Can't watch the news anymore

[orangecrush]

And that's coming from a news junkie.

It's like reliving his first term, except this time I know what's coming.

And that it will be even worse.

[TommieMommy]

1. Me too 😡 I'm avoiding all news. Very worried about our future

[Cinjanik]

30. Can't watch the news

Ditto!

[DownriverDem]

50. Live 10 miles from

the Canadian border. I get CBC from Windsor Ontario. That is the news I watch now.

[wnylib]

67. I get top of the hour news on the radio now,

just to keep aware of things I should know, for preparedness. Occasionally I tune in NPR. I also go online to The Guardian, BBC, Meidas and a few other Indy sites.

It's not safe to shut out all news. Just be selective about it.

[BonnieJW]

118. Me too

I'm looking at moving to Canada with my youngest daughter

[pazzyanne]

120. Same.

[La Coliniere]

2. Haven't watched since Tuesday am

and not tuning in anytime soon. I understand how you feel completely.

[orangecrush]

5. Thanks

I'm afraid to look, and afraid to not look.

[Orrex]

22. Same (nt)

[Ocelot II]

3. Same here. TV has been off except for Netflix since last Tuesday.

I'll keep up with the news some other way, but TV has a way of rubbing your face in it.

[chouchou]

29. Amen. I've turned off all of the News recordings and such. Watched Netflix, ...

..Watched the prime-time stuff like "Law and Order/The Equalizer/Ghosts/Brilliant Minds and others.
The everyday news can ram it up their you-know-what. For the best weather is Windy.com

[Walleye]

4. Same here, old westerns, black-and-white movies, BBC murder mysteries

[Dem4life1234]

6. I don't want to see his hideous face

[orangecrush]

9. That's a big factor

[tonekat]

40. Or hear that whiny goddamn voice! N/T

[Meowmee]

125. He has to be one of the most hideous people

Whoever walked to the earth

[hlthe2b]

7. Yeah.. Even the Monday AM TV college football post mortems are less irritating & painful than the DEMs

constant circular pointing heading to the firing squad. And that is even when one's winning team loses.

Sigh...

[Turbineguy]

8. We turned to cooking shows after 9/11.

Maybe it's that time again.

[moonscape]

10. Same. I peek, recoil, pause, peek. Have

been a news junkie since university days, and am 74. Majored International Studies. The only time I unplugged was several months during his term, once for a couple of moths when Helsinki was coming up, once during Kavanaugh.

Am not sure how to survive. I don’t want to be ignorant because I want to fight in whatever small ways I can, but question my fortitude in being too informed. I want to turtle, but also be part of the resistance.

Still sorting it out and accepting that my emotional state and capabilities are fluid.

[bluestarone]

11. Boy, i hear ya!!

[question everything]

12. Same here

[cayugafalls]

13. I'm playing No Man's Sky...

Wednesday I searched for a Paradise Planet, built a base near the water and started fishing.

If I could fish for real, I would.

Catch and release, barbless hook like when I was a kid…

Admiring the beauty of nature and creation.

[Silver Gaia]

34. Video game?

[cayugafalls]

39. Yes. Sorry I should have mentioned..

[Dem4life1970]

14. Meidas Touch and BTC have been my mainstays

No both sidesing, and they are focused more on what is to come and how to be a part of the resistance. We should see a lot of open minded people with buyer's remorse in 2025.

[WarGamer]

38. In retrospect... don't you think BTC and MT were both blowing smoke the last couple months?

I understand that catnip makes people feel better... but they're propagandists.

I can't stand being lied to.

[bikes and bunnies]

56. No, I think they stole the election

by flipping tabulators.

MT was correct in their assessment of Kamala's momentum to victory.
The quality polls predicted her win.

What happened to exit polling? This is what the Carter Center used to determine whether elections were fair around the globe.

[WarGamer]

83. In 7 States?

If it was a couple precincts in a State... I'd be interested.

But saying that Democratic run States stole the election for Trump is... well... nuts.

How would that work under the nose of Shapiro, Whitmer or Hobbs, who used to be in charge of elections before becoming Governor.

Face the reality... people bought what they were selling.

