2016 Postmortem

StarTrombone

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11. Pulled the plug when they switched from analogue to digital

Fri May 20, 2016, 02:04 PM

May 2016

And my cable decoder boxes quit working

That was 15 years ago in Phoenix

And 8 or 9 years ago up nort at the cabin in Minnesota

Isn't that what torrents are for

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What will it take to get YOU to unplug from corporate media's cable news channels? [View all] mhatrw May 2016 OP

Already unpluged. TheBlackAdder May 2016 #1

I unplugged months ago. 840high May 2016 #14

Me too. RufusTFirefly May 2016 #31

I cut the cord on 12/31/15 to start the new year right. nt Snotcicles May 2016 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author artislife May 2016 #28

Been there done that tularetom May 2016 #2

ON my fourth year now... I only occasionally see linked video from cable "news" hlthe2b May 2016 #3

i havent watched much of tv news in general for the last five years or really watched tv at ll. allan01 May 2016 #4

The only way to get their attention is to cost them $$$ casperthegm May 2016 #5

Only Nielsen families hold the key to ratings yeoman6987 May 2016 #60

I don't watch ANY cable news underthematrix May 2016 #6

I have long cut the cord... GeorgiaPeanuts May 2016 #7

I'm out already. . . my last addiction was Maddow but she's dead to me now. pdsimdars May 2016 #8

It's amazing how much Time Warner (Hillary's 7th biggest doner) owns Quixote1818 May 2016 #9

wow 840high May 2016 #33

I don't have cable. nt antigop May 2016 #10

Pulled the plug when they switched from analogue to digital StarTrombone May 2016 #11

Same here, but just slightly before. Melissa G May 2016 #52

I did it several months ago. redwitch May 2016 #12

Already Old Codger May 2016 #13

If everyone is out to get you, and all the news media have conspired together procon May 2016 #15

If you trust the pundolts and other talking heads that corporate media provides for your propaganda mhatrw May 2016 #17

So you got nothing either? procon May 2016 #21

Thanks, Judith Miller! Go Team Halliburton! Find those WMDs! mhatrw May 2016 #36

The thing that's depressing is that the majority of the country still perceives reality through the bjo59 May 2016 #56

There's a whole world wide web of opinion out there! And much of it is much better than what you get reformist2 May 2016 #20

Cut the cord last year. bvf May 2016 #16

Mostly done. I'll turn on CNN from time to time. There are too many other options. jillan May 2016 #18

If the Ms. Corporate Leader is elected I will cut the cords. derpderpderp May 2016 #19

I checked out a couple months ago and don't miss it one bit neverforget May 2016 #22

I unplugged 16 years ago. nt LWolf May 2016 #23

Don't believe everything you read on the series of tubes either. nt BootinUp May 2016 #24

Right now they are still chasing a downed airplane nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #25

Nothing like holier than thou posts... brooklynite May 2016 #26

And that's why you always make sure to watch Fox News. Right? mhatrw May 2016 #37

No - you are not disgusted by media that LIES to you. You choose to spin it instead of facing it. vintx May 2016 #39

they know your mind is wired to accept their b/s and you will never look beyond. juxtaposed May 2016 #54

I course I will...think of all the time I spend here... brooklynite May 2016 #63

I already have. I have the CNN mobile app for breaking news, and weather radio for tornadoes. moriah May 2016 #27

Been off since coup 2000 Carolina May 2016 #29

stopped watching cable nooz shortly after 9-11 - figured out where things were going azurnoir May 2016 #30

Never had cable passiveporcupine May 2016 #32

I unplugged Oct 2004 with Kerry. seabeyond May 2016 #34

I'll also tune out Cenk and the Sane Progressive for balance. nt oasis May 2016 #35

very fair and balanced of you mhatrw May 2016 #38

Why tune him out? Just don't tune in. Love Cenk but computer all day is hard. TV should do it. snowy owl May 2016 #42

I agree although the best I could do so far is default to CNN where I am seeing attempts at fairnes snowy owl May 2016 #40

James Woolsey, Stansfield Turner, Dean Rusk & Wesley Clark were also Rhodes Scholars. mhatrw May 2016 #46

So, that doesn't change my post. Maddow and Clinton aren't exemplar examples are they? snowy owl May 2016 #47

I did not mean to imply that. I was mentioning them because I think they are also shady. nt mhatrw May 2016 #48

Thanks for specifying. I always thought Rusk was okay. I know fifties but still. . . snowy owl May 2016 #50

Sorry, how do you get "corporatism" from Rhodes's life? Recursion May 2016 #49

Have been for a while. Twitter for me and that's about it. ThePhilosopher04 May 2016 #41

I watch CNN for one reason and one reason only. Uncle Joe May 2016 #43

I unplugged a couple of years ago cliffordu May 2016 #45

over ten years ago I cut the cord on cable. I haven't turned my tv on in almost a year. juxtaposed May 2016 #51

Been done with it for months. elleng May 2016 #53

I unplugged my cable cord 10 years ago. bjo59 May 2016 #55

I left all that about 1990, Propaganda and manipulation, not news and the political agenda driven Todays_Illusion May 2016 #57

If you're waiting for me tazkcmo May 2016 #58

I only watch so I know what the memes are. I spend all day refuting them. nt silvershadow May 2016 #59

I watch Thom Hartmann and Ed Schultz on RT America. Manifestor_of_Light May 2016 #61

Except for on-the-spot coverage of such things as airplane crashes or Nay May 2016 #62