WTF do we do with the news media? Today and every day it has been

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Trump all day on every cable news channel. The only break they make from Trump is to report increased layoffs,
Clinton's E-mails or whatever Bernie Sanders has to say negative about Clinton. How do we get the news media
to cover the damn news. I have Tweety on the subject Trump and Ryan meeting as of now 15 minutes into the show
and Trump Trump Trump. It has become pretty obvious to me that the Republicans will be united for their convention and it looks like ours will be one in disarray. The only break I can get from that SOB is watching Netflix.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. turn. them. off.

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4. Like I said the only break is watch Netflix.

[Purveyor]

2. Today was especially nauseating. Following the trump caravan like it

was the OJ getaway vehicle...

[Firebrand Gary]

3. I spent the day cleaning the house.

ALL DAY LONG... Fucking Trump!

I gave up after a few hours and turned on music instead.

[apcalc]

5. I swear that Trump

Causes a tingle in Tweety's leg.

Freaking nauseating...

[Wellstone ruled]

6. It is all about the clicks.

No matter if it is Cable or Satellite,ever channel change is leaves a digital trail.

[sailfla]

7. I really did give up bout a week ago

Who the hell is watching this crap

[Kingofalldems]

8. And the haters and right wingers call CNN--Clinton News Network.

Even after almost a year of nonstop Trump adulation and coverage.

[malaise]

9. I turned off cable today

It was unbearable

[L. Coyote]

10. You are saying some people still watch them, I assume you included. Not anyone I know.

I can't remember the last time I was exposed to them, in fact. I think it was in a business waiting for my car repair, and I just turned the thing completely off.

[StarTrombone]

11. Is there any way that you can sneak away from the TV

Without being seen or heard and call the cops on whoever is holding a gun to your head making you watch all day every day?

[world wide wally]

12. And Trump just calls the news media despicable scum

So they smile and say, "What a joker that guy is. He's hilarious. Such a winning personality"

Gimme a fucking break

[Blue_Tires]

13. I just watch/listen to the BBC

You'd be surprised at how much is going on in the world that you'll never see on our cable news channel screechfests...

The number one issue I have with CNN/MSNBC is their propensity to rotate the same 2-3 topics of the day for 18 hours...

[840high]

14. I got rid of cable. Very happy and save money.

[ileus]

15. Once we're back in complete power we'll bend their ears a little to our will.

Right now they're just playing the ratings game for profit, not any different than the evil corporations we normally bitch about.

[procon]

16. The media is Reaganizing Trump.

There's no criticism; he's making them all rich as their ratings go through the roof and the ad revenues pour in. Everything Trump says is accepted as truth from on high. His most outrageous pronouncements are heralded as the wisdom of the ages. The cameras capture every departure and arrival of his ugly black plane as if covering the Pope. Reporters hang on his every word in awe, they shake his hand in gratitude for access, and almost genuflect in his presence.

If elected **shiver** the media will place him on a pedestal and sing hosannas in adoration because he will make them wealthy beyond their wildest dreams.

[silvershadow]

17. We reinstate some ownership rules on media, with no grandfather clauses...

meaning, we go back to the way it was before Clinton dismantled it.

[Shandris]

18. Aha! Let me help.

Pick up your phone. Call your 'provider' and tell them you are no longer interested in watching the illusions presented on the screen. Tell them you will take your reality in the proper way from now on, and that they are no longer entitled to the paper talisman that we use to represent portions of our life.

At that point, step outside, breathe in the air, and find something else to do other than think about media. The Medes were never nice, friendly people to begin with, and the branch named after them isn't either.

At least...it worked for me!

[SheilaT]

19. I wonder if you could possibly purchase a unit that has an OFF switch.

Might come in handy. You just never know.

I don't have a TV, and I think as a consequence I'm better informed than a lot of people. I wake up every morning to Amy Goodman, often listen to the BBC which comes on right after her on my local community radio station. I read the local newspaper. It's not the greatest, but it keeps me reasonably up to date on local events and issues.

I read books. I cruise the internet. Most important, I don't get hooked into whatever is the latest wall-to-wall coverage.

To give an actual answer to your question: humans in general are subject to herd thinking, and that's what's behind the nonstop Trump coverage. The corporate overlords are terrified they will make a mistake and lose audience share, so they try very hard to go with whatever will grab the most eyes or ears. Original thinking of any sort is not merely not rewarded, but it's actively punished. It's the grown-up version of kids in grade school wanting the same cool toy some other kid has. Again, herd thinking.

So if you can acquire a set with an off button, my suggestion is that you make use of it on occasion. Go take a walk. Read a book. Write a poem. Bake a cake. Something to occupy your brain that's not just filling it without constant noise.