Do you watch the news on TV?

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Striking_Computer834@reddit

I don't even have TV. I have a television and the kids watch some cartoons on Netflix and Disney+, but that's it. They've never even seen commercials.

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I used to, but with the 24x7 news cycle accelerating, I moved to just online news (local and national, i.e. CNN, AP, BBC, etc.), and when those stopped covering real news, I've recently moved to non-mainstream sources on YouTube and elsewhere (being of course aware of FUD, fear mongers, etc) and, generally, 'using my brain '.

I only follow one local news station, and not regularly at all, as I've long called it the 'bad news' station (they just cover shootings, etc in the main metro near me).

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whirlydad@reddit

I watch news almost every day, local and network, for about an hour. I switch between about 4 channels. I don't watch pundits, roundtables, or talking heads unless I'm trying to understand an issue. I enjoy watching CBS Sunday Morning on the weekend for that feel-good, slice of life, stuff.

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TheGyattFather@reddit

Similar here. I have the local news on in the background mornings and after work. I don't watch national news. I also read the local (print) newspaper ("The Mountain Press") on my front porch, but again, it only addresses local issues.

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seasleeplessttle@reddit

Weather, traffic, pet tricks, how many shootings in town, they still didn't catch the guy, bombs fell, missiles shot, Finance segment, Weather.....time to go to work.

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Rambling-Holiday1998@reddit

We refer to CBS Sunday Morning as "Sunday School with Jane".

Seriously, one of the great pleasures of finally opting out of organized religion is drinking coffee, while watching Jane Pauley in my pajamas. Now I like Sunday mornings!!

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Gwynnavere@reddit

Are you me?!

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Rambling-Holiday1998@reddit

I live in the Bible belt. Even here I'm noticing that most of my neighbors are home on Sunday mornings. I live in a neighborhood of elderly widows, singles and young married, young families with kids.

I can't tell that any of them are out of the house on Sunday morning. I kind of wonder how the churches are even keeping the lights on.

But still, I don't miss it. I thought I would, we've been out since 2019 and the only time I miss it is on Easter.

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veganguy75@reddit

Yes. This is the only one I still watch and it's a nice start to a day...

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Patient-Rain-4914@reddit

I've not had cable tv for years. Do you pay for cable?

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kenlin@reddit

all of that is free with an antenna

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Patient-Rain-4914@reddit

Right! I remember watching the news as a kid but get most of my news from youtube

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WillingNail3221@reddit

Nope haven't had cable in almost twenty years.

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siamesecat1935@reddit

I love CBS on Sunday mornings. they always have the most interesting stuff, that no one else does.

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authorized_sausage@reddit

I used to like to listen to morning NPR news segments and then a couple of the podcasts, especially a local one (ATL) called Political Rewind because they would have academic experts and local politicians from both parties on to talk about a topic and it was always civil. But, they did away with that podcast. Now that I am back in the office fulltime I don't listen to anything otherwise I can't focus on my damn code.

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C0ntradictorian@reddit

Hey, I am in Columbus ga, originally from Birmingham. I didn't realize how much I liked the host of Political Rewind until the legislature squeezed Bill Nigut off the air. It's a sad commentary on the state of Georgia right after we showed some promise as a forward thinking purple state in 2016.

And then, when NPR got caught up in the Me too BS, the national brand bent over backwards to showcase how well it treated women. I'm not talking about Lach Me Singh or Nina Totenberg. I just can't listen to all these new vocal fry, upspeak girls they force on the audience now.

I now listen to the Michigan and Boston stations and was surprised as I came to realize how much those local stations have historically contributed so much to the national fabric of public broadcast. Georgia is just a joke.

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authorized_sausage@reddit

Yeah it's a lot of the local programming that's so valuable.

Bill Nigut is now on a Politically Georgia on WABE but it's not quite the same, though I will listen sometimes.

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CRickster330@reddit

This is my exact schedule as well.

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RVAblues@reddit

Nope. Local news is just repackaged press releases read verbatim. When the lead story was about a new M&M character or some nonsense, I realized I’d only ever been watching for the weather—which I was now getting from an app.

I get my local news faster and more reliably from the local subreddit anyway.

I stopped watching national news last November 5th for some reason. Mental health I think.

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MyriVerse2@reddit

Local news is, by definition, not repackaged. It's what's going on next door.

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Just2Breathe@reddit

Except that large corporations now own many local news stations (and newspapers) and do indeed control and repackage a lot of the news coverage. Sinclair Broadcasting Group, for one (operates almost 300 stations, conservative bent, national agenda).

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Flybot76@reddit

But if you're getting coverage of local events then you are and there's not 'repackaging' happening because there has to actually be someone there to report on it. If you don't have any local news then you would be getting repackaged national news but news services have existed for a very long time and they aren't fundamentally 'wrong' or whatever. This subject is more nuanced than a lot of people are trying to make it.

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Just2Breathe@reddit

Deciding what local news will be covered and how is managed by the larger corporation, though. From what photos will be featured (like using a mug shot for one person and a smiling yearbook photo for another, fueling bias), to the words used to describe an event (such as ignoring or minimizing a local protest), to focusing on a particular type of local crime, to downplaying controversial local issues, to giving “equal time” to unequal positions (like treating X topic with 50/50 public response when 99% of scientists agree).

The news anchors and editors aren’t free to cover news as they see it, the words they use are controlled (restricted), bias is inserted from the top. Consolidation has changed a LOT over the past 30 + years. Far less nuance, far less chance to see diverse coverage, and far more likely to fall for biased info when it’s reinforced in each city you get your news from because they run the same info.

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RVAblues@reddit

I’ll rephrase it then: the “news” on my local stations is just repackaged press releases. They don’t actually report any local news anymore. Sure, they’ll repeat the statement released by the police department or the mayor’s office, but there is no independent investigation and nothing that I would call journalism anymore.

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Thedustyfurcollector@reddit

Hello! Just to express my further concern about "local news", my local paper has absolutely zero ways to contact them in any way except billing and payments. No way to submit tips, no way to gather late breaking news in any detail. I thought my local paper was reporting the news until I actually started specifically looking for the names of the local journalists to try to contact them via email and discovered most of the news I get (I'm digital) is from national journalists like USA today and API... From that local paper. The local paper doesn't even report anything further from those stories. Just them exactly.

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Strangewhine88@reddit

Yeah, my local paper has 3 full time employees. They mostly do ad sales.

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ccc1942@reddit

Agreed. Local news is not cable news. I only watch the local news a little I’m the morning, but they pretty much tell you what’s going on locally. Not actually a lot of politics on my local news.

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TankApprehensive3053@reddit

Every time my boomer dad asks about cheaper TV options, the 1st thing he ask about is if locals are included. I've told him many times people don't care about locals anymore as every time is national now. Nope, he wants his locals and watches the local news every night still.

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theDagman@reddit

Well then, tell him to get a set of rabbit ear antenna and a digital signal booster to get all of the local broadcast channels in HD for free. Last time I checked they cost $25 for the two, combined, and he'd never have to pay for tv again. Can't be much cheaper than that.

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RVAblues@reddit

Gotta get those high school football scores.

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TankApprehensive3053@reddit

I could see a use for it for things like local sports teams, road closures and weather. But other stuff is mostly just the same stuff on national channels but said by a local.

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RVAblues@reddit

I can get local sports scores, road closures, and the weather right on my phone in real time.

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TankApprehensive3053@reddit

I'm not even going to try to explain that to my boomer dad that refuses to learn anything about any modern tech stuff like phones. It's bad enough he gets notifications from a news app and forwards them to me. I never read them.

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CreatrixAnima@reddit

Same.

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rodeler@reddit

I have not watched any news since October 2001. I could not watch the towers fall again, and they just kept showing it. I do read the news, though, and I listen to a daily podcast called The Intelligence made by The Economist.

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One-Ad6386@reddit

I stay away from the news! If I do hear something its either at work or my condo from someone.

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ZebraBorgata@reddit

No. During the course of the day, I’ll breeze through a few different internet news sites to get a general sense of what’s going on in the world.

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chezmichelle@reddit

Absolutely not. Regular broadcast news is owned by billionaires. I'd rather follow independent journalists and NPR.

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Handsome_Chewbacca@reddit

Not anymore.

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wickedlees@reddit

I watch it in the morning, just local news. I cut cable so get limited TV coverage

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spatialj@reddit

I used to, but not anymore. I pick and choose national headlines on news apps, for the sake of my mental health. I try to keep up with local news online.

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Ok-Pension4225@reddit

I watch PBS News Hour every day

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hapster85@reddit

During the week, I usually watch the local news on one station, and on another in the evening, followed by the national news. That's usually it for daily viewing. Rarely have need to see more. I don't watch any cable news network.

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weird-oh@reddit

Only for the weather.

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Hungry_Spring_9079@reddit

I used to watch the news in the morning before work but I'd spend the morning spinning out. I feel much happier now that I only read the news once a week.

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MicahsKitchen@reddit

I stopped when 2 elections ago. I just don't have the bandwidth for other peoples misery right now. I'll take that time for myself.

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keystonesooner@reddit

I watch CNBC every weekday morning. Other than that, it's very, very occasional. I watched last weekend when the Iran news was breaking, for example.

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Salt_Anywhere_6604@reddit

No. Never.

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darkfalzx@reddit

These days I go WAY out of my way just to stay ignorant of all the terrible shit being reported, and even so stuff sips through.

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LordBofKerry@reddit

I have watched or read the news for years. Every so often someone will tell me about something that is going on. I do my best to change the subject, or tell them I don't care. The less I know, the happier I am.

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Kittenunleashed@reddit

Geesh reading these comments makes me think our gen is a part of the problem.... *sigh*

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darkfalzx@reddit

When it’s the difference between being okay, or being stuck in an endless loop of depression and existential dread intentionally maintained by unscrupulous “news” corporations, I’d rather pick relative willful ignorance. It doesn’t mean I don’t follow world events at all - it’s just I refuse to be in a constant grip of curated negativity.

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pakepake@reddit

I used to watch local news, then the daily show. I'm in bed by 9:30 at this point of my life, but I'm up early to read paper.

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Kuriboyoshi@reddit

I watched the news every day of my life until this last election. Haven’t watched it since. I still listen to NPR in the car though.

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kcpirana@reddit

No. I read the foreign press coverage of the US. Much less bias and propaganda.

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Randolpho@reddit

This is the way

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Randolpho@reddit

Hell no. I abhor live TV and actively avoid it

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Beneficial-Cow-2544@reddit

Nope. We don't even watch live TV anymore unless something major is happening.

