View Full Version : Can you go a month without watching the news?
Taco John
06-25-2006, 07:16 PM
I'm somewhat of a news junkie. For as long as I can remember, I've always felt like I needed to know what's going on in the world. Lately, I've started considering that there's nothing I can do about any of it anyway, so I'm really just wasting my time... Time that could be spent on valuable activities... Like watching more baseball. Or even excersize.
So I'm trying an experiment. I've taken all of the news programs that I record off of the Tivo. I am fighting the urge to visit the several news websites that I visit, which is hard because I sometimes just surf over there out of habit.
I plan on being totally ignorant of world news, save whatever makes the front page of the Mane, through the month of July... With any luck, it'll stretch through August. After that, to the moon Alice!
I have a good feeling I'm going to be able to kick this worthless addiction once and for all... The funny thing is... Without news sites, the only place I really like to surf is the Orange Mane and some Fantasy Baseball stuff...
yavoon
06-25-2006, 07:18 PM
just read the economist, its more fulfilling.
gunns
06-25-2006, 07:22 PM
The older I've gotten the less I watch the news. American news focus's on the bad, the terrible, the things that will impose fear in us. I think it's terribly depressing. If I were from another country watching it I would have a jaded view of Americans. I turn it on at the time the weather comes on locally and the sports.
2KBack
06-25-2006, 07:22 PM
I actually go out of my way to avoid the news sometimes. Perhaps I'm not worldly enough, but more often than not it is just depressing news about stuff I really can't control.
Plus if it is anything really crazy, I figure it will get posted here eventually.
Play2win
06-25-2006, 07:22 PM
I Have...
My TV blew its tube a few weeks, almost a month, before the Draft. I haven't replaced it since. I am on the Web alot, but between School and actually doing things, I haven't missed it one little bit. Plus, I've gotten alot more done...
I don't plan on replacing my TV at all...
Florida_Bronco
06-25-2006, 07:24 PM
There are so many spins put on the news by both liberal and conservatives, that I don't know what is true and what isn't, so I watch very little news.
Bronco9798
06-25-2006, 07:27 PM
I'm a news junkie. Especially the financial news since I have a retirement account. I couldn't go one day without watching news. The news does effect the stock market.
sirhcyennek81
06-25-2006, 07:29 PM
There are so many spins put on the news by both liberal and conservatives, that I don't know what is true and what isn't, so I watch very little news.
I watch Fox and CNN, read liberal and conservative blogs. Whatever is the same in all 4, is the real news. Have not done it lately tho, been too busy with work and other stuff.
:Broncos:
I'm somewhat of a news junkie. For as long as I can remember, I've always felt like I needed to know what's going on in the world. Lately, I've started considering that there's nothing I can do about any of it anyway, so I'm really just wasting my time... Time that could be spent on valuable activities... Like watching more baseball. Or even excersize.
So I'm trying an experiment. I've taken all of the news programs that I record off of the Tivo. I am fighting the urge to visit the several news websites that I visit, which is hard because I sometimes just surf over there out of habit.
I plan on being totally ignorant of world news, save whatever makes the front page of the Mane, through the month of July... With any luck, it'll stretch through August. After that, to the moon Alice!
I have a good feeling I'm going to be able to kick this worthless addiction once and for all... The funny thing is... Without news sites, the only place I really like to surf is the Orange Mane and some Fantasy Baseball stuff...
I have honestly not watched the news or read a newspaper in months and months. I realized one day it is all slanted and sensationalized and only made me angry so who needs it nothing has changed in my world and I am much more peaceful without the bull shiit.
The only news i ever read is some of the links on the war and religion threads here.
I Have...
My TV blew its tube a few weeks, almost a month, before the Draft. I haven't replaced it since. I am on the Web alot, but between School and actually doing things, I haven't missed it one little bit. Plus, I've gotten alot more done...
I don't plan on replacing my TV at all...
I got all this really nice HD equipment and I can't remember the last time I turned it on.
