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Blue_Tires

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3. Hell, I stopped watching cable news after 2016

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Fri Dec 27, 2024, 08:07 PM

Dec 2024

I don't know why more people haven't done the same.

Every time the angry orange idiot's ugly-assed face has been on TV, I turn... Even the slurred sound of his voice puts me into a rage...

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the main reason i stopped watching the news [View all] orleans Dec 2024 OP

I stopped watching news in Oct. same reason Marthe48 Dec 2024 #1

thanks for articulating it so clearly (nt) Tumbulu Dec 2024 #2

Hell, I stopped watching cable news after 2016 Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #3

I read DU - it's about the only connection to news I have. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2024 #4

Yep. I can't stand the sight of him nor the sound of his voice. badhair77 Dec 2024 #5

what? Conjuay Dec 2024 #7

absolute agreement Jimmy76 Dec 2024 #13

Yes that is why uncledad Dec 2024 #6

CEO of CBS admitted this in 2016. He makes us money. It's all they care about. Truth and honest journalism? Evolve Dammit Dec 2024 #8

Les Moonves uncledad Dec 2024 #12

My sentiments exactly. Borogove Dec 2024 #9

I HATE HIM AND ALL HIS GAWD DAMN MAGA's.......... a kennedy Dec 2024 #10

We still expect the media to be the adults in the room. They aren't. Biophilic Dec 2024 #11

Zactly. cilla4progress Dec 2024 #14

I quit watching years ago Hoosier_Progressiv Dec 2024 #15

Trump got $ billions in free campaign ads... pfitz59 Dec 2024 #16

I watch MSNBC stollen Dec 2024 #17

Just be useful to the handful of oligarchs owning 90% of the media that the public consumes. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2024 #18