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RussBLib

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3. there is so much news out there to cover

Reply to pwb (Original post)

Sat Aug 21, 2021, 11:18 AM

Aug 2021

and yet, it's Covid, Afghanistan, Covid, Afghanistan, Congress, Covid, Afghanistan, etc.

I wish MSNBC would actually take 5-10 minutes each hour for actual news, international and domestic. Some weather would be good too.

I hardly watch much these days if it isn't already on the DVR.

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Today is one full week of no Cable news for me. Even the one we call ours. [View all] pwb Aug 2021 OP

welcome to a happier day! 17 years for me. NewHendoLib Aug 2021 #1

Same..been a lot more than a week. Even with "our" network there's a lot of ranting for ratings PortTack Aug 2021 #2

there is so much news out there to cover RussBLib Aug 2021 #3

Not if it's Fox. GoodRaisin Aug 2021 #6

I guess it's a good thing RussBLib Aug 2021 #11

Maybe. GoodRaisin Aug 2021 #19

Well done, and I hope this works out for you LearnedHand Aug 2021 #4

This: Hour after hour of the same dribble from different mouths. CrispyQ Aug 2021 #5

I went out of town to wander in the north woods, Ocelot II Aug 2021 #7

I don't want to hear the bat shit from Greene tetedur Aug 2021 #8

I cut the cable long ago too but pwb Aug 2021 #16

Good for you! Isn't it Liberating? it is for me. msfiddlestix Aug 2021 #9

13 yrs myself N/T Tink41 Aug 2021 #10

I only watched one hour of Rachel in 10 days cally Aug 2021 #12

I don't like to add to their ratings if they don't deserve it. ananda Aug 2021 #13

Television oioioi Aug 2021 #14

Fifteen years cable free pecosbob Aug 2021 #15

Elections never lasted"only a month or so" brooklynite Aug 2021 #17

I just watch CBS Evening News. Elessar Zappa Aug 2021 #18