Now my new Mac 23 inch monitor now that is a different story
Bronco_Beerslug
06-25-2006, 07:46 PM
Only if I'm fishing, in the mountains or traveling, CNBC is part of my work.
fuzzy
06-25-2006, 07:51 PM
A few years ago I grew tired of being plugged in to society in the way people are encouraged to be. (with one of those encouragements being that i should be knowledgable on 'important' world/political/whatever topics)
Just like what you said, I told myself that being knowledable about a plethoria of things that I will never be able to affect... is rather pointless. And more often than not, a person's desire to become worldy/knowledgable person just stems from the petty competitive drive that we all have to prove ourselves better than our fellow man.
For me it was really refreshing to just turn it all off and just focus on the things I wanted to focus on. to throw a tired cliche out there- opinions are like assholes, everyone has one and they always stink. not having to put up with them... is nice.
The thing I dont like about it is that people will use it as an excuse to get condescending with you. (see: petty competitive nature)
Tuning myself out from american media in particular was the nicest thing, if i ever do get an itch to catch up on things... i'll use the internet, or watch bbc. Screw american tv.
sirhcyennek81
06-25-2006, 07:53 PM
I dont see the BBC being that much of a step up from American media outlets.
:Broncos:
Odysseus
06-25-2006, 07:55 PM
The news is so bad that at this point NOT watching the news gives you a better idea of what's going on than watching the news. Once you kick the habit you will get a perspective on events that you won't be able to explain as you will focus on what is happening instead of the clever story they tell.
If you want to truth you have to read and study everything to find it and even then if you don't have first hand information you are probably not getting the real information. The real story is always more complicated.
fuzzy
06-25-2006, 07:56 PM
I dunno.... anymore to me, american news just seems like a packaged product, i feel like i'm being sold something.
The one person I really did like watching was Peter Jennings, but obviously he's gone.. so no more of that.
A few yoars ago i lived in a tee pee for three years on a remote beach in the Baja and I did not miss a thing. In fact I look back on those years as some of the best of my life.
watermock
06-25-2006, 07:58 PM
With all the crap going on in the Middle East and this crazy insurgency and Jihad, Our "ally" Saudi Arabia finally exposed and the ability of OPEC to send the world's economy, or even more specifically the USA's, it's not too hard to and the way the government is as polarized as ever. Media bias is just as polarized. I swear, they spend half their time arguing about gay marriage or trying to dig up dirt for political advantage. If the Iraqi's aren't willing to take control of their own destiny, it just makes it more frustrating. I don't want this thread to go off topic to the war, which I certainly predict, my point is it's not a very pleasant experience to watch the news when it's so negative. I understand it's trying times, but always focusing on bad news except for the fluff "human interest" story at the end. I haven't watched the network (ABC ect) evening news in a decade. That's dying along with newspapers. I watch a hell of alot of History Channel. They had a program on Rome's infrastructure/architecture that was really detailed
sirhcyennek81
06-25-2006, 08:00 PM
Network News has competition now, the internet, magazines, ect. It has to get, and keep your attention.
:Broncos:
Nice topic.
TJ gives good thread....
I'm somewhat of a news junkie. For as long as I can remember, I've always felt like I needed to know what's going on in the world. Lately, I've started considering that there's nothing I can do about any of it anyway, so I'm really just wasting my time... Time that could be spent on valuable activities... Like watching more baseball. Or even excersize.
So I'm trying an experiment. I've taken all of the news programs that I record off of the Tivo. I am fighting the urge to visit the several news websites that I visit, which is hard because I sometimes just surf over there out of habit.
I plan on being totally ignorant of world news, save whatever makes the front page of the Mane, through the month of July... With any luck, it'll stretch through August. After that, to the moon Alice!
I have a good feeling I'm going to be able to kick this worthless addiction once and for all... The funny thing is... Without news sites, the only place I really like to surf is the Orange Mane and some Fantasy Baseball stuff...
I dropped out for about 1 1/2 years in the early 90's. Started watching the news again after that. It took me only about a week to catch up on everything that had happened in the interim, just from watching the current news. Turns out I hadn't missed much.
I get all my news today off the internet. We don't even have TV.
sirhcyennek81
06-25-2006, 08:08 PM
Seriously, you could get your news from Comedy Central. They do throw in some real news on occassion.
:Broncos:
hades
06-25-2006, 08:12 PM
She's always nice to see in the mornings. Fox 4 news morning show anchor.
watermock
06-25-2006, 08:24 PM
The Colbert Report brings you the hard hitting news the mainstream is scared of.