Accept that, retool and prepare for 2026.

[SoCalDavidS]

107. Problem Is, There Is Nothing To Retool

There was nothing wrong with our message.

And we were running against someone with more flaws than probably any candidate in this nation's history.

Honestly, I'm about ready to give up. If the reality of what DT is, and what he's going to bring over the next 4 years wasn't enough, Nothing will be.

Sorry, but that's where I am. I don't need to hear lots of excuses and blame as to what we did wrong. The majority of voters in this country are Pieces Of Shit, and 2 years or 4 years won't change that.

Look how much support and excitement Kamala's campaign brought. I have no desire to go through that again, only to be led to believe victory is within grasp, and be disappointed and hating this country more than I already do.

[WarGamer]

109. Lots wrong with the message, otherwise we wouldn't have lost.

Ask yourself WHY as the Party gets more popular with Billionaires and the suburban upper middle class, Trump gains with working families and minorities.

I think it was a tremendous mistake to accept the support of the neocon clown troop

[calimary]

136. My sympathy, my friend.

Knowing what a liar and a cheat the donald is, and has been, as long as any of us know or have heard about that beast, it’s pretty easy to add 2 + 2 and get 4.

Not “pretty easy”, either, frankly. More like AWFULLY easy, or even DEFINITELY easy.

[Starlight27]

148. Sadly...

I agree😔

[Hugin]

154. Hear, hear...

We tried the happy-happy-joy-joy and it was thrown back in our faces.

Was there cheating? Of course there was. There’s precious little raising my blood pressure can do about it.

[Dem4life1970]

155. I don't think they were...

There was clearly energy on the Harris side. It's still baffles me to look at the rally sizes, but maybe we got duped into Trump's game. Hers were large, enthusiastic and energetic. His supporters were walking out in the middle of his boring, deranged, unhinged speeches. They know he is unfit. They know he is unwell. But they could not stand the thought of a black woman becoming president of the United States so they voted for a convicted felon, insurrectionist, rapist. Despicable, deplorable, hideous, garbage.

[Dem4life1970]

156. I don't think they were lying to us....

There was clearly energy on the Harris side. It's still baffles me to look at the rally sizes but maybe we got duped into Trump's game. Hers were large enthusiastic and energetic. His supporters were walking out in the middle of his boring deranged unhinged speeches. They know he is unfit. They know he is unwell. But they could not stand the thought of a black woman becoming president of the United States so they voted for a convicted felon, insurrectionist, rapist. Despicable, deplorable, hideous, garbage.

[Emile]

15. TCM and AMC.is.my escape.

[JoseBalow]

95. Me too, and MOVIES! channel is good too

Commercials, but great classic programming

[Peregrine Took]

16. I decided the same thing Progressive radio, Joy, Chris Hayes and Lawrence on MSNBC. That's it for me. nt

[Silver Gaia]

37. Maybe we could start small... Lawrence might be tolerable.

At least he calls the dimwit puppet demon "stupid."

I heard Ali Velshi did good show recently, too. Hard to know where he may pop up, though.

[moonscape]

99. Weekend mornings, 2 hours each day. His

shows this weekend were excellent. Looked to find a clip of his opening, giving perspective, but couldn’t find. .Should I be able to, will post

[Silver Gaia]

102. Thank you. We can set recordings.

[moonscape]

119. Here you go, his

Saturday opening.

&list=PLDIVi-vBsOExyfDOHI3VpzbMRm8ApIx2z&index=9

[irisblue]

17. I turned off my radio last week. Not a word from NPR & I was an avid listener

I do not like this simulation

[JudyM]

31. Same here, I want to avoid clips of his voice, and NPR will continue to be full of little audio land mines.

[KatK]

18. I've managed to listen to Democracy Now ...

... altho she plays clips of him (which are triggering for me), they are brief. Amy Goodman is my hero and it does me good to see and hear her Monday - Friday.

Hang in there, everyone!

[thebigidea]

92. I love how Democracy Now repeats Putin's lies against Ukraine

[calimary]

19. You too?

I have a background in the news biz and I can’t stand watching the news anymore, either.

It’s almost like the “anchors” and “reporters” are busily showing off their nice new “presidential kneepads.”