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mlo9109@reddit

No, because I associate it with the threat of an ass beating if I dared make a peep while the news was on.

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shadowmib@reddit

I don't even own a TV. I haven't owned one in maybe 15 or 20 years

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moeshiboe@reddit

I have cable because it comes with my internet. The only thing I watched in 2025 was the NFL Playoffs and the NFL Draft. Outside that I usually read, play video games, or stream. So, no. I get my news from podcasts mostly.

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WillingNail3221@reddit

I occasionally watch BBC at work. I started putting it on one of our TVs in our SOC so we have an idea of what's going on in the world outside of our windowless basement.

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docweston@reddit

My wife and I will watch the news in the morning and evening. In the morning, we're drinking coffee and catching up with social media while watching the news. We're mostly watching for the weather and traffic. We'll occasionally pause social media if an interesting story airs. It's also on as background noise while we're getting ready for work.

In the evening, we'll watch for the various stories about what happened around town as well as the weather. We'll also watch the national news. We stay strictly local in the morning.

We're also very grounded people. We don't let the bad news affect our moods or our days. For us, it's just information.

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liand22@reddit

Not since I moved out of my parents’ house at 18. I might catch a segment if a friend or organization I am interested in is shared (like a friend who owns a local business was featured on the news last year) but otherwise, I read the news. I vastly prefer to read rather than listen to content.

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AZJHawk@reddit

I watch the NBC evening news on YouTube the day after it airs

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Creepy-Floor-1745@reddit

My husband is old Gen X and watches it in morning.

I, old Millennial, find it horrifying and irritating to watch video footage of the carnage of democracy, the earth (and actual people) and prefer to read the Skimm in the morning and play Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me on the weekend podcast

It’s all so upsetting

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siamesecat1935@reddit

Yes! I try and watch it at least once a day. I used to watch it in the morning, then at noon if I was home, evening nad before bed. Then COVID happened. I had to cut back to once a day, and pretty much do that now.

my morning routine is to get up, make coffee, get back in bed with it, and watch the news. if i'm home and able to, I may watch it at 6, or if not, at 11, before bed. But if I miss it, no big deal.

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grahsam@reddit

Every once in a while I will turn on local news or CNN if something big is going on. Aside from that shows like Daily Show, Last Week Tonight, and my news pod casts keep me up to date enough.

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labontefan69@reddit

We watch the 6:00 local and 6:30 national news every night, even on weekends.

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Recent-Vermicelli382@reddit

I work from home and leave it on as background noise but I dont really pay attention unless a "breaking news" alert comes on.

In my opinion, you can listen to the first 10 minutes of any hour and get a general idea - after that, it is opinion and political pundits for 50 minutes.

I much prefer to read it online so it is obvious what is an opinion piece and what is "news".

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Business_Coyote_5496@reddit

I work from home and listen to music as my background noise, it makes me feel so much better than the news. You should try it, it really is a much better vibe

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Business_Coyote_5496@reddit

Never!! I find tv news awful and inflammatory and a big reason behind why our country is so polarized. I wish tv news didn't exist and that people would read more. TV news is so lurid and over the top

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Tasty_Distance_4722@reddit

48 it’s 4:25 am. And I’m watching national news before work. I’ll come home and watch a couple hours of national news and then an hour of local. Do it everyday.

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Steelclad@reddit

I don’t watch tv at all, let alone news. I do stream the very occasional video news report from a tv channel, but mostly I read my news online (and have for at least 25 years now).

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William-Wanker@reddit

Haven’t had cable or network TV since 1999.

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CatMom8787@reddit

No. It's too damn depressing.

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AnotherBaldWhiteDude@reddit

News goes on at 4 am so I can see what weather I'm going to be working in. Then it's whatever 80s horror movie I've decided to watch in the background while I get ready for the week. This week's movies were Street Trash and The Wraith. As far as actual news, yeah all online sources when I feel like paying attention. They could tell me bombs are going off up the road but that mortgage still gotta get paid so no matter what's going on, I'm going to work anyway.

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NYdude777@reddit

There's literally no reason to watch TV news anymore. You know you're getting slanted propaganda no matter what channel you watch. It's so much easier to filter news on the internet and get direct from the source news.

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Stop-Being-Wierd@reddit

I don't even watch it online. I stick to associated press and Reuters fact based articles. It's seems like everything else is trying to tell you what to think.

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Ckc1972@reddit

I used to work in journalism and these are my two top sources. Just the facts, ma,'am. I do watch some TV news as well.

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Temporary-Break6842@reddit

🙌🏼🙌🏼

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Woodwork_Holiday8951@reddit

Absolutely not. My dad was a news junkie until a few years ago and has finally given that up at 80+. It made me hate television as a medium. So, no television at all here, for decades now. But it all started with news programming.

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fmlyjwls@reddit

My mom still spends from 5pm to 8pm every day in front of the bad news. She can’t remember it 30 seconds later, but insists upon it every night, plus a couple hours in the morning if she remembers. I overhear it while making dinner but I don’t actually pay attention

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RogueDr0id@reddit

My Dad does the same shit. And then he's "on one" as the kids say and he has no idea why he's in such a funk all the time. Like, dude...let's try listening to music or something instead of this crap.

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LuckyAd2714@reddit

Yep. As a therapist I always ask my clients how much ‘news’ they consume. It has a big impact on people.

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bLymey4@reddit

Local news is the worst!!!

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Temporary-Break6842@reddit

Right?

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FacePunchPow5000@reddit

I think it depends on the area. Our local news is good and it's a hell of a lot better than the endless Breaking News cycle on the dedicated news channels.

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chamrockblarneystone@reddit

As far as I can tell our local news does decent weather and sells jam.

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FacePunchPow5000@reddit

I'd rather be sold jam than constant outrage and fear.

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Sithstress1@reddit

Same here.

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milesandhikes@reddit

Exactly!! It’s nothing but negativity and brainwashing crap

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cream-of-cow@reddit

My mom watches it, I think because her dad watched it. I ask her in the moment, what they’re talking about, she has no idea.

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LuckyAd2714@reddit

I don’t watch the ‘news’ period. I read it. I don’t need someone’s thoughts or commentary

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lonomatik@reddit

Never

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invisible_femme@reddit

I moved back to Chicago, and I do listen to WGN News to get my local info and also WBEZ (NPR) for the combination of local and national news. But our newspaper is very different than most of the Midwest/Great Plains for sure amd I still read a lot of NYT.

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MarcooseOnTheLoose@reddit

I own a DVR. I watch it later to skip the commercials.

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Distinct_Magician713@reddit

Haven't watched the news in years. My mom will keep me updated.

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LaVida2@reddit

Stopped watching news on tv in 2016. However, I turn on the tv in the morning on the local news station while I’m getting ready for work. It’s just background noise.

My bedroom tv stopped working and didn’t replace it for quite a few years. Didn’t miss it at all. In fact, the only time I use my bedroom tv is in the a.m.

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Conscious-Phone3209@reddit

Walter Cronkite every night with my father as a kid. Until recently I watched the local news in the a.m. for the weather and nightly to see what's happening. I recently stopped, though. I do enjoy CBS Sunday morning if I'm up for the arts segments.

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witchbrew7@reddit

No. Way back in the day when there was integrity in journalism I would have occasionally watched. Since Fox “News” became such a purveyor of yellow journalism, nope.

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Upstairs_Fudge_9982@reddit

Haven't watched TV in over 20 years.... So no.

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Smc_farrell@reddit

Local news is good but national is no longer news just opinion pundits

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LilaBeach@reddit

I am 52 and definitely still watch the news. I live in a major metro area; our local news is very good! And I like to know about the weather, traffic, eso before I leave for work. And yes, I do like to watch the national evening news (and Jeopardy!)

I am definitely a news junkie - I get it from many sources but there is something nostalgic about this evening ritual!

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AdCandid4609@reddit

Nope!! I hate the news.

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TheeNihilist@reddit

Early 90’s I was part of the “Kill Your TV” movement. Never went back to news. Internet kids don’t understand the disconnect.

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Specific_Ad2541@reddit

I don't even have local news. I cut the cord a long time ago.

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ChillRudy@reddit

Oh hell no

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Vivid-Teacher4189@reddit

My parents live around the news, get a paper delivered in the morning, read every word, watch morning breakfast rubbish with trashy news incorporated and the news goes on every evening at 6pm until 8 pm. Then all they talk about is all the things on the news. I haven’t watched a tv news broadcast for years. It’s just so much trash. I used to try to tell them it’s all propaganda and you really need to look deeper but as boomers they’re happy living in their curated bubble of being told what they want to hear.

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Hyphen99@reddit

I watch David Muir every weeknight for a brief recap of the biggest stories, plus I want to see what lots of regular Americans are seeing of the news

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cmparkerson@reddit

Im 55 I still watch the news at 6:00, the national at 6:30 and then Jeopardy. Same as my 85 year old parents. Usually its on while making and eating dinner or finishing up.

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JudgeJuryEx78@reddit

I won't answer calls from my loved ones when Jeopardy is on.

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Temporary-Break6842@reddit

You still take phone calls? No texts? If you have streaming services you can always pause the show if you need to answer the call. This isn’t 1980, lol. Tv caters to YOU, not the other way around.

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royv98@reddit

Nope. Family blackout period.

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Aircooled2088@reddit

Yes, local and national news, wheel of fortune and jeopardy.

My father watches the bad 24 hour fill your head with shit news channel, then wonders why we don’t have conversations about current events.

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Temporary-Break6842@reddit

You remind me of my 90 year old mother, lol. She hasn’t changed her ways in 43 years. I can’t stand these shows as it reminds me of aging stubborn parents and nursing homes. I’d rather eat glass. I’ve got far better things to do.

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Iforgotmypwrd@reddit

When I’m with my parents, we watch the recoded news with mom, skip commercials while dad hides out until it’s over, then jeopardy recoded with 15 minute delay to skip commercials.

My dad stopped watching news suddenly when I think he must have cracked yelling at the tv so much. He’s quite conservative and can’t stand what he sees. It also caused a rift with me around 2016, so we both quietly decided to not talk about it anymore. Our love for one another is a bit stronger than our very strong political opinions.

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HandsomedanNZ@reddit

6pm every damn night

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Temporary-Break6842@reddit

No. I get my news online and on social media.

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Bauniculla@reddit

Nope. I’ll catch a few headlines every now and then on Facebook or something, but I don’t have any fecks to give.