WABronco
06-25-2006, 08:34 PM
I haven't watched CNN (or any other news network) extensively for a long time now...like months.
Bronco Billy
06-25-2006, 08:35 PM
TJ, with 30k posts, I'm don't know how you had time to watch the news!!! The news is definitely depressing. I just wait til sports and weather come on toward the end. Of course, the weather's never right and sports reporters are idiots. I don't know why I bother.
Bob's your Information Minister
06-25-2006, 08:37 PM
I've never watched the news, and I never will. I can never forgive them for the death of my son.
Odysseus
06-25-2006, 08:53 PM
I've never watched the news, and I never will. I can never forgive them for the death of my son.
A child's should never perish before a parent. It's not something that you ever get over or can anyone who hasn't experienced that can relate to.
The news, almost as a rule, lies and until a person experiences it personally it's nearly impossible to point out. What is amazing is the stories that the news takes time to tell and the ones it doesn't.
I don't think the BBC is that much better than American news. It's just different. It's like watching Al Jeezera to get a different point of view. It's amazing what people think is real.
No1BroncoFan
06-25-2006, 09:08 PM
It's amazing what people think is real.
Yep. Take Bob for example. He actually thinks he has a purpose here on the Mane. Hilarious!
Ben
Bob's your Information Minister
06-25-2006, 09:12 PM
Yep. Take Bob for example. He actually thinks he has a purpose here on the Mane. Hilarious!
Ben
It's clear what your purpose is.
Swedish Extrovert
06-25-2006, 09:14 PM
I wouldn't WANT to go a month without the news.
I dont watch the local news, don't see a point. I leave CNN on at work and home all the time. I even listen to NPR
Taco John
06-25-2006, 09:17 PM
TJ, with 30k posts, I'm don't know how you had time to watch the news!!! The news is definitely depressing. I just wait til sports and weather come on toward the end. Of course, the weather's never right and sports reporters are idiots. I don't know why I bother.
30k over five years on a topic you love is nothing...
SoCalBronco
06-25-2006, 09:19 PM
I've never watched the news, and I never will. I can never forgive them for the death of my son.
I hate giving Bob rep.
Atlas
06-25-2006, 09:24 PM
I'm somewhat of a news junkie. For as long as I can remember, I've always felt like I needed to know what's going on in the world. Lately, I've started considering that there's nothing I can do about any of it anyway, so I'm really just wasting my time... Time that could be spent on valuable activities... Like watching more baseball. Or even excersize.
So I'm trying an experiment. I've taken all of the news programs that I record off of the Tivo. I am fighting the urge to visit the several news websites that I visit, which is hard because I sometimes just surf over there out of habit.
I plan on being totally ignorant of world news, save whatever makes the front page of the Mane, through the month of July... With any luck, it'll stretch through August. After that, to the moon Alice!
I have a good feeling I'm going to be able to kick this worthless addiction once and for all... The funny thing is... Without news sites, the only place I really like to surf is the Orange Mane and some Fantasy Baseball stuff...
Just to keep you up to date Iraqi insurgents executed 5 Russian hostages....
Play2win
06-25-2006, 09:25 PM
I got all this really nice HD equipment and I can't remember the last time I turned it on.
Now my new Mac 23 inch monitor now that is a different story
Got an eyeTV Yet? ;)
Those 23" Cinema Displays are N I C E... I wish I had one...
I do alright with my G4 POWERBOOK... The thing is a workhorse... :thumbsup:
Taco John
06-25-2006, 09:25 PM
Just to keep you up to date Iraqi insurgents executed 5 Russian hostages....
Nothing I can do about it...
Bronco Billy
06-25-2006, 09:34 PM
30k over five years on a topic you love is nothing...
I hear ya. BTW, thanks for giving people like me (Broncos fan from out of state) a place to catch up and talk Broncos. I wish I had found this site sooner. It sucked before DirectTV, hoping NBC would broadcast the Broncos in Chi-town. It was a good year if I caught five games on TV.
freak6
06-25-2006, 09:57 PM
I've never watched the news, and I never will. I can never forgive them for the death of my son.
The news killed your son?
