MSNBC, CNN, FOX, and all the cable stations are at bottom of ratings if...

[kentuck]

There are many people doing the same as me. I don't even turn on the news. I even skipped Olberman's show! I watched a couple of movies. Listened to music all day. Most of the time the TV is off. This is really unusual in my house. But I wonder if anyone else is changing their viewing habits similarly? :)

[billbuckhead]

1. YEP

[patriotvoice]

2. I haven't owned a TV in 2 years...

...and I haven't had cable in 4.

I am one happy man.

[Eric J in MN]

3. I cancelled all tv service, a couple of weeks ago (nt)

nt

[KissMyAsscroft]

4. I stopped watching the whores long ago...

I get my news online where I don't have to get it from some fucking right wing asshole.

[burythehatchet]

5. I have a TV in every room

and every one of them stays on all the time I'm home. They all remain tuned to Comedy Central.

on edit: I'm watching Reno 911 right now. hahahahhahahahahah

[robcon]

6. I watch a couple of hours of news every day.

Cnn, MSNBC, CBS - I'm a channel flipper.

[TriMetFan]

7. We also have T.V.s in every room

That is scary. But to tell the truth we don't watch the news, we read about it on-line. The Discovery Ch. is on 1/2 the time the other 1/2 its on Nick for my kids.

[KoKo]

8. Blackout here....nothing on. No radio, TV...nothing. Can't take it

I did "peek" once today and C-Span had a picture of the Reagan "flag draped" coffin lying in state in the Reagan Library in CA. with mourners passing by and I thought to myself: "WTF! A week of staring at that damned coffin and passersby with whore media glorifying him like he was a KING, fgs! No way..

It's off for a week. But, being here on DU isn't helpful, either. Music next, I guess. Plus I have alot of books I need to catch up with.

It's really "overkill" but who knows what the Public will do with this one. We probably won't even get the real numbers...to ever know the truth of how many viewed the whole dirge. The advertisers probably fell all overthemselves throwing money at the coverage, and the cables aren't going to want them to know if the numbers aren't good. So, like the stock market it will be "hyped and pumped."
:-( Sick of it...who needed this crap just when we had so much info coming out exposing the BFEE & NeoCons. One more thing to bear in this nightmare we are living in..in real time.

[many a good man]

9. Its a nice break from politics

Let the media weave their Reagan fantasies. The campaigns need a break and so do we. A new chapter will start next week.

[mike_c]

10. mine haven't changed-- I NEVER watch television....

Hannity, O'Reilly, Lou Dobbs, etc are all just names to me. As far as I'm aware, I've never seen them. I do remember Blitzer reporting from Baghdad during the first gulf cock-up. That's about the last time I used the plugin drug for anything other than recorded movies. OK, I did watch a little of the news coverage during the first couple of days of the invasion, and of course I occassionally see a bit at other people's houses or when I stay in motels. But no, my TV viewing habits haven't changed in the least!

[kiahzero]

11. Yup

I've spent the day working, playing Neverwinter Nights, and reading Supreme Injustice.

[otohara]

12. Even My CNBC /CNN Addicted Hubby

taking a hiatus for the week...Which is a good thing, otherwise I'd have to go up-stairs, and it's hot up there.

[LittleApple81]

13. We did not have a TV for 20 years. Now I have the "minimum" cable

offerings (I got it because I have cable modem and for $10 more I got the TV connection) which, by some quirk, allows me the basic channels and MSNBC (the last one is not included in the basic channels for all the difference it makes!) I use it mainly to watch 60 minutes, and news. But today it has been off and I guess it will be off the rest of the week. Makes me sick.
By the way, one of my children speaks 5 languages fluently, the other one speaks 3...they love reading, they listen to classical music as well as their "age appropriate" music, we had dinner together everyday while they were growing up, talked and discussed ideas. It was the best decision we made to not have TV at home.

[shoelace414]

14. local

Ok, I guess I can understand the national news.. but we have 5 local news broadcasts.. and at 10 after the hour, four of them were still blathering on about Reagan.

He's dead.. it's not really a breaking news story anymore.

[troublemaker]

15. Turner Classic Movies, baby!

They have one sickly Reagan spot running between films but it's so weird it's just funny. Dean Martin movies all afternoon... now there was a President we could admire!

[Gildor Inglorion]

16. I quit watching TV many years ago...

and when I see the appalling stuff that's on at other people's houses, I'm more happy with my decision all the time. Now it looks as if I'll have to give up NPR as well.

[diamond14]

17. never had a TV....vicarious living has never been my thing....

there's plenty of TV's around if you absolutely have to watch something....

my own preference is to watch an occasional MOVIE on the BIG screen, and IMAX....

today's computer internet and radio are usually enough for me...although I occasionally watch the news while working out at the gym....that's about enough for me....just a flip through 90 channels convinces me that I made the right choice....it's mostly just garbage...and I live better without such a mindless little box...

