I've found the right amount of CNN to watch per day

[Shermann]

I'm slowly weaning myself off of cable/satellite TV and am watching more streaming content. I've downgraded my Dish Network plan and have subscribed to Peacock.

I'm more or less hooked on the 24-hour news cycle and enjoy CNN (and to a lesser degree MSNBC). Now, I flip on CNN and watch it until I am presented with one of the following:

1) A prescription drug commercial
2) A commercial for that goddamn mesothelioma book

Then I watch something else, or just flip off the TV entirely. I must say, I'm watching far less news these days. Some days I flip the TV on right into #1 or #2 and don't watch any. As a bonus, I don't have to listen to those shitty repetitive drug commercial jingles.

[wcmagumba]

1. Rarely watch CNN or MSNBC for similar reasons, watch live stream of France24 or DW (Ger)...

through youtube.com (not youtube tv)...much better for me...no commercials....

[BunnyMcGee]

5. Thanks for the stream tips.

currently listening to DW, rational news reporting, without hype.

[jimfields33]

2. I quit all news watching January 2020.

Never relt better. All I do is read.

[Shermann]

9. BBC World News is only available on Dish via the News Pack

That's like $10 a month more which is going back in the wrong direction

[MontanaMama]

4. I cut waaaay back on MSNBC and CNN this year.

In fact, I don't think I've watched an evening "news" show for months. I stay caught up online...here on DU and listening to NPR in my car. I feel lots less anxious.

[Raine]

6. I hate those drug commercials too, that's a good way of doing it

to get off of watching anything on TV.

[doc03]

7. Instead of watching CNN and MSNBC that is all

politics and Ukraine I have been watching Shepard Smith some. He gives a summary of the daily news, there are more things going on than politics 24/7.

[BluesRunTheGame]

8. I don't have a TV but I'm in a hotel room for a couple nights every six weeks.

If I think about it I’ll turn on msnbc and watch Nicole Wallace. Then, I leave the TV on until I can’t stand it anymore. Sometimes I’ll make it several hours. Sometimes I don’t make it through Nicole’s show.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

10. Good.

Too many people spend their entire day watching some cable news. It totally destroys any kind of perspective. Never forget that there is an "off" switch or button.

There is a lot more to life than cable news. Read a book. Watch a rom-com. Go for a walk. Play a game of scrabble. Telephone an old friend.

[FloridaBlues]

11. I dip in and out of cable news. I can't do much anymore and with war news coverage 24/7

Makes it harder. I just get depressed knowing there little one person can do to stop what is happening.

[chillfactor]

12. same here....

Watch very litte cable news these days...maybe some Nicole.....evenings on MSNBC a disaster snce Rachel and Brian gone. Prefer reading now or watching movies, especially mysteries. If I want to catch up on the news, I come to DU.

[meadowlander]

14. I just check the MSNBC and CNN YouTube channels for any clips that look interesting from that day.

With ad blockers on my browser I get my 15-20 minutes of actual news a day with no ads.

But to be honest, I'd get everything I need to know just from watching Colbert.

[chia]

15. I don't watch cable news at all so never have to watch commercials. I read my news online

and watch any relevant video embedded in it if it seems essential (like journalists on the ground in Ukraine, for example).

Maybe it's just me but I'm beyond tired of talking heads, even of people I like. Talk, talk, talk.

If I want expert commentary, I'll read it.