I couldn't go without watching the news. These are historical times we are going through. The president is breaking the law in a power grab unseen in US history, while the republican congress claps away, and the weak democrats stand silent. We are in a war of choice, and my brothers are dieing each day for the so called "freedom" of a society whose laws are based upon religon. For those that know me, could anything piss me off worse?
Got an eyeTV Yet? ;)
Those 23" Cinema Displays are N I C E... I wish I had one...
I do alright with my G4 POWERBOOK... The thing is a workhorse... :thumbsup:
That's what I got too a G4 power book and I love it. I have 2 gig ram and 100 gig internal hard drive with a 250 gig external HD.It runs my 23 inch monitor just fine and even processes video from my Sony H3 HD video camera.
PS what the hell is eye TV?
Kaylore
06-25-2006, 10:40 PM
I've never watched the news, and I never will. I can never forgive them for the death of my son.
Somebody's listening...
http://www.filmfreakcentral.net/dvdreviews/trekvicap.jpg
SoCalBronco
06-25-2006, 10:43 PM
Somebody's listening...
http://www.filmfreakcentral.net/dvdreviews/trekvicap.jpg
Haha.
I was waiting for someone else to get Bob's reference besides me. I was feeling really geeky (which I am).
Taco John
06-25-2006, 10:46 PM
Is that a dick -o-sizer?
Maybe for you... :yayaya:
Meck77
06-25-2006, 10:46 PM
If I moved to Mexico. The "Bus stop" is open. I'll upload some pics soon. The OF1 crew has it's second bus in place.
Pezman
06-25-2006, 10:50 PM
When I used to be on vacation or away from tv for a week, I used to really feel like I lost something by not knowing what had happened in the world around me. But lately, and especially in the summer months, I could miss an entire month of news and not feel the need to catch up. There are times when I'm out on a shoot for a better part of a week and I'll even find that I dont miss sports even. I guess I'm finding shifting priorities in my life.
Maybe its your changing priorities that are driving you TJ. You've suddenly found that your passion has given way to a new baby and things dont seem as important to you as they did. Just be sure to never lose passion for the Broncos!
If I moved to Mexico. The "Bus stop" is open. I'll upload some pics soon. The OF1 crew has it's second bus in place.
We have a pretty good restaurant here called the bus stop.
and another called the Hang Man
Crushaholic
06-25-2006, 10:53 PM
Haha.
I was waiting for someone else to get Bob's reference besides me. I was feeling really geeky (which I am).
I knew that was a movie quote, but I didn't remember which movie it was in. I feel ashamed because Undiscovered Country is my second favorite Star Trek movie behind the Wrath of Khan...:dummy:
Addressing the thread topic, I don't watch the news on TV very much. I get my news over the internet and the newspapers...
BroncoBuff
06-25-2006, 11:41 PM
I'm somewhat of a news junkie. For as long as I can remember, I've always felt like I needed to know what's going on in the world. Lately, I've started considering that there's nothing I can do about any of it anyway, so I'm really just wasting my time... Time that could be spent on valuable activities... Like watching more baseball. Or even excersize.
So I'm trying an experiment. I've taken all of the news programs that I record off of the Tivo. I am fighting the urge to visit the several news websites that I visit, which is hard because I sometimes just surf over there out of habit.
I plan on being totally ignorant of world news, save whatever makes the front page of the Mane, through the month of July... With any luck, it'll stretch through August. After that, to the moon Alice!
I have a good feeling I'm going to be able to kick this worthless addiction once and for all... The funny thing is... Without news sites, the only place I really like to surf is the Orange Mane and some Fantasy Baseball stuff...
Good idea .... effort a measured withdrawal in anticipation of the pending arrival of little Taquito. After which, you'll have very little time for news or much else ...
Willynowei
06-26-2006, 12:09 AM
I can't remember the last time i watched infotainment.
But then, i can't remember the last time I've looked through any meritable news source. Actually, Taco, usually i pick up news on the wsj everyonce in a while, and othertimes i get it right here on the mane.
I honestly take a don't know, don't care approach.
I did not know that Hurricane Katrina Occured untill 1 and a halfweeks after when i caught some of the clean up shots on TV in a cafe.
