Stop Watching TV News--Take the Pledge Now

[yellowwood]

First of all, it will be good for your mental health. You will be amazed at how much better you feel.

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

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

Do you really need to know more about pharmaceuticals?

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

Never, never watch Fox.

Pledge?

[tsuki]

1. I pledged before I knew there was a pledge. ; ) nt

[FarPoint]

12. I never, ever watch Fox...for years I've been that way.

I even make stores and pubs change the channel if it's on there.

[get the red out]

2. I did that over a year ago

And it really has helped my frame of mind.

[safeinOhio]

3. This will help

http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKCE1

Use it in any public place with fox on the boob tube.

[Fumesucker]

4. But how am I going to learn about the latest Runaway Blonde Bride?

:shrug:

[AuntPatsy]

5. Joined that particular pledge long ago, no need of anti depressant meds there like most of

Middle America, agree that joining is a very healthy task

[City Lights]

6. I took that pledge over two years ago.

I occasionally tune in to msnbc's evening lineup, but these days even that is rare. I'm burned out and worn down. I am not the least bit interested in what the 24/7 corporate bobble heads have to say.

[Jkid]

7. OP, you should amend that to stop watching all tv news

Especially local tv news.

[ejpoeta]

8. well i did turn it to ID channel as soon as i heard the meme from the today show.

yech. I have been avoiding msnbc and cnn as well and obviously would never watch faux if you paid me. i have mostly been watching cable tv.... USA and ID and bravo yesterday thanks kathy griffin.

[Rebubula]

9. After wall to wall OJ coverage

I figured out that the media was forcing stories on us that most could not care less about.

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

With the advent of the Internet, who needs to watch someone tell them how to think?

[mfcorey1]

10. National Turn Off Cable News Day....November 8, 2010

[Xicano]

11. My news sources for the last ten years.

- Democracy Now
- KPFK (radio)
- KPFA (radio)
- TYT the young turks
- CSpan house & senate floor coverage
- Random Lengths News my local progressive paper
- A very small amount of BBC

[Nedsdag]

13. Um, I took the pledge in 2009.

My mental state has never been better.

[Doctor_J]

14. Those who still watch are addicts

everyone else has already turned it off long ago (like me - haven't watch in about 20 years)

[canoeist52]

15. It's been 10 mos. with no TV for us.

Don't miss especially, the ads telling us we're not acceptable unless we buy what they're selling.

Netflix for movies.

Occasionally Rachel when some nice people from DU put up an important video.

[w4rma]

16. I could care less if DUers watch. It's everyone else that matters. (nt)

[rhett o rick]

17. I am already on board. If my wife turns on the news, I leave the room. nm

[LWolf]

18. I don't pledge. But I haven't watched TV news in about 12 years. nt

[eilen]

19. I turned off the cable in the beginning of the month

Now, if I want to watch stuff on a screen, I Roku.

Occasionally I will watch last night's Eyewitness news in the am as I have a "news channel" that plays previous day's news. But more often than not I skip it. I am mellower.

[xiamiam]

20. good thread..i m celebrating one year of liberation from the hogwash they stuff down our throats

much clearer view with no pundits or ads..turn off the tv

[cbdo2007]

21. Also no Beck or Limbaugh!!!

they aren't "news" so I wanted to make sure they were included.

[spanone]

22. not watching won't change a thing....

[subsuelo]

24. yes it will. n/t

[RamboLiberal]

30. How?

So you let the TV news grow even more RW & crazy? And even more of the voting population listens to this crap. And we withdraw in to our little elitist la de da land and get squat from our government.

[subsuelo]

32. you've got it backwards.

the only la-de-da land exists in the minds of those brainwashing themselves by tuning in to the msm. By not tuning in and listening to alternative truth-telling media, we empower ourselves by basically having more awareness of the truth, better discernment, and ultimately to make better decisions, rather than having our focus on the latest celebrity gossip or whatever is being pushed at the moment.

[AspenRose]

23. I'm down with that

And will recommit to Democracy Now, BBC and Al-Jazeera.

[hobbit709]

25. I don't even bother watching the local news.

Mindless moronic cretin fodder.

[yellowwood]

26. Please Join Me

We're feeling pretty sad and revengeful right now. This is something we can do! Turn our backs on the media and the corporations that control them. The media is not our friend!
We can start a movement.
Turn off the TV news.
We can do this!

[RamboLiberal]

27. Not taking a pledge

We need more liberal news. If you want to be elite by not watching news so be it.

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

Sorry, unrecommend!

[yellowwood]

29. I Understand

I understand your frustration on not having more liberal TV news. But it's not going to happen.

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

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

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

Does anyone really believe that Juan Williams gives us a liberal view on Fox News? It's part of the conservative illusion.

[RamboLiberal]

31. So we have a start on MSNBC news & some talk radio

Which is a helluva lot better than we had just 5 or 6 years ago. We need to get people who invest in telling our side.

[hunter]

28. There's news on TV ?

:shrug:

I have not the patience to find it.

[Ignis]

33. Years (decades?) ahead of you, but HELL YES.

:kick: