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KoKo

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16. I can understand your excitement!

Reply to Cleita (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2015, 05:15 PM

Mar 2015

back attcha!

When we got our ROKU Box four years ago (and through an "Add On App" were able to get International News) it was like having my sanity restored. Seriously!

I'd gotten to the point of yelling at the TV and even MSNBC started to get me crazy. The constant commercials and the same old, same old interview style and lack of point of view and diversity except by the same old Media pundits/Talking Heads from the Think Tanks...were too much.

I can switch around now and the lack of constant commercials and more diversified reporting means I can focus and not get crazy.

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BBC just launched it's world news channel. [View all] Cleita Mar 2015 OP

The BBC rules shenmue Mar 2015 #1

It's been there for a bit... Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #2

No it wasn't. I just got notified today and am sure I would have noticed since Cleita Mar 2015 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Logical Mar 2015 #8

Really? Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #11

Maybe. I don't really know. Cleita Mar 2015 #12

Also, I wish I did get CNN international. I don't. Cleita Mar 2015 #4

GOOD! Where's Al Jazeera on DirectTV? elleng Mar 2015 #5

Right next door on channel 347. eom Cleita Mar 2015 #6

Thanks! Things to watch for next weekend, elleng Mar 2015 #7

Just launched? PBS and NPR have been airing it for over a decade at least. 2banon Mar 2015 #9

Actually we could get it at 3 am PT in my time zone on the regular BBC TV Cleita Mar 2015 #10

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area.. 2banon Mar 2015 #21

Cleita Diclotican Mar 2015 #13

I know that. I've been watching, listening and reading them for years on and off when I could get Cleita Mar 2015 #14

I don't think many people are aware of the extent of US media deserts or the wide range of programs appalachiablue Mar 2015 #15

Thanks for this post...it's so true what you say. Not equal access for Millions KoKo Mar 2015 #18

It's a mess since deregulation in the 90s & Reagan's dismissing the fairness doctrine before. appalachiablue Mar 2015 #19

Yep..n/t KoKo Mar 2015 #22

I can understand your excitement! KoKo Mar 2015 #16

Yes, the restoration of sanity is one of the most important IMHO. Cleita Mar 2015 #17

I've had it for awhile now. ananda Mar 2015 #20