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Stach302RiverC@reddit

I live in the North East U.S., I watch BBC News on my iPhone...that's about it and Apple News.

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Katjhud@reddit

Of course. But I limit my time to an hour a day. I don’t want to be ignorant as to what is going on in our world, good or bad.

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Nice-Turnover-1146@reddit

Every morning and evening, and as background noise while doing housework.

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Kittenunleashed@reddit

Ive been a news junky since I was a teen reading about republicans and the christian coalition. They were censoring art, books, trying to take playboys out of 7-11's for all that is holy!! I always have the news on..and we watch the local news every night. You need to be engaged to effect change..or whatever.

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cjasonac@reddit (OP)

They’re news podcasts. Like NPR News Today.

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Kittenunleashed@reddit

Ahhh ok. My friends send me some and they look like they are made in a garage.

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Betacucktard@reddit

Why, I see the news all the time! In clips. On YouTube. :)

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Educational_House192@reddit

Nope

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penguinwasteland1414@reddit

No. I went to college and was trained to work in news media. We were taught to relay the news as if we were telling it to an 8th grader. You aren't getting news anymore, your getting news-pinion.

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Significant_Wind_820@reddit

Everything is a DISASTER! Or SHOCKING! Or BREAKING NEWS! No it's not, you're just trying for ratings and driving everyone crazy.

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Regular_or_BQ@reddit

This. The ceaseless news crawl and "analysts" shit began on 9/11 and never went away. I don't even have live tv anymore. We only get YouTube for Sunday ticket and when football season is over, we cancel.

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divinerebel@reddit

My husband watches the morning local.news before work every day (5, 5:30, or 6am depending on his start time). I'm often still up, so I'll watch it with him.

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GreenerMark@reddit

Yes.

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MDEnce@reddit

I'll watch for a couple of minutes once every month or two. Mostly weather and sports. But if I'm watching OTA TV, I'd rather watch reruns than the faux news wannabe local so-called news.

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digitalsparks@reddit

I cut the cord around 2005 and haven’t watched traditional TV since. Honestly, it feels a bit strange whenever I catch a glimpse at the doctor’s office or elsewhere. Once you step away from mainstream media, it becomes hard to sit through what clearly feels like a controlled narrative

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nor-cal-rose@reddit

I put CBS mornings on my computer while I do my hair and makeup. It's not too loud...just loud enough so I can hear it. I usually leave for work around 720 ...20 mins is just right.

Other than that I tend to listen to a few YT people including pod save America...but even then I can only take so much of....trying to find the truth amongst all the lies is difficult these days.

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JauntyShrimp@reddit

I just read the New York times. And by that I mean I mostly read the headlines. I’m ok with just a gist of the news. I cannot stand the Cheeto’s voice so I don’t actually watch any news.

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warm_orange147@reddit

I used to. In 2016, I stopped watching the news after they repeatedly showed that gorilla snatching up the baby over and over and over. After not being programmed anymore, I realized how fucked up the world is and what television really does to us. I was a raging liberal democrat, not anymore. Thank God!

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AnonymousIdentityMan@reddit

No.

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chocoholic24@reddit

I haven't watched news in many years. I just read it online

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4liampix@reddit

I think BBC keeps it non partisan and reports news around the world. Everything else is just crap and BS anymore

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QueenVell@reddit

No, the bulk of my news comes from social media. Of course, when I'm at my mom's house, she still watches the news at noon, 6 PM, and then again at 10 PM.

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KonigCactusbat@reddit

Nope.

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zoziw@reddit

I live in Canada and have cable with CBC News Network, CTV News Channel and the BBC. All give news updates about every half an hour and it is easy to get caught up on what is happening.

The US channels kind of went a different direction with panels commentating on the news rather than reporting it. I have joked that CNN should change their name to Cable Opinion Network, or CON for short.

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authorized_sausage@reddit

I like CBC podcasts when I am driving. I spent the entire drive between Atlanta and Tulsa listening to SKS (Someone Knows Something).

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Impressive_Fish6819@reddit

My favourite nickname is Chicken Noodle News 😆

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authorized_sausage@reddit

I don't even hardly turn my TV on anymore unless it's the one sport I watch or I am watching stuff with friends. However, if I am pulling an all-nighter for a work project I will turn on the morning local news station for background noise.

And, when cooking on Sundays I will put on whatever NFL game is playing, and I don't even really watch any kind of American football.

But, in both cases, they're nostalgic background noise.

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Stabbing_Ball_Pains@reddit

I have my original crt Tvs still... i hook a firestick up to it.. go to My80s tv. com and let that shit play all day.. Haven't watched the current news in years.. Anything going on?

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Careful-Use-4913@reddit

Nope - anything I need to know is available online.

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Scottybt50@reddit

I just don’t watch tv news any more, except if it’s about a natural disaster that might be impacting family or friends.

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MikaJade856@reddit

I watch in the morning while getting ready for work. Mainly just to check traffic and weather or see what happened over night. I never watch the evening news.

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Merrybirthdayto-me@reddit

I always try to watch the news on tv at least once a day. I use to watch it several times a day but decided to cut back to see if it was negatively effecting me. Couldn’t really tell a difference though. Now I watch online as well as tv. Ha!

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No_Builder7010@reddit

I stopped watching the news in 1995 when I (26F) knew I'd be the victim of a random violent crime, thanks to all the stories of stranger rapes, murder, and carjackings. I realized it was affecting me negatively, so I just stopped. Never got back into it. I'd rather read my news.

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Lanky_Marzipan_8316@reddit

I think the fact that it became information overload (thank you internet), watching the local news became a novelty for me. I do put on the local channel, but we're often drawn more to the bigger picture, so to speak. Even with that, the bulk of all that news desensitizes you a bit.

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R2-DMode@reddit

We watch the local news in the morning while having breakfast and getting ready for work. We might have it on while making dinner. If something significant is going on, we’ll tune into cable news. Otherwise, it’s all online, on demand, from multiple sources.

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Sad_Resort_2835@reddit

Idk if it’s a thing for our generation or not but I DO NOT watch local/national news, local/national weather reports, etc on purpose. Haven’t for years. I do however read current events I choose to read via “news” sites on rando whims when my anxiety allows me to.

My mom’s TV to this day stays plugged in to Fox News or similar jargon tv programs every.damn.day. with the volume up too many volumes for my liking.

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parker9832@reddit

Not for 10-20 years. Unless you count the Daily Show. I used to get my news from NPR, the Atlantic, and Time. Then my time for magazines went away and I only used NPR. The Reddit and NPR. NPR let me down in the lead up to great American Catastrophe ushering in the failure of the Great Experiment. Now I just let people tell me what’s going on and I check Ground News from time to time.

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Hooliken@reddit

Always "On" News leads to always misguided opinions.

Shut it off, touch some sky, wash, rinse, repeat.

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Doc-Milsap@reddit

No. I worked for CBS News years ago and I’ve had my fill of television news.

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bossman-808@reddit

I absolutely watch the news at night but also get news online.
My local news is good and not that silly liberal droll out brainwashing. It’s informative. Watch the news when I was up in the northeast and wow, it is so different. They push out fake brainwashing stuff. Very different than here.

I miss the old stuff. No opinions, just facts.

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Chicagogirl72@reddit

My Parents were the same. They are still doing it. My dad reads 3 papers a day! I haven’t seen the news since I left their house in the 90’s

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Plenty_Surprise2593@reddit

Nope. Only the local news because at 60 I have earned the right to not give a f about national/world stuff

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DrDHMenke@reddit

No. Not since November 2020.

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Pierre-Gringoire@reddit

I work in finance so I have CNBC or Bloomberg on while I work. It’s mostly economics and finance related, but they touch on enough politics that I at least am up to speed on what’s going on.

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ElectroChuck@reddit

I'm almost 70...haven't watched the evening news in 50+ years. We don't watch CNN, FOX, MSNBC, or any of the media outlets.

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No-Brick6817@reddit

I am very well informed about what’s going on in the world…I watch different Podcasts on YouTube. I don’t trust any corporate media news channels on TV…at all

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Pepper_Pfieffer@reddit

After 9/11, I was kind of obsessed with watching or reading news . That lasted a long time but I now just stream the PBS Newshour in the evening and skip segments that don't interest me and read weather and local info online.

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Sea_Brush4156@reddit

Never. My mother watches Fox News 24/7 and I have been able to see how destructive it has been to her personality. She's angry and anxious all the time. All mainstream news is crap, especially the 24-hour news stations. I don't watch the local or national news because it's either totally irrelevant to my life, or any relevance is spun for some agenda.

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echoclub@reddit

No, news is propaganda in my country. Anyone watching it would be right wing and plain stupid. It’s better to read several articles over watching news.

The TV is turned on only to watch a series or a movie at night.

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Constant-Space-246@reddit

Stopped watching tv news decades ago and stopped watching all news a few years ago once I noticed them using biased language to push their agendas. Now I only check pandemic outbreak reporting sites like Healthmap and CDC MMWR to get advanced warning of when to stay away from people.

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niff007@reddit

No. As little TV as possible. It is reserved for entertainment. Plus main stream news is often full of shit. I get real news online from unbiased sources that provide sources on facts

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Alarming-Hope-2541@reddit

My mom has on the news from sun up to sun down. It’s nauseating. I remember in my mid 20’s getting ready for work and watching Steve and Jillian in LA. 30 years later I can’t remember the last time I watched the news.

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AshDenver@reddit

I stopped watching any news when my husband started focusing on Bill O’Reilly and Fox.

Since that guy died and we moved to streaming, no news shows at all. (He still watches the Fox app but knows not to quote anything unless it’s also been reported by one of the main 3 or (ideally) Reuters, or AP.

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nutmegtell@reddit

Not anymore. My blood pressure couldn’t take it.

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NegScenePts@reddit

I watch the local news during supper, and then an hour of local/national/world after that. I find the local news keeps me grounded enough to not walk into the ocean with a cinderblock necklace when the national/world comes on.

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OkJellyfish1011@reddit

It's an interesting question, considering I teach a class in broadcast journalism at a high school. Most of the kids have never actually seen a news broadcast. They think the "main stream media" is tik tok and youtube.

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WichitaTimelord@reddit

I check it out on occasion, mostly for severe weather

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Aernak@reddit

Absolutely not

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ForgottenGenX47@reddit

If i think of it near the top of the hour when news is usually on, every once in a while I'll turn it on and get 5 minutes of headlines and weather.

Now and again I'll put on on of the network nightly news. Usually NBC.

