Just had to turn off cable. Watching Netflix, Prime, Hulu...anything but the news. nt

[Samrob]

[Mr.Bill]

1. We still have cable,

but when the wife and I want to avoid politics and the news, fortunately we both like the cooking and home improvement channels.

[MuseRider]

2. This time before an election

I always have to step away. It yanks you back and forth and makes you crazy. Do what you are doing, work on getting out the vote etc. but do not listen to all the yaking on the TV. It is interesting but at this point, for me anyway, it is so bad for my head and I need to keep in the game.

If you do podcasts pick up Smartless. Today they had President Biden on. It was at turns silly, fun, serious but very very good to listen to. Will Arnet, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes, you can only imagine! It will make you feel good. Promise.

[Raven123]

3. Same here

[barbtries]

4. welcome.

been on that train for some time now. I just don't need the frustration.

Thankful for DU.

[lamp_shade]

5. I get my news here at DU and from Nichol Wallace...

She goes easy (if at all) on the election shit.
Otherwise...
Any Veterinarian show
Maine Cabin Masters
Nature
Planet Earth (and anything David Attenborough narrates)
Any Alaska show
The Pioneer Woman (Ree Drummon)
Some PBS Documentaries
Any of the Ken Burns docs

[Auggie]

6. Need cable for live sports ...

but stopped with the news. Not even MSNBC.

[Elessar Zappa]

8. Same.

I keep my cable purely for live sports. I’m an NBA/NFL/MLB/NHL/Tennis junkie.

[IzzaNuDay]

7. Last election cycle

I watched a British organist on YouTube. Great concerts and totally forgot the news. Between that and Netflix, Hulu and Disney+, I’m not going to pay much attention to politics!

[NewHendoLib]

9. Welcome to our lives for the last 17 years!

[Red Pest]

10. My wife and I are just streaming movies/series now with almost no news.

We just can't deal with the craziness of the MAGA crowd and their increasing antisemitism, racism, ignorance, and general bullshit. We have both voted and have donated to support various Democratic candidates. Now we need to chill out and hope that all hell doesn't break loose.

[Elessar Zappa]

11. I'm tuning out after the midterms for a few months.

No politics at all. No DU, no Twitter, no MSM, nothing. My mental health demands it.

[slightlv]

12. I'm watching Lucifer right now

if you have to give the Devil his due, I'm for THIS devil! (LOL)

Later on... anything and everything Star Trek!!!!

[Trailrider1951]

13. Same here. I said ENOUGH! two weeks ago

I've been cruising youtube in the evenings, and finding all sorts of interesting and informative stuff. Like this old movie based on a story by Rod Serling, Patterns:

Like a video on how to reset the Maintenance Required notice on my car if the oil change guy doesn't do it. Videos of National Parks, cities I've never been to, and a 5 minute demonstration on how to clean my windows more efficiently. I get my news and political stuff right here at DU.

[uponit7771]

15. +1, I can't stop binging on cold war YT vids. So much of that era defined the worlds outlook today

[uponit7771]

14. K&R, its the polls with 4-5 percent MOE that I can't stand

[JoanofArgh]

16. Feel the same way.

I turned on MSNBC earlier and Hallie Jackson was interviewing the Republican running for the Senate in Colorado. She let him spew all types of disinformation and nonsense and didn't call him out on any of it. "Biden caused inflation in America,. Biden caused high gas prices. " It was disgusting. Democrats get criticized on everything they're doing wrong and they let the GOP just slide. So sick of it all.

[Polly Hennessey]

19. Hallie probably doesn't know it's disinformation.

She floats around in another world.

[ecstatic]

17. I will do the same soon... I don't know why I keep tuning in

considering all the stress it generates.

[hunter]

18. Quit shortly after 9/11/2001.

Broadcast television too.

The last network television show my wife and I recorded was the finale of Chuck, January 27, 2012.

[Bev54]

20. I did the same today. Never watch Netflix during the day except some Sundays

but today I had enough, watching Inside Man.

[mike_c]

21. I turned mine off 30 yrs ago

Seriously, life is much better without the squawking box. I am occasionally exposed to TV in places like hotel breakfasts, and it's appalling. I don't know how people can watch it.

[eissa]

22. Same. My anxiety is off the charts

I don't need this stress. At this point, if people are stupid enough to put the party of reactionary, conspiracy-spreading insurrectionists in power, then we deserve whatever comes our way.