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LearnedHand

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5. Likewise

Reply to NewHendoLib (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 2, 2024, 09:20 PM

Dec 2

The greatest thing about abandoning broadcast "news" is they no longer have the power to set your brain's agenda for what to think about and what questions to ask. I just think about whatever puzzles me regardless of whether someone has a program addressing it current. My life is infinitely richer without broadcast anything.

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How Happy Are You NOT Watching Corporate Media? [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2 OP

I had exactly the same experience when listening to the car radio today. spooky3 Dec 2 #1

Turning it ALL OFF 15 years ago has made my wife and I much happier people NewHendoLib Dec 2 #2

Likewise LearnedHand Dec 2 #5

About as happy as I am not watching clickbait hyperbole artists. RockRaven Dec 2 #3

I turned off the corporate media in 2009 UpInArms Dec 2 #4

I still read the print edition of the NYT PXR-5 Dec 2 #6

I haven't done corporate media for quite a few years... slightlv Dec 2 #7

Very Happy montanacowboy Dec 2 #8

been decades without it The Wandering Harper Dec 3 #9