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jjc927@reddit

I still watch the morning and evening local news, and at night before I go to bed if there's nothing else I want to watch or I just have it on as background while I'm on the computer.

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rockjones@reddit

I watch about a half hour of local news on weekdays. No national news. My local news isn't too bad. Of course there is some slop in there, but generally it's just random stuff happening around the area. No Sinclair type bullshit that I can see. The channel is owned by Nexstar, which tries to appear impartial, possibly to a fault.

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DoYourBestEveryDay@reddit

I never have to watch the news because I learn everything from conversations. I may have been the last person to learn about COVID (srsly).

Been doing this for 30 years, it's great.

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armyofant@reddit

Network stations definitely still have local news teams and multiple broadcasts each day. I don’t watch much live tv except sports.

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TheJokersChild@reddit

Enjoy it while it lasts. I just heard about a Texas station that got knocked out by a storm, and they discovered while they were getting back up that the producers can put the news packages right into the playlist - no more anchors. Scripps stations are doing something similar.

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armyofant@reddit

Automation has been going on for awhile in the industry.

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Reader47b@reddit

My ex used to watch it regularly and that was the hardest part of cutting the cord in our house - for him. I never watch news. I prefer to read it or listen to it on the radio. But I've always been like that, even before the 24-hour news cycle was a thing.

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throwitfarandwide_1@reddit

Shhhhhhh……

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discussatron@reddit

Nope.

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Ok_Ad3036@reddit

The problem is that a lot of people can’t separate the news from opinion. Like you say it’s mostly panels giving their opinion about something that happened. Walter Cronkite has left the building.

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phyncke@reddit

I can’t right now

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Upbeat_Rock3503@reddit

I work from home and have a 7" tablet next to my desk playing the a news station from about 7a till 1p. I don't stare at it, it's mostly noise and the occasional attractive anchor / weather person.

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Chevymetal1974@reddit

Guilty as charged. And Jeopardy is still on at 7.

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TheJokersChild@reddit

My market has it backwards. Wheel's on first here.

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TheJokersChild@reddit

Nope. Burned out from news being part of my job. You know what they say about "never take your work home with you."

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EulerIdentity@reddit

No, I never do - complete waste of time. Sometimes, when channel flipping in hotel rooms, I'll go by news channels and it's like they have 3 stories they want to tell that day and just run them over and over to make sure you see those 3 clips no matter when you're watching. Why would I watch and endless loop of 3 stories, at least 2 of which I don't care about at all?

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joshualeeclark@reddit

Not since the mid 2010’s and even then it was sporadic at best. Thirty minutes of local news (didn’t care which one) and thirty minutes of the network news (again…no matter which one). Usually when prepping/making dinner (6:00-7:00 knocked them both out).

Don’t miss it one bit. I could often see agendas (not always) and found stories that were very important and left out. Not a conspiracy theorist (okay…maybe a little) but there’s always something missing in the news.

I also worked for a newspaper for a few years recently. We had to often rail against the editor or owner to cover certain stories. We were a little podunk county paper and politics and money even had an effect on our coverage of local news.

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Karamist623@reddit

Not always, but I do try to catch the 6pm local news, and the 6:30 pm world news tonight.

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wisemonkey101@reddit

I have not watched the local news since the Polly Klase kidnapping case. News people parked in the family’s lawn filming nothing but each other made me see that news are vultures. National news isn’t better.

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Soundtracklover72@reddit

Nope. It drives my anxiety. I follow Apple News and Associated Press and read the headlines. There’s just too much shit on tv news

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Technology_Tractrix@reddit

No, I stopped watching the news about 10 years ago. It's not the news anymore, it's "infotainment" for views and clicks.

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Dazzling-Avocado-327@reddit

Nope

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Tumbleweeddownthere@reddit

I miss Andy Rooney.

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Illustrious_Tour2857@reddit

No

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GTFOakaFOD@reddit

No. I got rid of cable in 2015.

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Livid-Technology-396@reddit

No. I don’t watch TV period. I used to until everything turned political.

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HermioneMarch@reddit

Only when a weather event is in progress.

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TrashyTardis@reddit

Ugh no. And I remember living w my parents as a young adult first thing in the morning “two people have died in a house fire in Dorchester…man run over coming home from his job, he leaves behind a wife and two daughters” like WTF is this???

My parents are still obsessed w the news and decade plus later of us (husband and myself) not having cable tv they still remark on how weird it is that we don’t watch the news and how that is so detrimental…

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BlueFawn_Iris@reddit

Yep, national news 4-5 times a week.

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Iko87iko@reddit

News boycott and its glorious

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bemenaker@reddit

Only the weather

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No_Owl_7380@reddit

I watch Lawrence O’Donnell at 10 because he’s kinda old school. Most of the rest is opining and punditry. If you’re looking for just the facts type news where you don’t want to lose your mind, check out PBS News Hour. It’s live on your PBS channel at 6pm and also live on YouTube. You can also get it on podcast or YouTube after it airs. Weekends they do 30 minute news. Kai Ryssdal’s Marketplace show on NPR is also very informative.

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12LetterName@reddit

I will watch the local news channel periodically. I can't get my wife to stop watching cnn. It drives me fucking crazy. Regardless of your political stance CNN and fox are both absolutely toxic to everybody.

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Bidesign54@reddit

Only till the bias becomes overwhelming. I try to counterbalance the propaganda of the DNC networks…and Fox….with a couple Bills : O’Reilly and Maher.

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MountainTomato9292@reddit

No. Sometimes I’ll put on the local news in the morning when I get off work, but honestly I can’t remember the last time I did that. It’s all terrible and I believe mostly propaganda for your “team”, and I prefer to stay out of it.

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Substantial_Look_334@reddit

I stopped watching around 2015-16 because I had young kids and the political coverage, more often than not, started to feature language and attitudes that I didn't consider child-appropriate.

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Mediocre-Life-4784@reddit

I grew up watching nightly and local news, but didn't have cable or even an antenna for a while so I didn't watch. Now that I have fubo, I watch it just about every night again.

To show how far back I've been watching, my grandpa had a tie that I liked to wear when I was 4 or 5 because I thought it made me look like Walter Cronkite.

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Jellowins@reddit

I watch a little cnn and msnbc and then I check Fox to see what heir bs take is. I also read a few online newspapers and sometimes NPR podcasts. I’m not obsessed, I’m not depressed, I’m educated and ready.

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pepsi-perfect@reddit

No

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PigletTechnical9336@reddit

Nope I hate TV news. I only watch it on like election night. I get my news from newspapers.

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Electrical_Feature12@reddit

For ten years I had to fly around the country every week meeting existing higher net worth clients typically in their homes and nationwide. Almost every one of them regardless of state would have Fox News playing. This was mostly boomer age people.

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LeafyCandy@reddit

I used to. Cable channels failed me, so those are out, but I used to watch local stuff in my old state. The state I’m currently in, I have no truly local station (which is interesting because I live in the state capital). Back in NY, we had a local 24-hour channel that basically did headline news and weather all day. My mom watched that. It was always on in the background. But yeah, I don’t watch news on TV anymore. I just read the “paper” (my online subscription).

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TeaGlittering1026@reddit

I haven't watched news programs since the early 90s. I was watching a show and the local news station came on during commercial break with a teaser. It was about some guy who stomped on his girlfriend's kitten and they showed film of the kitten struggling to move around. I was so shocked and upset I called the station to complain. And haven't seen a news program since.

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Unusual_Memory3133@reddit

Nope. And Fox News made my mom brain dead enough to not want to get a Covid shot and she ended up catching it and dying from it.

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CrankyThunderstorm@reddit

I don't watch any mainstream news anymore. It's all trash to inflame people anymore. I follow some independent journalists and then do the ole Google if I want to understand something more in-depth.

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ReadingAndThinking@reddit

I know what's happening. It's a snhit show. Don't need to watch.

Watching hobbies on YouTube for next two to four years.

Much happier.

Anyone else?

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JamGame@reddit

I feel you on this - growing up in the 80s my family would watch the local+national news combo pretty regularly, and my Mother watches one of the new channels pretty regularly now.

I seldom watch any news on tv - read it mostly online (NPR/google news/yahoo/etc., not as much on more recent social media). That's party due to the fact that I kicked cable tv out of my house many years ago, and only have a few streaming apps now (they can eat my shorts on what they charge for the cable "package"!), but also party due to how partisan/biased/not-really-actually-news the tv news has become between the two sides.

I mean know disrespect to either party here; I think both sides of the coin are so extreme now and it's gotten to the point where tv news has fallen victim to it.

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Electrical_Feature12@reddit

I like the “little kids turn three and Velma just turned 102” parts in the morning

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TakkataMSF@reddit

Good lord no. I stopped thinking of news as News the first time I saw a reporter quote a twitter account. I'm like, I sure hope ButtSmacker69 did their research!

News has returned to the days of yellow journalism. It's all an act and we saw it exposed when Fox anchors/hosts got buried by their own private messages about the election fraud claims. These aren't journalists, they are storytellers. And it's not just Fox. You'd be hard pressed (HAH) to find a press agency that reported factually instead of editorializing everything.

Journalism was founded in bullshit, but for a while they tried very hard to keep things factual (60s and 70s maybe?). Not everyone likes facts though. They just want to feel right (eous).

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Francl27@reddit

No. We always watched the news while we were having dinner and couldn't talk. And my mom had the galls to judge me for not always eating together at the table when she visited...

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lcdroundsystem@reddit

God no. It drove crazy. My parents have it on all day.

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Mugwumps_has_spoken@reddit

My husband and I watch the noon news daily. But honestly I find it insufferable. He thinks we should watch to stay informed. But it's about 40% police blotter stories (Local house fire kills 3), 15% political agenda (the news is biased). 20% repeating the weather forecast (which includes telling you what to wear - like I don't know to take an umbrella if it's going to rain. and I'm 48 years old, I decide when I need a coat!). and the rest is just bullshit.

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qbald1@reddit

Too many commercials. Worse than a 1-1 ratio of actual news to marketing, ads and commercials.

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mexipimpin@reddit

I still watch it. Mostly it’s background noise and I tune in to a story here and there. Can’t remember the last time I sat to actually watch the whole news program. The only news program I routinely watch is CBS Sunday Morning which still makes me chuckle because I HATED it as a kid.

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KatrynaTheElf@reddit

Yeah, I have a rooftop antenna. I put on the local news as background noise while I get ready in the morning.

