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usaf-vet

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15. Cut the cord to U.S. news and entertainment 5 years ago. We haven't seen a paid TV ad since 2012.

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Sun Oct 6, 2019, 02:46 PM

Oct 2019

We use ad-blocking software on our phones and internet devices. We watch only what we like and yes we are willing to pay for the privilege. I listen to podcasts and of course DU. The Guardian is our source for international news although not perfect it is IMO far better than any U.S. media outlet.

Try cutting the cord. There are lots of streaming options today. Hint try" AcornTV and BritBox two British options. Great programming at very reasonable monthly fees. Both are under $10.00/month

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There's A Common Thread In The Global Rise Of Fascism And Autocracy [View all] Initech Oct 2019 OP

NewsCorp and Fox have no more power than Viacom,CBS,or Disney...they exist to make money, virgogal Oct 2019 #1

Just remember the 2000 election. Initech Oct 2019 #2

Those other corporations are all more or less the same and not blatantly propagandizing. Garrett78 Oct 2019 #4

The biggest common thread: Income inequality DrToast Oct 2019 #3

I live in an upper lower middle class neighborhood. Initech Oct 2019 #7

You misunderstand DrToast Oct 2019 #8

That's one. But there is the issue of aging white populations trying to beat back the "other", Texin Oct 2019 #11

I did a mass internet ad opt out recently backtoblue Oct 2019 #5

K&R. n/t ms liberty Oct 2019 #6

Yes. That's also much of the explanation for LW incompetent Hortensis Oct 2019 #9

Seriously I am dreading what is going to happen next year. Initech Oct 2019 #21

I was ready to ask the doctor for a first-ever anxiolytic Hortensis Oct 2019 #23

Makes me think about Gladwell's "Nudge" - how to influence people with minimal effort erronis Oct 2019 #10

I agree... defacto7 Oct 2019 #12

That - and support from big business sandensea Oct 2019 #13

It's on the rise because of immigration/refugees. It's just that simple. nt UniteFightBack Oct 2019 #14

Cut the cord to U.S. news and entertainment 5 years ago. We haven't seen a paid TV ad since 2012. usaf-vet Oct 2019 #15

Oh yeah I hardly ever watch network TV anymore. Initech Oct 2019 #22

I didn't know sky was owned by fox kimbutgar Oct 2019 #16

We've had sensationalism for ages Marthe48 Oct 2019 #17

sensationalism is not the same as DISinformation Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #27

in this country fox is visual icing for the lie turd pie of talk radio. brazil's asshole certainot Oct 2019 #18

g certainot Oct 2019 #19

Also... kentuck Oct 2019 #20

Sky News is nothing like Fox Spider Jerusalem Oct 2019 #24

Doesn't Murdoch own the Sun? Initech Oct 2019 #25

Yep (and neither the Sun nor the NY Post is a "supermarket tabloid") Spider Jerusalem Oct 2019 #26

Conservative Whites such as Murdoch need to face immigration restrictions. Dawson Leery Oct 2019 #28

Several years ago, we did a fabulous home exchange on the Appian Way secondwind Oct 2019 #29

I support this premise. Additionally, it is an addiction to stress that causes many littlemissmartypants Oct 2019 #30