[orangecrush]

88. Agree

I don't want to see him or hear him unless it's in a cell.

[bdamomma]

20. I understand

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I have been off cable news too. The other thing why watch corporate media, all they would do is "normalize" the felon's incompetent hateful villain's. And the media would just fall in line with misinformation and disinformation. I am really curious what their viewership ratings are now and in the future.

I want to be open to view these 3 people on MSNBC. Rev Al Sharpton, Joy and Lawrence.

And I podcast Dr Mary Trump and Randi Rhodes. Mary Trump and the Nerd Avengers are on You Tube on Mary Trump Media.

I feel as though if we keep away from cable (I stay away from Corporate Media) that we will only be eliminating should I say liberal or progressive views and we will be left with propagandized junk news such as FOX.

We need to eliminate FOX, and all right-wing stations, but it may be too late. And we will end up having state run news.

If I'm off on this please give suggestions.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

21. I can't watch it either.

And I worked in news most of my life.

[oberle]

23. ugh

Being a resident near DC, and a Boomer, I've been a news junkie for 50 years. I have gone back to MSNBC out of morbid curiosity. Mostly to hope that he fails badly and his cult is disappointed.

[Farmer-Rick]

24. I think I'll just let America

Do it's thing without me. I just can't take it. They voted him in. They will have to deal with it.

He is a malignant narcissist and he will make all Americans suffer. He loves others suffering. That's the malignant part of him.

Watch Billie Eilish "You Should See Me in a Crown" music videos....the one with the spiders and the animated one. It should be Trump's theme song.

But Eilish probably wouldn't let him use it.....On the other hand he's king now and she has no choice if he wants it.

[MiKenMi33]

25. Me neither.

Im watching old game shows and antenna TV.

[live love laugh]

26. It's not news. Congratulations on getting your life back.

[AllaN01Bear]

27. i dont watch news esp when comcast priced me out of the market.

[Silver Gaia]

28. We, hubby and I, feel the same as all of you.

We are news junkies (MSNBC) gone cold turkey for almost a week now.

Still numb, disoriented, don't want to see or hear that vile demon. Just can't. Can't listen to endless speculation about how and why we fucked up so badly either.

And yet, how can we effectively resist if we remain uninformed?

Maybe we just need recovery time... I just know that neither of us feel we can do it right now. And that is a huge change in our daily lives.

[Fish700]

32. I don't blame you.

I haven't had cable since about 2010 and only have Netflix. I read Reuters and AP in the morning before work.

[Jimbo S]

33. Same here

Maybe I'll start Colbert again. He helped me get through the first term.

[Blue Owl]

35. Yup -- fuck that fucking bullshit propaganda

[33taw]

36. They have lost me as well. Take care of yourself.

[ReRe]

41. Yep, me too

And my sister and my niece. Guess DU is the only place I'll get the news, just

to see what's happening to We the People. Or to "See what blew up", as I used to say to Mom.

[Dan]

42. I was thinking... the last time the common man

Voted for that leader of the people (Ronald Reagan) they decided:

That Unions weren’t necessarily good and that he the common working man could negotiate better than the Unions. He could get better deals for himself.

The Pensions that the Unions had negotiated weren’t as good, the common working man could negotiate better on their own. It was their money and they knew how to play the stock market and make their money grow.

I wonder what the common working man will decide that he is better at this time?

[hunter]

43. Trump's creepy voice makes my skin crawl.

Fortunately I have very little exposure to it. I quit television news and opinion in the run-up to the war in Iraq, and all advertising supported television in January, 2012.

One of the reasons I've quit radio news too, including NPR, is they insist on playing clips of him.

[BlueKota]

44. Not watching any more either

Just following the weather apps. I figure if there is another type of emergency the county sherrif's office will send an alert.

[LaMouffette]

45. I know what you mean. It feels like November 2016 and September 11, 2001, happening on the very same day.

[DownriverDem]

46. Going to

YouTube instead.

[Johnny Noshoes]

47. Three choices for me.

Stephanie Miller, Bob Cesca, and Mike Malloy

[moondust]

48. Same.

I don't need to see more "news" that panders to corporate interests to attract advertising dollars.