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DreadyVapor@reddit

Growing up, yes. Now I get my news from the internet (BBC, PBS, The Independent, etc). This contributes to the news silos, but I would love it if the country could get back to a shared reality.

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Silent_Field355@reddit

Nope, I don't watch TV news, and I don't even watch regular TV. I get my news and better analysis from social media.

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Jules-Bee43@reddit

I’m a federal employee. In the last few months, I’ve stopped watching the news and started reading more… stayed off social media and my mental heath and stress levels have improved significantly.

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Sithstress1@reddit

I put local news on in the morning as I’m getting ready for work, mainly for traffic and weather though. I don’t really ever watch national news. Never in the evening unless severe weather (Oklahoma so thunderstorms could turn into tornadoes whenever)

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tboy160@reddit

I was never a true news watcher. But I haven't seen any TV news in decades.

I was listening to NPR on my morning commute, but then 2 wars broke out and I stopped.

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MotherFuckinEeyore@reddit

Fuck no

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DarcFenix@reddit

Haven’t even had streaming TV for close to a decade? I actively avoid watching news crap. I can and do learn about issues without the ‘if it bleeds it leads’ trash.

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tez_zer55@reddit

I tune in the local news for weather & that's the only thing I pay attention to.

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Zealousideal_Draw_94@reddit

I usually am at work at that point, but still do, especially if I know something has happened.

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ohfrackthis@reddit

Nope. I read it and curate what I prefer to know. If you have C PTSD and lot of news is just triggering and terrible.

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Crafty_Original_7349@reddit

The last time I intentionally watched the “news” was on 9/11. My TV hasn’t even been plugged in since 2008.

It’s brain rotting garbage that I believe actually does something to the brain (I think it screws up your attention span).

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KzooGRMom@reddit

I watch local news and the Today show in the morning before I go to work. Sometimes watch the 6:00 local evening news if I'm home at that time. I've put myself on a bit of a news diet, otherwise I'll get overwhelmed by the fire hose of information.

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FoundObjects4@reddit

Hell no. I turned off the TV during the lockdown.

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Severe_Feedback_2590@reddit

Never have, never will.

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zealousreader@reddit

I still watch the local news on TV

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FacePunchPow5000@reddit

We stopped satellite service a few years ago when we realized we weren't using 98% of the channels and went streaming. There are several local TV stations that use YouTube so if some thing's happening we'll go to that. I refuse to support any of the 24-hour news channels because they're all trash now.

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Virgil_Kawasaki@reddit

I'm 54. No cable, No streaming. The last TV I watched was Miami Vice and Quantum Leap. And definitely will not watch the news. All lies.

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HambugerBurglarizer@reddit

We used to watch the local 7am news every morning. Once that orange shitbag was elected again, we made a firm decision to cut ourselves off from tv news and political podcasts. We still stay very informed but we aren't waking up to an onslaught of bad news every day.

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leafandvine89@reddit

Technically yes, but I watch most of my news from mostly independent sources, some mainstream, on You Tube. It's less overwhelming. I also read lots of articles on Reddit. But old fashioned "turning on the news," like our parents did, nope!

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Ok_Researcher_9796@reddit

Only during tornado warnings.

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LayerNo3634@reddit

Hubby is up early and when I get up, we go for a walk and he gives me the Cliff notes of the semi-local news (we're in the country, city is an hour from us). Then we watch national news station together after our walk.

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Vanman04@reddit

Not since it has become non stop opinion with very little actual news coverage.

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Vivid-Environment-28@reddit

Not at all.

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MinusGovernment@reddit

Last time I did was to see if there was a different media spin than social media reports on the Chaz/Chop silliness in the PNW during the Floyd protest riots. Before that was probably 9/11 era.

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OhReallyCmon@reddit

Rachel Maddow every Monday

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PollyDarton_me@reddit

Yes, constantly on. Morning, noon, and night. Also, we got every newspaper you can imagine. I would read the lifestyle section every morning. I’d keep articles I loved. If Barbara and Huge had something good that week on 20/20 I’d beg my mom to record it when I was too young to stay up late. Guess who has a degree in journalism? Haha I live for the news and made it a career.

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whirlydad@reddit

Media literacy really should be taught in school. Learning the difference between, news, opinion, punditry, and propaganda would really be useful. The number of people in this thread who have checked out because they believe it's all the same make me sad for the future of journalism. It's absolutely necessary and we should fight for it rather than give up on it.

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europanya@reddit

Yup it was News, Football or Carol Burnett

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Defiant-Repair-919@reddit

Yes

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Metella76@reddit

I do out of habit! I have my news, weather & sports apps, but I still have to change the channel! 48f, btw

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steven_tomlinson@reddit

It’s like torture. Too many interruptions. YT has become my news channel.

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pchandler45@reddit

No. I hated it as a kid and I still hate it now. I would rather read the news

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turn8495@reddit

Absolutely 💯

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No_Bluejay4066@reddit

I am 49 and I watch the local news followed by the national news most nights. The rest of my family (my husband and 2 teenagers) think it's super weird and make fun of me for it! I guess it's kind of a comfort thing for me. I also love the wtf blooper quality of local news.

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Fufeysfdmd@reddit

Absolutely not. It just causes my blood pressure to spike. I'm much happier reading headlines and digging for details as necessary.

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Dangerous-Cry-2873@reddit

No, there is no way I’m putting trash into my brain everyday. I miss the days when when growing up we could turn on actual news - not every one’s personal spin for ratings

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ReedPhillips@reddit

I still watch the local news, just at the earlier/later time of 9pm.

Admittedly, I now live in a very small rural area and local news consists of 40% local PSAs, 30% actual news of things that happened within the last 48 hours, and 30% national headlines from the affiliate (NBC, CBS depending on which one of the two locals I watch). This is very different from growing up in a large metropolitan area with four full-time news outlets & one part-time going on the WB

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wjglenn@reddit

Hell no. It’s sensationalist and repetitive.

These days I just head straight to Reuters for national and world news once a day and a local news outlet website for that stuff.

Much nicer on the brain to just read what you want to read.

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pmac109@reddit

I’ve actually gotten extremely apolitical in the last several years. The “mainstream media” (yes I fucking hate that phrase too) spins each story to suit its own narrative (both conservative and liberal news organizations do this, don’t give me any bullshit about “not my side, we don’t do that”). Anyway I hate the hypocrisy of both sides, so I stopped paying attention

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milesandhikes@reddit

👏👏👏

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ideknem0ar@reddit

If there's anything that's gotten the GenX "Whatever" from me over the past decade+, it's national politics and the hyperdrive manufacturing consent of the MSM. In hindsight, I was really done with it all by 2007 but still in denial.

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RogueDr0id@reddit

Same.

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CreativeMusic5121@reddit

100% correct.

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GhostGrrl007@reddit

Yes. TBH it’s the local news and then the BBC, CBC, DW, and NHK because that’s the gaps in the U.S. national news online that I’m trying to fill.

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WanderFish01@reddit

I watch the local news most days.

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fireflypoet@reddit

In my family we saw the entire Vietnam war over supper in the dinette.

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milesandhikes@reddit

I haven’t watched the “news” for at least 15 years. No thank you

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martechnician@reddit

My mom has newsmaxx on full time in the background, while also being thrilled that she found a cheaper pharmacy to use (a Canadian one. Oh, the irony).

I’ve told her I believe that NewsMaxx is elder abuse and asked her to at least explore additional programming.

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jad19090@reddit

If you don’t watch the news, you’re uninformed. If you watch the news you’re misinformed.

I’m uninformed

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Think_Secret_7315@reddit

Nope

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tpt75@reddit

I watch the morning shows to catch up on whatever dumb stuff DT has done and to find out if he's destroyed the world, but otherwise i get my news online that is totally biased to me and a dreadful way to get a holistic view of events.

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AgeNo9436@reddit

Yeah, it comes on before Jeopardy! .

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cjasonac@reddit (OP)

Props for spelling out Jeopardy! and still putting a period at the end.

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Embarrassed_Wrap8421@reddit

Yes, 6:00-7:00pm, then Jeopardy, then CNN until 8:00pm. I know, we’re ancient.

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notabadkid92@reddit

Nope

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justlkin@reddit

I haven't watched network news in many years. For many years, my Sunday morning tradition was to watch Meet The Press with Tim Russet. I stopped shortly after he passed. It just wasn't the same anymore. Tim was just a genius at getting to the heart of the matter and asking the right questions.

Oh, how I wish we'd had him these last 10 years. I think his balanced approach is what we sorely needed.

RIP Tim.

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GiselePearl@reddit

No. I wouldn’t even know how to tune into an evening news broadcast. I listen to NPR, lots of news podcasts, read NYT & The Atlantic (apps), and read my local city newspaper (also an app).

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Life_Transformed@reddit

I scroll through news headlines online and also on YouTube and click if I want more info

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adjoopoopie@reddit

Nope. Never, unless I’m at someone else’s house and it’s on.

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No_Sand_9290@reddit

No. Never. I can catch the local news on the local affiliates app in a few minutes. Refuse to be bothered with all the political crap.

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ylly22@reddit

51 here. I was the news on tv every single night, even weekends

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barbados_blonde1@reddit

Sure. I live in a small town and we try to catch the local TV news as often as possible.

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BrewtalKittehh@reddit

News is for the dullards, squares, uninspired and people that need their opinions predigested and spoonfed to them. Whatever!

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JenniferJuniper6@reddit

Not anymore. And my life is much less stressful now.

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Hour_Raisin_7642@reddit

I prefer read the news, whenever I have time. I use a news aggregator app called Newsreadeck

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robertwadehall@reddit

I grew up watching the CBS Evening News with my Dad—Walter Cronkite and later Dan Rather. Also watched Wall Street Week, 60 Minutes and 48 Hours regularly. I haven’t watched a nightly news show regularly in over 30 years, used to occasionally turn on CNN or MSNBC but now I prefer to scan the headlines on my phone on my Apple News feed or read articles in the Atlantic.

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HatesClowns@reddit

Nope

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jnazario@reddit

Growing up yes. I’m still shaken up it’s not Peter Jennings every evening. I don’t know who those people are.

That said I get my press from various sources and not network news. Between the changes in their coverage and my work needs it’s not cutting it for me.

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justmisspellit@reddit

The PBS NewsHour every night. And I encourage everyone I know to do the same.

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royv98@reddit

I usually watch the local from 5-5:30. Definitely for the weather (ESPECIALLY in the winter). Then we usually watch the ABC national from 6:30-7.

