BE SMART: TURN OFF CNN, MSNBC, etc.

[WilliamPitt]

Do it now. Turn it off. Don't let the poison out.

[efhmc]

1. It's a nice day. I'm working outside in my overgrown yard.

At least I can pull those weeds.

[janekat]

2. and go to FOX??? - there's no other 24 news channel.....

PBS is good but only has a few hours a day of news. The networks are worse?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. I think he's talking about the upcoming spin=poison.

[realFedUp]

3. KPFK's doing a good analysis

"nothing new, regime change, regime change..."

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

9. Good ole KPFK.

Did some volunteer work for them years ago.

[Oilwellian]

5. On CSpan 2....

The Dems in the Senate have been shredding Bush apart. They're really attacking Bush's call for an additional $87 billion and they say they plan for plenty of debate on the issue in the coming days. Right now they're having a quorum call, but stay tuned...this should be a good week on the Senate floor.

[Oilwellian]

10. Oh, and.......

on CSpan I, Chirac will be addressing the UN next. :D

[catmandu57]

Tv's off

After Senator Dodd there was nothing to watch anyway.

[Rose Siding]

6. Arnot in the barber shop!

Everyone loves us....can't....look...away.

[bearfartinthewoods]

7. fuck that...it tried it your way

i heard the DUers who said turn off the tube and i tried it last week.
now i'm blindsided by this whole thing. i don't like surprises. no way am i tuning out the opposition anymore.

[WilliamPitt]

13. This has been all over DU

You don't need the TV. It will mess you all up.

[bearfartinthewoods]

21. sure the speech was talked about but not the possibility of UN caving

i'm strong enough not to be "messed up" by the freakin tube.
i'm surprised you don't think you are likewise. living in an echo chamber can mess you up too.

[WilliamPitt]

23. That'd be true

if DU was where I lived.

[diplomats]

25. What are the chances of the U.N. caving?

anyone have a realistic estimate?

[bearfartinthewoods]

26. until i heard Koffi's speech i would have said 1 in 4 now

it's gotta be 50 -50

[sattahipdeep]

29. Who's telling the truth?

News of the death of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was
intentionally suppressed so that officials could
play on the power of his name to follow up leads
and contacts.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DJ30Df01.html

Does John Solomon work for cia?

John Solomon
supervises the Associated Press's
investigative unit which has been
looking into what the government knew
before September 11th and what it has
been doing since.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030922/ap_on_re_us/terror_mastermind_13

Iraq to close down Arab satellite TV
http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s952238.htm

Unbeleavable CNN Embeds Clarke with 'Zahn'
By Andrew Grossman

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - CNN's newly formatted "Paula Zahn
Now" show has added Victoria Clarke, the former head of public affairs
at the Pentagon, as an exclusive contributor, the news cable network
said.
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=3490157

[sattahipdeep]

32. Just like I thought, no one knows

which is the truth.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

35. I'm immunized against TV by having a clue. But want to know the lies

being put into the sheeple's brains. Friends ask me how I can stand to closely follow the BushNazi's antics without going out of my everlovin' mind. I tell them that it's like being in a bathtub with a snake; I prefer to keep my eye on it rather than look away.

[RichM]

8. I TRIED to watch it, but couldn't bear it. Turned it off after a few

minutes, right after the 15th use of the word "terrorist," somewhere near the bit about how Saddam's "rape chambers" are now shut down due to the incredible moral virtue of the US Army.

[prolesunited]

11. I don't know about you

but I'm turning on Rush so he'll tell me what to think. :silly:

[efhmc]

15. Do you just love pain or what?

[prolesunited]

18. I was just kidding!

Those people make me scream and pound on my steering wheel. I was driving home from the heartland this summer and could only get Hannity on all of the Clear Channel stations. I wanted to drive my car into the ditch.

[Cush]

12. I'm giving it a go

They were actually critical after the last speech he gave a few Sundays ago

[msmcghee]

14. I've been no cable - no dish for 6 weeks now.

So far, I have not broken out in a rash and I do not need any (extra) medication.