[Jrsygrl96]

49. Turned off completely

For my own sanity, I haven’t watched any “news” since Thursday. There are many things that can be streamed to tune out all the bs.

[BeyondGeography]

51. I stopped at 2 am last Wednesday

And I will continue to honor the spirit of Not Going Back.

That part isn’t hard at all.

[yaesu]

52. News/ What news? we haven't had a real news media in the fascist usa in decades. nt

[underpants]

53. I've got several Daily Shows taped. Haven't watched them yet.

Not yet.

[Hekate]

54. Same here

[hay rick]

55. Wait!

The people who told you Biden being too old was more important than Trump being too corrupt, too dishonest, too self-absorbed, too treasonous, too demented, too lazy, too incompetent, etc. want to tell you why the Democrats lost.

Trust a single word they print or speak at your peril.

[Artistree22]

137. Exactly!!

They are not on our side. The owners, that is. It kills me how our hard earned money that is contributed to the candidates has to go to these same owners. We pay for a few ads to try to counteract the 24hr cycle that show his words repeated over and over without doing their job to call out the lies every time they were told. The lies were mostly unchallenged, the lack of plans unquestioned and the bazaar behaviors in the last few weeks ignored- by the media. We are missing the mark on media and messaging monopolies. A few great people on MSNBC is not going to counter the right wing messaging machine that got ahead of us with the Spanish news stations and Rogan/influencer "Bros".

[mdbl]

57. Someone just let me know if and when karma bites the magats on the ass

even if they don't realize it.

[a kennedy]

58. Yup, been off of MSNBC, and NPR on their hour on the hour news, as they always talk of the

President elect, I immediately turn the channel. Just can’t watch anymore…..can’t even watch Nicole and Rachel. Gonna be awhile before I do return to watching. 🤬 🤬 🤬

[bonniebgood]

59. Cutting the Cord as of Thanksgiving. Going Streaming & Audio Books. I will

selectively read new topics. Will not listen to Podcast who play his voice.

[dchill]

60. We are in the same camp. If we both stood up, we'd see each other...

...but maybe we shouldn't do that right now.

[kimbutgar]

61. Only watched the ABC evening news because they do a more balanced reporting

But haven’t watched msnbc since election night. And a lot of movies especially horror ones.

I also watch FSTV Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartman and Randi Rhodes and listen to the Progress channel on SiriusXM.

I was so hoping that I’d never have to see or hear that ugly orange monster again. But I can change the channel when he comes on.

[usedtobedemgurl]

71. If you like horror movies.....

May I suggest you skip "Subject"? Watched it last night. It is time I will never get back.

[kimbutgar]

73. Plague of the Zombies a Hammer film from 1966 was one I had never seen

And it was my favorite horror movie that I watched last week.

There was something about what’s going on now in our country. And it was not like the tv zombie shows of today. Great script and characters.

[usedtobedemgurl]

76. I love zombie movies.

Thank you! If you were in NC, I would invite you over. I own a couple of hundred horror flicks!

[kimbutgar]

127. My husband and I both agreed it was a great zombie movie

And the only zombie movie done by Hammer films.

[usedtobedemgurl]

140. I will look it up this weekend.

Thank you!!

[Aaeia]

62. No commercial news sources

I too, have given up commercial news sources. Through YouTube I follow the news personalities that I trust. But for now very sparingly. My husband is so grateful. 😁

[Sneederbunk]

63. Lots of reading and listening to jazz.

[Vinca]

64. As a rule, I keep MSNBC most of the day, but not anymore. I watched "Morning Joe" early and I'll watch

Nicolle Wallace later and that's it for me.

[DemonGoddess]

65. I have watched no news since this

farce of an election. I just can't. Not even Lawrence, Nicholle, or Joy. So instead, I watch movies, anime, and other things.

[Sun-Moon]

66. I am doing the same thing...

I will need to be strictly print /written news from now on , but will no doubt be limiting that as well.
I know I need to stay informed, but to see and hear him- I won’t do it. I can feel my blood pressure rising when I’m triggered. Need to take care of my mental health first.