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theDagman@reddit

Not anymore. Not after last November. What's the point? Not like anything I ever said or did had any positive effect on anything. So, why stress myself out over things that are out of my control? I dropped the rope. And my life has been better for it.

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Beautiful-Year-6310@reddit

I watch John Oliver every week but otherwise read all my news online.

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LookerSeeker@reddit

Nope

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jnp2346@reddit

Haven’t watched any news program since the 90’s. The sound effects they started using back then irritated me.

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Plastic-Sentence9429@reddit

Every morning and evening if I'm home. Lifelong habit. I actually just woke up from a nap and the news was on. Local, then national broadcast. None of that 24 hour channel shit.

I sound really old. Just happened to have the day off.

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ttbyrne@reddit

I haven’t watched the news on TV probably since 2003.

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immanut_67@reddit

I watch the local morning news. National News is nothing but spin and psy-ops.

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Flybot76@reddit

Yeah, we have some actual local coverage here and I end up finding out about a lot of stuff on local TV that I never hear about online, especially since most info sources online are trying to curate everything in accordance to 'your taste' rather than rounded sets of information. I'm not glued to the screen for every story about kids at the zoo but I look at info from a variety of sources to try getting a broad picture of important stuff like local politics. People keep saying 'repackaged news' which I guess is another way of saying 'news service' which isn't a rare or new thing and it's the basic system of disseminating big stories, but if you're getting local coverage about stuff that isn't just a press release or the like, it's because there's someone locally reporting on it.

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elusivecosmicspirit@reddit

That’s a hard no for me.

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Fireside0222@reddit

No. With Facebook, I can check local news, state news, and national news in 5 minutes with a quick scroll through a few pages. If there’s bad weather, I get the live radar from phone apps.

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DryFoundation2323@reddit

Unfortunately journalism has died a slow death in the 21st century. It's all about clickbait nowadays even the supposed real news sources.

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Myeloman@reddit

My FIL is addicted to Fuax News, despite knowing and admitting it’s BULLshit. He KNOWS it’s crap, but he can’t not watch it. He also has zero hobbies or interests and is basically waiting to die. Oddly enough, he doesn’t share the viewpoints or vote Republican/conservative, so far as I know. Of all the devout Christians I know, they are the most salt of the earth, non judgmental, giving types. His wife (my wife’s step-mom) doesn’t watch it and is genuine;y put off by it. It’s the weirdest juxtaposition I could imagine, being that addicted to a right-wing fake news outlet but now espousing those same ideals…

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Reign_n_blud@reddit

Always have watched local news and never stopped. Read local papers as well

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RevolutionaryRow1208@reddit

No...I don't have cable or get local channels. I read all of my news on the AP. Cable news in particular is nothing but infotainment.

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RogueDr0id@reddit

Nope. I get any news pretty much on YouTube. I find mainstream media to be a bit one-sided, either way. I don't like being told what to think.

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brendhano@reddit

good lord no, not in literal years.

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birthwarrior@reddit

Only in rare instances. It's definitely not a habit when I have the Internet.

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KindaNewRoundHere@reddit

No. My husband does sometimes. But I hate it

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CaptFatz@reddit

I dont even have regular TV. I have free YoiTube, Netflix, and Prime. That's it.

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johnmflores@reddit

PBS Newshour is the best

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Physical-Incident553@reddit

Occasionally watch the local news for the excellent weather reports steaming on my iPad. I don’t have a TV.

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HoneyWyne@reddit

I still watch sometimes

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TheFrontierzman@reddit

No. National news is lazy drama queen garbage, and local news is lazy ambulance chaser garbage.

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Friendly-Horror-777@reddit

No, I think I stopped watching regular TV about 20 years ago. Sometimes I catch the news on TV when I visit my parents though.

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PinkyandElric@reddit

Not since dipshit got elected

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Chief7064@reddit

2008?

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mfigroid@reddit

Sounds about right.

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mfigroid@reddit

Yes, and the stations in the Los Angeles television market have an arms race on hiring the hottest meteorologists. I watch the news all the time but I have no idea what the weather is though.

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sweeteatoatler@reddit

I haven’t been able to stomach nightly news in 30 years, it’s infotainment mixed with sensationalism. One teaser said, is your local playground killing your kids? Tune in at 11 to find out! I read my news from multiple sources.

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Illustrious_Ferret@reddit

Not anymore.

Used to watch religiously until COVID and the local news started airing stories about "nurses against vaccines" protesting at hospitals. It was a good 5 minutes of the reporter just letting the picketers ramble on and on, with zero pushback.

Then after they'd finished they cut to the anchor who said "the group nurses against vaccines doesn't have any members who are nurses."

THEN WHY DID YOU LET THEM SPEW THEIR GARBAGE!??!?!

All corporate media is far-right. Not gonna waste my time with them.

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Sufficient-Squash428@reddit

I read it or watch breaking, developing stories on BBC online.

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Smooth_Juggernaut_24@reddit

No. Broadcast TV is dead to me.

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nottodayautoimmune@reddit

If I want to know what’s going on in the world, I prefer to read. It’s called Faux News for a reason—it’s literally banned in Europe. My go-tos are BBC, AP, NPR, The Atlantic, occasionally The Hill, The Bulwark, The Independent and The New Republic.

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Extension_Excuse_642@reddit

Nope. I ususally listen to podcasts that wait a week or so to get more complete information then have discussions about it.

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AuroraDF@reddit

I get home from work shortly before 7 and usually stick on the ch4 news while I'm getting organised for the next day ahd getting dinner ready. Depending on what's happening, I watch the headlines, or half an hour, or it all. Up until the pandemic I watched the news avidly every day. I'm less keen these days.

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Low-Teach-8023@reddit

I watch in the morning when I’m getting ready for work.

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aluminumnek@reddit

No

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JudgeJuryEx78@reddit

I travel frequently for work and like watching the local news on the hotel TV.

Occasionally when I wake up at home I stream CBS news for a little while (because it's free). But all news just cycles over and over again every 30 minutes so I don't watch for long.

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RedRedBettie@reddit

I watch the local news for a while I drink my coffee in the morning. Then I watch Three’s Company on Pluto

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Strangewhine88@reddit

It’s so much bad faith posing, logical fallacy yammering by people who look like wax dolls, it might be bad dystopian parody cinema but it isn’t. People did this to themselves willingly. Hadn’t that crap since my parents died and stopped getting anything much from tv sometime in the 90’s—things were already falling apart. Thanks Reagan.

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PeorgieT75@reddit

I did until the last election, now I can’t bear it.

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Waughwaughwaugh@reddit

I never watch the news and try to avoid it online honestly. My in-laws always watched it from 5-7 or until Family Feud came on. They had to watch the weather forecast at least three times on several channels. It drove me nuts. Now I’d give anything to be back in their kitchen watching the local news, waiting for the weather and dreading Steve Harvey again.

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MisterSandKing@reddit

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ErinGoBoo@reddit

Yep, I watch it every night.

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SuspiciousMeat6696@reddit

No.

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wjrj@reddit

Still try and watch, mainly for weather, I work outside.

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JASCO47@reddit

Yes, the local on YouTubeTV on my firestick

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StrikingTradition75@reddit

I've stopped watching the TV news when the reporters and anchors abandoned their journalistic integrity to editorialize stories.

Look, I get it, you either like or don't like the administration based upon the slant of your network; but a REAL journalist presents the facts in a manner that their inherent bias cannot be discerned.

Too much bias on TV news. I'll go online and select stories to read, determine bias as applicable, and make decisions from the information as presented.

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303FPSguy@reddit

Haven’t watched a news broadcast on television in years. Probably a decade.

By the time it’s on, it’s old news.

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ErinRedWolf@reddit

I almost never watch the news on TV; it’s designed to pull you in and stress you out, and I refuse to be emotionally manipulated. I’d probably turn it on to be informed if something like 9/11 happened again, but absolutely not on a daily or even monthly basis.

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aortomus@reddit

Nope. I basically keep the news on the periphery. If it's important, I'll find out about it.

If I get news, it's online. I've got feeds, and if something catches my interest, I'll scope it, and if I'm interested, I dig in, research, and eke out what the probable truth is.

But truth is always elusive.

I've never trusted the news. Ever. It is selling you something - a point of view, a bias, conformity - depending on who is behind it.

The Internet is a blessing and a curse as it can either enlighten us or isolate us in our echo chambers.

I'm GenX. Trust no one.

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-Economist-@reddit

I have YouTube TV because my job paid for the annual cost (I’m on CSPAN often). But I don’t watch the anything other than live sports.

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waynehastings@reddit

After the most recent presidential election, I'm not watching the news in any form for three more years.

I do listen to political podcasts weekly -- RIP FiveThirtyEight -- and see enough headlines on social media to get the gist of what's happening.

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vagabond65@reddit

I'll watch the local news at 10:00 most nights. Mostly for the weather; there's a 50/50 shot they'll get it right. The rest of the news is just fluff; how the local PD or FD saved a cat or tree. Puppy dogs & rainbows bs.

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Ashton42@reddit

I'm so glad my dad's go to background tv is Three Amigos. We can all have conversations over it, until it gets to the camping sing along...then we sing along. :D

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Expensive-Housing626@reddit

I hadn’t watched the news in months but I decided to start back watching for some unknown reason. It’s pretty much always on tv. I’m about to stop watching again though & just go to the app so I can read only what I want.

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CozyCoco99@reddit

Never

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StupidSexyScooter@reddit

Never

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Wooden-Glove-2384@reddit

oh hell no

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Tammy993@reddit

Sure do. Not every day though, too much bad news.

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shehulud@reddit

Hell no. I read the NYT and BBC (which covers news far better than most of the media, news-tainment platforms here). The Fourth estate is on life support.

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Outside_Ad1669@reddit

My mom is in her eighties and watching the news during dinner is our family time.

I usually watch an hour of local news and :20 minutes of national news each day.

Plus I watch maybe :30 minutes to 1 hr of CNBC each morning with the pretense that my meager 401k is actually worth something. And I have to watch this to know what is going on with it. Lol

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Supacalafragalistic@reddit

I can’t stand tv I don’t own one

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Budget-Elk229@reddit

Had a green mountain grill for a minute but it never imparted the smoke profile I wanted so I gave it away and went back to my Weber mountain. I can do light smoke profile on my grill when I want to do fish or chicken. But for beef and pork, it just didn’t give the same depth of flavor. My $.02

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AlternativeWild3449@reddit

Local channel for local news, then BBC and PBS for national/international news.

