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AverageOldGuy

(2,069 posts)
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 07:57 AM Tuesday

How do we peasants . . .

. . . contact CNN, MSNBC, and the rest of what once was the "liberal media" who now have sold us out?

Morning Joe is now kissing Trump's ass; CNN hosts are sounding as though Trump's picks are normal. Damn near all the talking heads are normalizing the coming destruction of our country.

I just want to tell them that I will no longer watch them but what I really want to do is tell their sponsors that (1) I'm no longer watching certain shows, and, (2) I am no longer buying the products or services advertised on the shows that I am boycotting.

Seems as though we peasants have no say in anything, no power to turn them off or turn them around. It's goddam frustrating. Maybe this is why people go postal.

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How do we peasants . . . (Original Post) AverageOldGuy Tuesday OP
It's pretty easy to choose not to watch tv "news" Kaleva Tuesday #1
Ditched the $80 cable 12 years ago come January bucolic_frolic Tuesday #2
MSNBC has never been liberal, gab13by13 Tuesday #3
Even Thom is rolling over. Clouds Passing Tuesday #5
I just wanna say something like this: Walleye Tuesday #4
Television news and opinion is poisonous and always has been. hunter Tuesday #6

Kaleva

(38,173 posts)
1. It's pretty easy to choose not to watch tv "news"
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 08:02 AM
Tuesday

The problem may be self inflicted if one is depending on talking heads to tell them what to think.

Look for sources of raw news, learn how to digest that and come to their own conclusions.

bucolic_frolic

(47,005 posts)
2. Ditched the $80 cable 12 years ago come January
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 08:07 AM
Tuesday

$11,500 in my pocket. Never looked back. Would like to the same to the phone bill.

gab13by13

(25,267 posts)
3. MSNBC has never been liberal,
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 08:11 AM
Tuesday

A few anchors on MSNBC are liberal, the vast majority cover the narratives that Magats want them to cover.

freespeechtv.org until they shut it down.

hunter

(38,938 posts)
6. Television news and opinion is poisonous and always has been.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 09:03 AM
Tuesday

It bypasses our critical thinking skills, giving us no time to pause and reflect, no matter how smart we think we are.

I used to think television was the worst medium for news and opinion until Twitter came along.

We don't have to watch the news or read twitter outside of our bubble of comfort to know what we're up against. It's a tsunami of bullshit. It's healthier to observe it from high ground than to swim in it.

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