[Marigold]

68. So with you

I was a 24/7 MSNBC news junkie. Right up until Tuesday. I cannot anymore. I am going to cancel my Sling account tomorrow when I return to the US. I spent the week in Canada for my mental health. It didn't help.

[orangecrush]

87. If I could get to Canada

I would stay there.

[Marigold]

106. You can, for 6 months

Canada is already throwing out the warning to Americans who have buyer's remorse. They've also reduced the number of immigrants they are taking by 10 percent, and another certain percentage to follow each year. They have an up and coming RW populist politician of their own, Poliviere, so who knows how long they hang on. This guy supports big oil, anti immigration, and is a fan of Project 2025.

I am not Canadian, btw. Just a lucky American who bought a cheap fixer upper vacation condo after Trump was elected the first time. I'll come up here as often as allowed, but kind of worried how this is going to play out. Right now Americans can stay for up to 6 months as a visitor.

[CTyankee]

69. "Jeopardy!" is still on! since we get each day's Jeopardy question in our NYT every day, we know what it will be, not

the answer. Sometimes I know it and I gloat, or hubby gets it and he says he doesn't gloat over it. When I "research" the question he accuses me of cheating...

[SoCalDavidS]

78. Ken Jennings Is A MAGA

I realize that shouldn't necessarily impact your decision to watch, but it's a fact.

[CTyankee]

79. Yeah, he's pretty much of a nebbish anyway, at least to me.

To me, the contestants are more interesting and we like the challenge...

[moonscape]

100. He is?! I don't watch Jeopardy but

he is? Someone who should know facts … he is?

Now that threw mw for a loop.

[orangecrush]

86. We are

In Jeopardy, all right.

[MayReasonRule]

70. I Allow Myself Brief Listens On WNYC And Brief Looks At 'r/law/' On Reddit

Other than that basically I limit myself to Democratic Underground and Bluesky.

I used to listen to Morning Edition every day and All Things Considered in the afternoons.

No longer.

[Satch59]

72. Same here...I do peak around but

Retreat back to my bubble of Great British Baking Show/Project Runway/even pathetic Hallmark movies.

I feel like I had cancer in 2016, recovered in 2020 and now it’s back but I know what I have to go through and it’s almost too hard to deal with. Thanks DU for being there for us.

[MissouriDem47]

74. We haven't even watched the local news.

What's the point of watching the news and getting upset? Trump's Supreme Court has said he can do anything he wants to do and the "voters" agreed. The country I grew up in and served is gone.

[mnhtnbb]

75. I haven't been able to watch the news

for a very long time. After 2016, through the pandemic, the refusal to accept the 2020 election results, the insurrection, the court cases...and then again, another election with him as the candidate.
I can't stand the sight or sound of him.
Once upon a time I was also a news junkie. Not anymore.

[chia]

77. I only read news. I won't listen to it. And I only read from sources I trust. Here are a few:

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Here are some. There are more, but it's a start.

The Guardian
ProPublica
Talking Points Memo
The Atlantic (not everything, but enough)
Democracy Docket
Bellingcat
Marcy Wheeler (Emptywheel)
Heather Cox Richardson
Joyce Vance
Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Allison Gill (Mueller She Wrote)
Jess Piper
Judd Legum
Robert Reich
Asha Rapanga

[totodeinhere]

105. I love Robert Reich. n/t

[PortTack]

80. Thank you...it's the only way we're gonna get any traction. Hurt them financially. The consumer has all the power

Let’s exercise it. Tank their shows, their ratings until they start listening.

[love_katz]

145. Yes! Tank their ratings.

I wish DU had an emoji for a ship or a submarine sinking. Or, maybe a tank going off a cliff into the ocean.

I'm planning on cancelling: Amazon Prime
All my Amazon subscriptions, including grocery delivery.

I will shift my dollars to a locally owned natural food store and do curbside pickup. No more shopping from Whole Foods. When my budget has constraints, I will have to buy from the local big chain grocers. 😕

I have ordered two books from a locally owned bookstore. It hurts to pay shipping, but I refuse to pay anymore money to Traitor Bezos.

I have a lot of books on Kindle, and a lot of music on Amazon Music. I will need to make lists of what to replace with books and CDS, so this will take awhile.