I just didn't re-subscribe to the service after moving. I now have one of those old fashioned antenna things on my roof and I get PBS just fine - from across the sound in Seattle from those antennas up on Capital Hill I guess.

I do miss The Daily Show / Jon Stewart. But there's a whole lot of good stuff on internet audio now. For example I am now listening to the C-SPAN (UN post *Bush reply).

I get almost all the news I need from DU-LBN - anytime of the day or nite. Thanks to all you DU news junkies/posters out there.

B-)

[VelmaD]

16. That shit will warp your brain.

I've done without cable for nearly 5 years now. You'd be amazed at the time you free up for more important things - like reading and talking to friends and thinking deep thoughts - when you turn the idiot box off.

DV

[Egnever]

17. AGHHHHHH WTF IS WRONG WITH OUR PRESS!!!!

This is beyond beleif!

How can these idiots sit there and say this went well?

We have serious problems in this country

[diplomats]

19. Probably because Bush didn't trip and fall off the podium

I think their expectations have gotten pretty low when it comes to Chimpy.

[prolesunited]

20. The delegates

didn't boo and hiss and throw rotten tomatoes? :shrug:

[WilliamPitt]

22. Nope. They're not Americans.

:grr:

[Individualist]

24. Dark ages

History will probably view this period in time as the dark ages of our nation. We have government controlled media, suppression of freedom of speech, violation of freedom of assembly with protestors herded into first amendment zones, Patriot Act, etc., etc., etc.

[devinsgram]

27. I get all my news

Right here. Instead of watching all the bull I just read what you all have to say and I am well informed.

[g_w_blaaarg]

28. Good idea

I've gotten so fed up with the endless parade of talking heads on the "news" channels that the only one I have marked on my cable box is CNN Headlines - just so I can get a brief rundown of the news during the weekend.

I actually gave network news another shot the other day (I think it was CBS) , and was treated to a facinating, in-depth look at the "razor wars"! You know, the fierce competition between Schick and Gillette? See, Gillette is currently leading the shaving implement market with their MACH III razor which, of course, utilizes three cutting blades and Schick, not wanting to fall too far behind intorduced their "Quattro" razor which OH MY GOD, MY BRAIN IS MELTING - SWEET JESUS HELP ME, OH MY GOD THE PAIN! NO, NO BARBERSHOP MAN-ON-THE-STREET INTERVIEWS ABOUT A STUPID, GODDAMN MARKETING CAMPAIGN! HOLY EVERLOVING CRAP, WHY IS THIS ON MY TV!

Seriously, it's just not worth it.

[joanski01]

30. I watched the proceedings

on C-Span. When it was over, I flipped to CNN, then MSNBC. They were talking about the CA recall. I flipped to C-Span2. They were having a roll-call vote. So I turned the TV off. What the heck did the chimp* say anyway? He was so borning, I kept yelling for him to shut up.

[Clete]

31. I am involved in a one woman campaign to scold CNN

for violating journalistic principles and ethics so I have to watch. Apparently there is a big shake-up going on in the executive offices of CNN to improve their programming and ratings, so I'm trying to steer them in the right direction. Propaganda no longer works on me at my at my age. I am very critical about what I see and hear. Wish me luck!

[Oracle]

33. I did it ten month's ago I stopped watching those fucking liars!

I never get tempted nor watch any coporate news, it complete bullshit and they count on YOU watching for their ratings and ad dollars FUCK THEM---DON'T WATCH! Don't get lazy and peek it's all lies!

I absolutely better informed and know all the bullshit that those news fuckers on cable are throwing out.

Stay informed better than ever with BuzzFlash, TruthOut, DU, Meria Heller, Mike Malloy,etc. etc.

[corarose]

34. Do not drink coffee while watching any of the cable views channels

I start to shake like the pill popper character that Sherry O'Terry use to play on SNL that would bring a cart up to the pharmacists with a ton of prescriptions and her lipstick would be on sideways.

That's what I feel like when I drink coffee and listen to right wingers on the cable views channels.