[I thought so.]

18. Heads up cable news fans!

This site has alot of really cool info on cable news.

http://www.stateofthemedia.org/narrative_cabletv_intro.asp?cat=1&media=5

Did you know that the audience is very small and their average age is about 58 years old? check the rest of the site to. Lotsa surprises about the media.

[liveoaktx]

19. I skipped Olberman too which I rarely ever do because

I was sure I'd be subjected to more of RR. I plan to catch up on some reading this week, including "Culture of Fear", " Republican Noise Machine" and "What Liberal Media".

[rfkrocks]

20. I can't watch the "liberal" media anymore

a whole week of Reagan-I mean its like he is a Deity-can't stand the cable crew-Tweety, NotFineman, Joe Scarface, Judy Woodhead and all the others (don't even click thru Fox)-I am altering my viewing to zero and I AM Happy! I really do admire the Duers who actually have no tvs-one day maybe

[Warpy]

21. I stopped watching TV when I got my first computer

I have a TV in the living room hooked up to a VCR, and the one in the bedroom has a DVD player. I watch movies. I may check local news for the weather (which has at least a slim chance of being true, unlike the news) and a few shows on PBS. Otherwise, it's off.

I've never had cable. I worked nights for 18 years, and cable channels were nothing but infomercials when I was off and awake at night.

[NightTrain]

22. When I move later this month, I'll no longer have cable. And it's...

...a conscious choice. About the only thing I'll miss is "The Daily Show," but it's ridiculous for me to continue paying $70 a month to see just one program.

I will, however, get broadband Internet at my new place! :thumbsup:

[buff2]

23. I have

I watched a little of it this afternoon,but I'm not watching anymore of it. I've been watching movies and working around the house. I can't take anymore of those pundits and media whores slobbering all over themselves. They are going way overboard about this guy's death. People die everyday and he's not that damn special,IMHO.His policies hurt too many people....when he was president I had to work two jobs,being a divorced mom with two children.It's always people like us that suffers under a repuke presidency.God,to think back about what all he did makes me sick. Closing up mental hospitals and causing those poor people to end up homeless and on the street,and all you can hear coming out of those gasbags mouths is how great he was and how he was the best president....:wtf: :puke:

[teryang]

24. There are a few factors at work

The first is demographic. People over fifty generally don't like television because it isn't targeted at mature interests.

The second is the content. Listening to news broadcasts and "serious" talking heads is like listening to non-stop propaganda. Listening to public officials is listening to non stop lies. It's a complete bore, not just because of the content or ideology. Most of it is just dumbed down clap-trap. The experts are there to tell us how to interpret events. Why? I feel like someone living in totalitarian Russia. There is rarely any genuine dialogue, just bullet points from the media trained with snappy retorts and jingos. The token progressives are ... well I won't say for fear of offending some, but they appear to be charicatures of real people. Their dialogue has to be carefully monitored or they will be jettisoned like passports on a highjacked 757. It is not edifying in least, so why watch? Many of the hosts and guests are downright offensive. If they acted as they do on camera in public, someone would just tell them to shut the f... up. You reach a stage when you know your institutions and government are just a corrupt and cruel farce.

Who wants to invite that garbarge into their home? That's what it really is garbage. I don't even read the posts that refer to these people on television. Hey did you hear what so and so said? No, I don't give a s..t in the least.

The entertainment isn't very good either, sometimes I watch the comedies and the classic movies. I'd shut the cable off, it's not worth what it costs, not just in money but in commercial output, it's wasting my time. But others in the family like to watch cartoons, the food channel, and the weather.

[ConsAreLiars]

25. The nonstop necrophilia really turned me off of the "news" channels

So I decided to spend a little time checking out the Dish Network's new Sirius radio (music only) channels. Since Saturday I've been tuned to 6038 Folktown (Olabelle to Kottke to Dylan to DiFranco) and yesterday was delighted to hear Judy Collins and Tom Paxton chatting about music and playing everyone from Malvina Reynolds to Arlo Guthrie.

A nice reminder that the life affirming side of the "culture wars" is still here.

[in_cog_ni_to]

26. I refuse to watch one damn minute

of the lovefest. I AM having C-SPAN withdrawals though. :cry: I usually have C-SPAN on all day. I switch back and forth between C-SPAN 1 & 2. If the repukes are on the House floor, I switch over to C-SPAN 2 to hear the Senate. I may swith to CNN or MSNBC if Wes Clark or someone I want to see is on. I haven't watched ANY news channel since Reagan died. Only local news.