I also plan to dump Phuckbook, so I will have to let friends and family know.

I have a new account at Blue Sky social. I was never on $hitter, but Blue Sky seems to be very friendly and easy to use. They also have a nuclear block button, which does a fantastic job of taking out the trash.
The most difficult thing for me is that I can't seem to escape the panicky feeling that I should move to Canada, ASAP. But I know it can't happen that fast, I don't know if every bit of cash I could raise would be enough to live on for the rest of my life, and they have a jerk wad who is trying to oust their current government and get him and his grifting cronies in .
I can't bear to see or hear Piss Wig, so I have had to stop watching, even some great podcasts and the few news sources that were worth watching.

I think we need to do everything we can to hurt the enemy invaders. Don't watch their programs, don't click on their links and don't spend any money with companies that supported the traitor and company, and are now welcoming them and signalling that they will lick their boots.

[Different Drummer]

81. The last time I watched local/cable news was...

at 4 AM on November 6 when I turned on the TV to see if The Thing That Wouldn't Die won. Since getting the tragic news about that, I've limited my TV viewing to just about anything that isn't news, and I don't know when/if that will ever change. To get my "What's Going On In the World" fix, I watch YouTube videos by Trae Crowder, Beau of The Fifth Column, and others that you might see listed in Liberal You Tubers, but no more TV news for me.

[orangecrush]

85. "The Thing That Wouldn't Die"

[HereForTheParty]

82. No problem with taking a break

It was a gut punch.

[gradmaster]

84. Watching only local news

I"m in agreement with all of you! Nothing that any intelligent pundit says will make any difference anyway, so why watch? One of the political commentators in Chicago on WBBM, a Mr Craig Delamore, asked an interesting question on that fatal night, Nov. 5th. He said something to the effect of what does it mean for journalists now that people don't seem to believe in factual reporting? Yes, what does it mean when people only want to believe the "facts" that validate their worldview? And we know how facts will be twisted during the next 4 years!

[Magoo48]

89. You lasted a lot longer than me.

I quit MSM over a decade ago. I don’t miss it one bit.

[ShazzieB]

90. TI haven't watched any network "newscasts" in years.

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I watch select shows on MSNBC and will continue to do so. I've been watching less since the election, but I imagine that will change as time goes on. There are certain MSNBC news hosts who I know I can count on to have interesting guests who help make sense of what's going on, and I will continue to need that.

The problem for me right now is all the focus on dissecting the election and trying to figure out why things turned out the way they did. I understand why people want and need to do that, but I. Just. Can't. Not right now.

I don't know if I'm more or less devastated now than I was on 2016, but one thing is clear: I'm devastated in a different way. The outcome of this election still doesn't feel quite real to me, whereas 2016 felt very real, and I was completely gutted.

In 2020, I was a nervous wreck, not sure what was going to happen and scared to death of what a second TSF term could mean. I sought refuge at DU, where I already had a membership that I'd barely used, to help me hang on to my sanity.

I desperately wanted Joe to win, but I was never convinced he was going to pull it off, and when he did, I was over the moon. TSF seemed like a bad dream that was over at last. Electing Joe felt like a sign that America had come to its senses.

This time, I really thought Kamala was going to win. Listening to her speak made me feel like I did back on 2007, when Obama was running for the first time. I was prepared for a close election, but I never thought so many people would vote to go back to the hellhole America escaped from in 2020.

But here we are, and I still haven't been able, almost a week later, to wrap my head around it. It's hard to have any faith in anything right now. America had a choice between a bright, shiny future with a president who was going to work hard to make all of our lives better, and a psychopathic despot who is going to make millions of lives much worse if he does even half the things he's promised to do. And look at what a majority of voters chose.

Making a stupid choice once is lot easier to understand than making the same stupid choice twice. I don't think this is ever going to make any sense to me.

[-misanthroptimist]

91. I quit watching news...

...around the time Donohue and Ashleigh Banfield got fired. It was blatantly obvious that the news media were in the tank for the war, which meant they were in the tank for other things in all probability.

I do not regret my decision. I'm better informed and yell at the TV about 95% less than I did before that.

