration on not having more liberal TV news. But it's not going to happen.

Who do you think is paying for this conservative bombardment? And do you really think that they will fund a more liberal TV news?

And I don't really trust even the stations that purport to present a more liberal position.

It's like Fox's Hannity and Combes. They have, one on side, an aggressive conservative like Hannity and, on the other side, an unattractive wimpy guy like Combes.

Does anyone really believe that Juan Williams gives us a liberal view on Fox News? It's part of the conservative illusion.
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 10:44 AM
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31. So we have a start on MSNBC news & some talk radio
Which is a helluva lot better than we had just 5 or 6 years ago. We need to get people who invest in telling our side.
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hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 10:31 AM
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28. There's news on TV ?
:shrug:

I have not the patience to find it.
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Ignis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-10 07:07 PM
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33. Years (decades?) ahead of you, but HELL YES.
:kick:
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