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BuckyRainbowCat@reddit

I watch a couple of YouTube channels that cover specific types of current events maybe once or twice a week. I also go through phases of listening to the BBC World News podcast every day, and then deciding that I don't need that kind of nonsense in my life.

Unfortunately for me, I am very interested in geopolitics and economics and law and the intersection of all of those things, so it's really easy for me to get overly invested in spending way too much time absorbing all of the information I can about all of these things and then trying to predict what it all means. I try to make sure that I balance it out by subscribing to at least one cat picture subreddit for each news subreddit I join.

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Shut_It_Donny@reddit

I don’t watch any regular tv. I get irrationally angry when I have to watch a commercial. Unless it’s a compilation of commercials on YouTube that I chose to watch.

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ike_tyson@reddit

For local news , traffic and weather in the morning.

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cordless_tool@reddit

I don't even have local television channels any more, so, No - no news for me.

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MaleficentMousse7473@reddit

I scan the NY Times sometimes. Never TV news.

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Rogerdodger1946@reddit

Yes, we usually watch local news at 10:00. They have a very good weather forecaster.

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Prestigious-Joke-479@reddit

Yes, local news, then network news. I am amazed at the people who have no clue about what is going on in their own hometown. They go on and on about places 3000 miles away, like in California, when they've had a mass shooting within 50 miles and aren't even aware.

Fox and CNN are for my workout at the gym.

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Arkhamina@reddit

I watch PBS news through YouTube, does that count?

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redditprofile99@reddit

No I can't anymore. I just read the news on a few websites and ignore the editorials.

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spider_speller@reddit

No, I haven’t watched it in ages.

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Brianshoe@reddit

I only watch the weather channel, and even that's getting sketchy!

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Ok-Rock2345@reddit

I don't have a TV tuner, so I either stream news stations.

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jeffthefakename@reddit

Hahahaha.

News 😆

Remember, the laptop wasn't real, wear your mask, and we're heading towards WW3.

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Delightful_Helper@reddit

I havent watched the news since 2020

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Hotchi_Motchi@reddit

I will turn on the news for a few minutes in the morning to get a weather and traffic update, mostly for the meteorologist's interpretation of what's happening that day. Otherwise, everything's available online 24/7

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JoeyMack47@reddit

I still put on the local news every morning. But I don't watch it. I scroll through my Google news feeds lol. The TV is just background noise.

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FailureFulcrim@reddit

In the US there is no news, only editorial. That's why you have news stations catering to a left or right audience. Watching the BBC comment on situations in the US is always enlightening.

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TankApprehensive3053@reddit

Sky News from Australia will also say what they think about what's happening here unlike the US national reporters.

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Sa7aSa7a@reddit

Used to love BBC America as they seemed to be the most middle of the road news around. Sadly, like you said, all the national news stations have political slants and no longer report the news over having 17 people discussing and agreeing with the political stance of the station they are on.

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Pooks23@reddit

I’ll stream The Young Turks and Al Jazeera on ROKU.

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FadingOptimist-25@reddit

TYT has become more problematic over time. Cenk and Ana have slid into a bit of transphobia that I’m not comfortable with.

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Pooks23@reddit

It’s nuanced. There are a lot of other contributors besides Ana and Cenk. Look deeper.

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FlippingPossum@reddit

I turn it on during storms in case of tornadoes.

I read the local newspaper and listen to podcasts.

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TankApprehensive3053@reddit

Growing up news was only on at certain times. 24/7 news channels weren't a thing so much then. I often have a news channel on for background noise.

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CocoaAlmondsRock@reddit

I don't even have TV.

My mom (92) still watches the news in the evening, I believe.

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Shot-Artichoke-4106@reddit

I don't watch TV news. I read the local paper online, scan through a couple of national papers, and listen to the news on the radio on my way to and from the office.

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Anonymo123@reddit

I watch the first 5-10min at 5pm for anything breaking locally and a quick view of the weather. Otherwise no.. I have other things to do.

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tommyalanson@reddit

Nope. Haven’t watched news on tv since maybe 9/11.

Oh wait, January 6th! I watched on that day too.

Guess I will only watch network news when a major news event occurs.

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genxreader@reddit

I have news apps on my phone. If an interesting headline notification pops up, I will skim it. Otherwise, is something MAJOR is going on, I tune into a YouTube channel I follow that shows things happening live. But no, I don’t watch the news.

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Ok_Schedule5017@reddit

I do not.

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73rd-virgin@reddit

I've been watching the news for almost 40 years now. Back when I started, it was for the women; now that my fun bits don't work anymore, it's mainly a habit.

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CJK_Murph@reddit

Nope. Local news always has a kitschy editorial comment after every story and “news channels” all suck. There’s no one that gives an unbiased “just the facts ma’am” Kronkite report. I crave it.

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No_Consideration_339@reddit

I still watch local news mostly for weather. They really have the best severe weather coverage around.

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passionatemama@reddit

Nope, I do not trust legacy media. Plus I don’t have TV anymore. I steam a couple of networks but I mainly use YouTube if I need to be entertained.

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chakabuku@reddit

Local news here has a YouTube channel. For bigger news I come here.

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CaptainDaveUSA@reddit

Yep! Watch in the morning with a cup of coffee, then another hour or so after dinner. Then we watch YouTube for anything that looks interesting.

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craftyteaspoon@reddit

Pretty much the same here. I need to know the weather. lol

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Shoehorse13@reddit

I gave up on anything with commercials back in the 90s and as near as I can tell I'm better for it.

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Foggyswamp74@reddit

Don't even have cable.

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OreoSpeedwaggon@reddit

I'll put the local news on in the morning as I get ready for work, partially as background noise, but also to see local traffic and then weather forecast. (The weather where I live can change rapidly and unpredictably.)

In the evening, I might put it on again as background noise while cooking dinner, and then maybe catch the late-night local news to see what all happened during the day that is pertinent to me, and to get an update on the weather for tomorrow.

I don't watch national broadcast news or cable news at all. Any importang national or world news I usually hear about online when it happens.

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Use_this_1@reddit

No, I haven't watched the news on TV in years, I get it all online, I'll watch the occasional news program, or local news stories, but I don't look for my news from the MSM. I get more news from online links via the AP, Reuters, Al Jazeera, NPR or other English speaking news sites outside of the US, the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting company) is pretty good. American news media is all owned by the same people and is so biased it isn't worth listening too especially now that they have to bow and kiss the ring.

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Mocjo111@reddit

Nope

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alejo699@reddit

What am I, a boomer?

Whenever we travel my wife wants to turn on the TV in the hotel -- it's just a thing she does -- and that's the only time I see news programs. Every single time I wonder to myself if all of these anchors were grown in the same vat and fitted with the same AI singsong voice module. It just seems so unreal to me that TV news still exists, it's like laugh tracks.

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ExpertRegister1353@reddit

My rule on vacation is absolutely no tv.

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alejo699@reddit

I don't watch it myself, I read, but I don't think I should make rules for my wife.

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WBryanB@reddit

I watch local news for weather alerts pertaining to road and school closings. For news I read Babylon Bee and the Onion. I laugh at the headlines and if something looks important or interesting, I’ll google search it

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Dear-Purpose6129@reddit

I haven't been able to stomach watching the "news" since about 2016.

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Good_Habit3774@reddit

I watch local news in the morning and world news at six o'clock

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KarmaBike@reddit

Repeal of the Fairness Doctrine during the Reagan administration really helped fuck up the news in the US

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grandmofftalkin@reddit

Used to watch a lot of MSNBC, CNN and Meet the Press. After the election, I just got burned out on their collective BS of non-stop political news so I haven't watched any of it since. It started to slow down to watching breaking news reports and then I'd turn it off once they introduced a table or zoom room of pundits (pundits are fucking worthless). Now I get news from the reporting section of NYT (ignoring the opinion section) and stuff like threads/blsky, etc.

Never watched the local news but I will check out weather clips on YT

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Aurochbull@reddit

We watch the local news maybe a half hour to an hour a day - often "in the background".

All other news is online.

"The Paper" on the other hand.....long gone; and, I kinda miss it, to be honest.

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mazopheliac@reddit

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Only Villager News

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Toad_da_Unc@reddit

Absolutely not. I was on the news and they got everything wrong.

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gatadeplaya@reddit

I watch about a half hour of local news in the morning - more for the weather and traffic. Then about an hour of national while I’m getting ready, doing some chores, etc.. so actually watching? Maybe not as much as listening a bit.

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chuckles39@reddit

No I don’t have the patience or stomach to deal with network news, I just go to an aggregate site and pick and choose the stories that interest me.

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brooklynflyer@reddit

Every day

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FadingOptimist-25@reddit

My dad watched the news every evening, local and national. He usually fell asleep in his chair, but Zeus forbid if you tried to change the channel. “I was watching that.”

We cut the cord about 15 years ago. So nope, no TV news here. But I watch TDS, Colbert, Seth Meyers, Pod Save America, and The Bulwark all on YouTube. I listen to NPR. I read The Guardian and sometimes Reuters.

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TheWarDoctor@reddit

I used to but now it’s literally 15minutes of covering gun violence, then politics, then weather.

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mazopheliac@reddit

Don’t forget traffic fatalities.

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Edward_the_Dog@reddit

Yeah... I miss the good old days when it was murders, fires, then weather, then sports.

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CyndiIsOnReddit@reddit

I don't need to watch it on TV. I have access 24/7 online, even local news. Everything they want to say they include on their websites. They have livestream as well but I mostly just read. I am a news junkie so if it was worth watching I would.

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No_Detective_But_304@reddit

Not since the 80’s

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TemperatePirate@reddit

I watch Canadian national news every morning when I get ready for work.

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goalmouthscramble@reddit

Newshour on PBS from time to time but I’m primarily a print/digital news consumer.

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IainwithanI@reddit

No. There is precious little actual news on tv. Most of what masquerades as news is misleading at best and usually outright false.

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Any_Touch1744@reddit

Nope... turned it off during 2016 election.

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JuJuBee_Whoopee@reddit

We put on the morning local news really just for background when we get up and start our day- haven’t seen the nightly news in years

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Ok-meow@reddit

Nope. It’s just cross of happy silly stories about nothing or making so angry about how dumb people are and what they voted for. Ignorance is bliss is my happy place

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Fox33__@reddit

I have not watched regular TV and especially the news since 07 I think. I definitely also look down on all the idiot older generations who still consume that slop.