[Stuckinthebush]

93. My old daily routine is gone

Pre 11/5 routine:
Wake up, get coffee, turn on news (Morning Joe or CNN)
Go to work - at lunch check DU
Check DU news during the day here and there
Go home, workout (maybe), fix dinner, turn on MSNBC
Watch something mindless then go to bed
Wake up do it again.

Now:
Wake up, get coffee, work out
Check emails - iron shirt
Go to work and check DU once or twice a day when I have a moment
Go home, maybe work out, fix dinner
Read or watch mindless tv - Hang out with friends
Go to bed.


I am kind of liking this new routine!

[townie]

94. I get it! Me either.

[nowforever]

96. Not reading or watching news now

I truly believe the electing of Trump is the beginning of the end. The uninformed and brainwashed public has elected a narcissistic sociopath and as we swirl down the drain of history I'd rather not read or hear about the coming dissolution of our nation and world order. I'll know about it when the lights go off and people are screaming in the streets.

[usonian]

97. This works for me. I find more than enough news.

Don't let them rent space in your mind for free.

[live love laugh]

98. When the newz features Melania's porn and Ivanka's voting machines then I will watch.

[Stinky The Clown]

101. Nothing but local news, now. ZERO cable news. None.

[totodeinhere]

103. Suit yourself but I am not going to bury my head in the sand.

Even though I hate what is going on now I want to know everything about it. As they always say "knowledge is power." However I do generally get my news from alternative sources and not television,

[Cha]

104. Good. I haven't watched it Since Nov 2002.

ETA~ I don't even have a TV.. for years now.

[orangecrush]

115. Hi Cha!

It's better for my emotional health if I don't see it's face or hear it anymore.

[Cha]

116. Of course... We learned the hard way on that one.💙

[Hamlette]

108. I haven't watched or read any news since Tuesday night.

I hope to keep it up for as much of the 4 years as I can.

[frogmarch]

110. I can't either.

Thank goodness for DU!

[JohnnyRingo]

111. Never worry about things that haven't happened.

Deal with issues as they arise. They may never happen and you'll have wasted on all that anxiety.

[GoodRaisin]

112. Haven't watched it since the election night.

I’m not interested in anything they have to say and especially do not want to hear anything about Trump. I’m tired of Trump Trump Trump…

[larwdem]

113. your not alone

[Roc2020]

114. No cable news and limited local news

Watching missed new seasons episodes of all favorite shows, lots of sports, documentaries, and true crime shows. I'm done until maybe 2026 when the midterms heat up.

[Buttoneer]

117. Same. My wife and I aren't even listening to NPR. We've decided to read, listen to music, exercise, and go

for long walks.

[Cherrycheeks]

121. You are not the only one .

I have been binge watching different types of shows I would have never watched.

[B.See]

122. Same here. The only network/cable news I might watch is

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir because they've frequently called out and fact checked Trump's BS in real time. That and some local news. Don't bother with the rest.

Most of what I get is from online news aggregators or apps like Smart News. It has a feature where you can select your favourite news sources from alternate (liberal) providers and skip the rest.

[Ndp5]

123. Understandable short-term

But long-term, abandoning the press is not the answer.

I understand not wanting to watch Trump speak or hear his voice. I never watch cable news myself.

But never reading any news? Come on. What will our society become if everyone just puts their head down and tunes out?

[Septua]

130. Yeah, not watching the news won't make it more digestive.

If watching it makes you sick and not watching it makes you less sick, then not watching is the sensible option.

I'm not watching as much of late, since my favorite source, MSNBC reports the same stuff all day long. I'll watch some of the morning segments, then Nicolle Wallace, then check back later with Lawrence O'Donnell to see if Trump has by chance, had a stroke or something.

But when Trump was in office, he made "breaking news" stories multiple times a day, so there were lots of updates to catch up with during the day. Soon as he takes the oath, I will likely get back in news junky mode.

[hunter]

151. Watching the news is not reading the news. Orangecrush said "watch."

Television news and opinion is a fucking circus, a sick kind of entertainment.

[Meowmee]

124. For the most part, I stopped watching a long time ago.

In my opinion, the large and vast majority of the media and the press are directly responsible for putting a fascist in power. And they’re doing the same thing all over again that they did the first time- normalizing it. They love it. They’re getting ratings etc. and that’s all they care about.

The only way to affect it is for everybody to turn off their TVs and cancel the subscriptions to those channels or whatever. Watch something else… for the past over a year. I have been watching old TV shows and things like that, some things that are free online I watch some local news and very occasionally, I will watch one of the other ones. But I get a lot of news from online sources now.

With everything that happened to my family and to my father, I literally cannot watch most of these people without screaming at the TV about how stupid they are and what they have done. I wish they would put me on TV. They would probably have to have somebody to take me off if they do it live.

[WiVoter]

126. Me Too

DU is my main source.

[Blue_Tires]

128. Same here, and I used to work in the industry years ago

Total 100% news blackout is the only way I'll be able to survive the next four years if not longer... Even BEFORE this election, I was at the point where if I saw him on TV one more time, I was going to shoot the screen out like Elvis.

I no longer want to hear any breathless coverage about the latest outrageously shocking or stupid thing he tweeted today, or his latest criminal scandal of the day. 80 million voters have said they love it and I'm sick of all of it. Let me join the ranks of the fat, happy and uninformed...

[orangecrush]

139. Nailed it

[Blue Dotty]

129. So over the sensationalized roller coaster

We cut back when the networks stopped fact checking, and stopped watching entirely the night of November 6th when the nation finally lost its way and its mind.

[Greybnk48]

131. Me either. They're crafting a fairy tale to fit the results of the election.

Just pushing the corporate narrative. This is a coup...again.

[rampartd]

132. we have lost rhe propagands war

when 1 person believes that schools turn kids trans.

[cilla4progress]

133. It's so ugly.

We aren't meant to take this seriously...are we?

And by this, I mean our nation and the world and the entire future.

[Hoosier_Progressiv]

134. All these responses

sum up my entire feelings. Thanks for letting me know I am not alone.

[orangecrush]

138. Together we stand.

[SupportSanity]

135. Can't listen to the news. Only in little pieces here and there.

The first term was unbelievably awful.
Knowing the 2nd term was just a warm up is terrifying. As it should be.

[summer_in_TX]

141. We're avoiding it too.

But we are looking for extended conversations like Jon Stewart's The Weekly Show podcast on YouTube. His interview with Heather Cox Richardson was terrific. She's so clear-eyed about what we face, but also able to put it in the context of earlier times in American history that we survived.

We are sick to death of talking heads.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

142. I'm watching MSNBC 24/7 - they've been great.

I use the info to put on my Facebook page. That way I know exactly what they are up to and inform as many people as I can about the fucked up things they are pulling. It is like watching a horror show - the things Trump is putting into place. I am full of piss and anger. It’s scary but fascinating. I enjoy seeing the orange one being beat up on.

[tosh]

143. Same here.

News & political junkie since early teens. I even shut down all “breaking news” notifications on my phone because I don’t even want to know about every sycophant he names to this post or that cabinet seat. ( Btw, is that normal? I don’t remember all that hubbub with Biden or Obama. 🤔
My teevee is tuned to a Showtime channel that’s like family flicks or something. It’s probably gonna stay there for a while.
I’m having an apathy break for as long as I need so when it’s necessary I will have the strength to resist! 💪

[Mountain Mule]

144. Binge watching Netflix here

Lawrence and DU are the two only places that I will accept news from and even that is an overload.

[Faux pas]

146. I gave it up

months ago. Equal to tinfoil hat wearing i guess keeping the poison out of my orbit. Not caring has been my trick to freedom my friend, hope it can work for you.

[ThePartyThatListens]

147. Why not OP?

What's the underlying reason/s for avoiding the mainstream media?

[orangecrush]

150. Congratulations on 58 posts

[BluenFLA]

149. Avoid Corporate Media

They're partly to blame why we're in this situation. I refuse to give them anymore of my attention.

[orangecrush]

153. Agree

[atreides1]

152. Local news for me

I've just begun to watch the local news again! I've stopped watching MSNBC and other cable news.