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Top_Pomegranate5708@reddit

There is NO SUCH THING as "news" any longer.
It's all editorialized fluff pieces.
Celebrity "news" is NOT news.
ZERO INVESTIGATIVE news stories.
Even the ABC National News has "breaking" news every night that's just crying wolf.
I just can't even anymore.

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kayparkersbiggestfan@reddit

My parents consume the news voraciously and believe everything they hear like gospel. I stopped watching in 2012 except for the big events. It's too f'n depressing and anxiety-inducing, which is exactly what it's designed to be.

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Novel_Willingness721@reddit

I only watch about a hour of new each morning.

What should be really dead for gen X is newspapers. My BB parents still read the newspaper every day. They spend hundreds of dollars a month to get it delivered

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DownVegasBlvd@reddit

I love the newspaper! But not enough to get it delivered so I rarely see one.

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AmericanAssKicker@reddit

Similar here. 5-6pm, local news, 6-7pm, national, 7-8pm was flip something like Inside Edition. After I left home in 95, my little brother endured FOX News that he said was permanently on in the living room until he left. When I did visit my mom and her husband, nothing had changed in 30 years.

I watch the local TV News sometimes in the morning for maybe 5 minutes, just long enough to watch the weather and that's it.

When we do see the news, like at a bar or at someone's house, my wife and I will comment to each other, "Murder, Death, Kill" because if they aren't talking about it now, they will next. Maybe sometimes we'll say, "187" or "MDK" so we don't sound too weird to others.

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GarionOrb@reddit

I don't even have broadcast TV. I only use a couple of streaming services. I just get my news online, from various sources.

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upnytonc@reddit

My husband insists on watching the local news followed by nbc nightly news most nights. Sometimes I’ll watch it here and there. But I get most of my news on line.

If the tv is on at my parent’s house it is on Fox News. Full volume. My dad just eats that stuff up!

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xczechr@reddit

We watch local news sometimes, yeah.

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eatingganesha@reddit

Do I now? no, lol, never.

Growing up, my grandparents, who raised me, watched it every noon, 5, and 11pm. IIts important to stay informed, but now I just get it from apple news and save myself the cheesy anchors.

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MyriVerse2@reddit

Of course! Especially local news.

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Electrical_Fishing81@reddit

With my dad on Sunday mornings as that’s what he wants to watch until he has me put on Trading Places or Stooges. Other than that, I don’t watch much TV let alone news programs.

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BlackMile47@reddit

Yes, local every day. Not for any real hard news type of thing but just as a kind of comfort in the background and for car chases (which there are always tons). I'm in LA so our local news is a bit different than watching in BFE lol

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WarpedCore@reddit

I get home around 6pm and I throw the local news on for about 20 minutes.

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DownVegasBlvd@reddit

Yes, but only a couple hours of local news and the evening news that comes on at 5:30. I have a favorite local channel with my favorite newscasters on it. When the 2 hours of news are over, I'll watch something like Shark Tank until I get tired or whatever. I only have some basic cable provided by my apartment complex.

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dstarpro@reddit

Absolutely fucking not, not since 2015.

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NorthMathematician32@reddit

I watch the local news because it really is the best source for it.

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Unable-Salt-446@reddit

I watch about 10 min total throughout day… bbc news, then Bloomberg, then Fox, then tyt. The first two on what is actually going on, and the last two on the stupid shit that is going on both sides. (Although I try to keep it balanced, TYT has more facts than FOX. And usually is more interesting)

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Keefer1970@reddit

I still put the early morning local news on while I'm getting ready for work in the AM, mainly for the weather forecast.

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badannbad@reddit

No, strictly internet sites.

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No_Neighborhood_632@reddit

No. Might have tried to catch the weather through the years.

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1Pip1Der@reddit

It's more like background noise and habit at this point.

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Content_Talk_6581@reddit

Nah. I haven’t watched US News on television in years. They are all owned by three or four corporations. Even the local stations here are affiliated and owned by corporations.

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abbys_alibi@reddit

My parents only watched news when something big was going on and only one news caster then they would turn it to something more family friendly.

My husband is the exact opposite and is a political fiend. I do not know how he can sit there and watch hour after hour after hour. They all say the exact same thing about the same topics. Thank the heavens for ear buds!

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SayinItAsISeeIt@reddit

Nope. The world has gone to shit and I don't need to see that every night.

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VoltairesCat@reddit

TV news will skewer your brain. Its depresing and will turn you into a blithering bore.

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theflamingskull@reddit

I watch the local morning news. Among other local things, I do want to know the weather.

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Firm_Accountant2219@reddit

Yes. My wife likes to get her news that way.

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dpacker780@reddit

I stopped watching the news decades ago when I realized everything was sensationalized and making people neurotic. Why sit down and have BS crammed down your throat by people whose main objective is to keep you watching TV, it's no different than most social-media. My preference is to proactively seek out the information I want from reputable sources. And, living in the US, I'm finding that's mostly coming from foreign news agencies that don't have as deep as a vested interest in the outcome of what they're reporting on.

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ConsequenceNational4@reddit

I dont listen to it today...few just report news..more so opinions and theories. They get away with it sometime but they are losing viewers.

At one time 10-15 years ago news was straight forward and real. No BS. No political allegiances to parties.

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cactus-vagus@reddit

Never. Only read online and/or listen to daily news podcasts.

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dctune@reddit

I actually order my life so as to avoid as much news as I can. Journos and pols are some of the least interesting/most problematic people on the planet IMO. And whole lot of the news is just political posturing.

Plus, I figure if something of enough importance is going on in the world, somebody in my life will get word to me. Otherwise, I can do without the noise.

And I’m an immensely happier person by just not paying attention.

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MaximumJones@reddit

LOL, no

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Pinchaser71@reddit

I quit watching the news long before streaming. I realized I was always annoyed when it was over because it was always bad, never happy. I finally decided NO MORE!

Why would I want to watch something just to piss me off every night? I suspect nothing has changed with the news but I certainly have. I’m a much happier person by avoiding it.

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No_Log_4997@reddit

No

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calculon68@reddit

I will watch morning show news. (GMA) But my primary pipe is NPR's Brief and Up First.

Haven't watched network evening news since early 00s. Don't have cable news.

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Medical_Revenue4703@reddit

I mean I can see it on the TV at the Gym. But I'm not voluntarlly watching entertainment news.

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thehermitary@reddit

Every morning, we watch the early local news (stories , weather, and traffic info). We also watch the evening local news and the national NBC news.

I’m Gen X with Boomer parents.

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TypePuzzleheaded6228@reddit

i watch just long enough to start yelling abt what they're NOT telling us but i mainly get my info from the internet and radio

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SnooEpiphanies157@reddit

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WaitingitOut000@reddit

We do. CBC every evening at 9.

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jlcnuke1@reddit

Haven't in well over a decade. Heck, it's probably been that long since I've watched live TV in general too though. Streaming for me, I'll get my news in text form.

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kalelopaka@reddit

No, haven’t watched the news in over 20 years. It’s all biased, sensationalist propaganda.

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Flat_6_Theory@reddit

Prefer to read the news due to hearing issues. Can find more in depth coverage through reading as well.

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msondo@reddit

No. The tv news just makes me angry and upset, and I don't feel like there is a lot of depth outside of the images that are often repeated and edited. I find it a lot more efficient to just read an intelligent news source. I can usually skim the headlines to get about the same depth as a tv news broadcast, and then a good publication will go into much more depth if I'm interested in a particular topic.

I do find that online shows like Democracy Now provide a much more valuable and succinct news experience when I'm in the mood to watch a news broadcast.

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GarthRanzz@reddit

BBC News, every day. Their 6:00pm edition that airs at 11:00am, my time.

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itwillmakesenselater@reddit

I don't watch any TV news. It's all so bloated with nothingburgers and regurgitated national "headlines." Meaningful journalism is tough to find.

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asoupo77@reddit

Almost never. It's all propaganda for one team or the other.

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Judgy-Introvert@reddit

I’ll skim the news on the internet here and there, but I never watch it.

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Sing_O_Muse@reddit

Never.

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Hot_Rock@reddit

I have the Reuters app on my phone. I check it sometimes to make sure the world’s not ending today. Otherwise I’ve completely checked out. I had to check out for my health and well being. George Carlin was right all along.

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Superb-Ag-1114@reddit

My partner has to commute, so we do watch the local am and pm news, the TV sometimes stays on for the national news but that's it - no FOX, MSNBC, CNN or any of those 24 hour type news channels.

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The_Burghanite@reddit

I stopped watching broadcast news about 10 years ago. The irony? Part of my job involves booking people on national broadcast news. 😂

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Reachforthesky777@reddit

We used to watch the local news before cable. We didn't get cable until around 98 or 99, though. It was bizarre because I had it in my college dorm room but my parents who lived an hour or so away couldn't get it. Anyway, after cable tv, I just stopped watching the news entirely. I didn't like the 24/7 news channels and just got too busy for the local news. Plus by the time I was settled, I had broadband internet and was reading the news online instead.

I haven't had a tv service in 20 years and never read the news outside of visiting AP or Reuters directly. I see the news channels on YT (I watch a lot of YT content) but I wont watch it there just because of how much of a disaster online news largely is these days.

I remember watching the news for specific newscasters / anchors and whatnot. People had news anchor loyalty the way that folks 15 - 20 years ago had late night talk show host loyalty. That sort of brand loyalty seems kind of bizarre to me these days.

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Mo_Steins_Ghost@reddit

Hell no. When I was a kid we watched MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour and maybe a bit of Peter Jennings but so-called "investigative journalism" and 24 hour news networks destroyed network news and this style, what Jim Lehrer called "edge" in a talk he gave once at the Austin Book Fair on the decline of journalism, crept into the main news hour.

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Next-Cut-2996@reddit

No. I can’t trust anything I read anymore so why? It’s sad because I used to watch the morning news to get ready for work.

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Sonoran_Dog70@reddit

I watch the early morning local while getting ready for work, 4:30am. It’s good for weather and traffic updates before I leave at 5am.

Otherwise, no.

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MissMurderpants@reddit

Yes, mostly watch NBC nightly. Sometimes the local if the weather or something interesting is going on.

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crabby1701@reddit

No, I read the news from a reputable news agency, so I know that they are giving me real information that is referenced. I no longer know where I can find that on TV or streaming.

The only news show I will still watch is 60 min, and even that is getting harder to find this week's episode

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reddit455@reddit

i subscribe to all my local tv channels on youtube..

growing up, we had a 10pm one hour local news program. my folks always watched that..

weather and sports segments are kind of useless now.

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