RhymesayersDU
06-26-2006, 12:11 AM
News schmooze. I couldn't go a month without watching SportsCenter.
ludo21
06-26-2006, 12:34 AM
I never watch the news, boring, and depressing.
broncofan
06-26-2006, 12:50 AM
Unless there is a developing story that I'm interested in, I don't watch the news. Even that is done rarely...if I'm looking for specific information, I'll look it up online. It's faster.
Blueflame
06-26-2006, 12:51 AM
Spending the rest of my life without teevee "news" would be not only easy, but pleasant. But I'd probably still need the 'net to stay informed... :)
Clockwork Orange
06-26-2006, 12:52 AM
I could go years without watching the news if not for my wife hollering, "Hey honey, come in here and check this out" everytime she sees something on the news that even remotely fascinates her.
Northman
06-26-2006, 02:21 AM
Ive never sat down and watched a full show of news. I catch pieces and bits when scrolling through channels but ive never sat and watched it in full. Im just not interested in it all that much.
Kaylore
06-26-2006, 02:37 AM
Haha.
I was waiting for someone else to get Bob's reference besides me. I was feeling really geeky (which I am).
Leave it to the guy with Khan in his avatar.
BroncoBuff
06-26-2006, 02:49 AM
I have news/sports news on 24/7 ... I watch MSNBC all day .... interspersed w/ NFL Total Access at 4, and often Around the Horn and PTI.
In the morning I listen to Stephanie Miller on Progressive Radio/AIR-America, and I often Stream Jim Rome and Irv & Joe ...
I hate to ever miss Olbermann or Hardball .... I couldn't go cold turkey like that, but good luck TJ
OrangeShadow
06-26-2006, 04:37 AM
when theres nothing else on ill watch it
Like one starts a little used car to circulate the oil should I start my TV from time to time when it's not football season?
Bronco_Beerslug
06-26-2006, 05:42 AM
The news is nothing more than paid propaganda.Really, what are "they" propagandizing?
Archie
06-26-2006, 06:16 AM
Kicking TV news is easy easy easy.... I think once you get a couple days (well maybe a couple of weeks) you'll wonder why you ever wasted all that quality time watching the news.
But... kicking all news? I read the paper and peruse a series of web sites (msnbc, wall street journal, cnn, and various opinion sites) on a pretty regular basis. Gives me a nice survey of the news on a regular basis but its on my time and I decide what I read and what I skim and what I ignore.
I only watch the news now on TV when something big is happening.
BroncoBen
06-26-2006, 06:20 AM
Well for those that think that the news is just depressing, well I hate to say it but that is the state of the world. I can relate to what people are saying about overload, it does tend to be overbearing day in and day out.
But a person can’t just bury their head in the sand and think; if I ignore it will go away, it won’t.
Speaking for myself, I tend to read the newspapers. You tend to find the more truthful articles buried deep in paper. But just like anything you have to weigh for yourself what is honest and what is not.
You can make a difference, email your representatives and let them know how you feel. For me I know I am speaking my mind, and I feel better. Remember your civics class in high school, you should be active even if it’s just voting, if you don’t vote then you shouldn’t be complaining when things happen you don’t like.
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Bronco_Beerslug
06-26-2006, 06:33 AM
"Their" skewed point of view.Which is?
broncohaven
06-26-2006, 07:14 AM
All news is pretty much fear propoganda only. I never watch it if it can be avioded.
spdirty
06-26-2006, 07:48 AM
I did it, between december 8, 98 to january 19, 1999. I missed all news, including the Broncos games when they were on their second SB run, although I did catch SB 33. One of the stupidest things Ive ever done...shouldve started in Feb 99.
-Slap-
06-26-2006, 07:50 AM
A few years ago I grew tired of being plugged in to society in the way people are encouraged to be. (with one of those encouragements being that i should be knowledgable on 'important' world/political/whatever topics)
Just like what you said, I told myself that being knowledable about a plethoria of things that I will never be able to affect... is rather pointless. And more often than not, a person's desire to become worldy/knowledgable person just stems from the petty competitive drive that we all have to prove ourselves better than our fellow man.
For me it was really refreshing to just turn it all off and just focus on the things I wanted to focus on. to throw a tired cliche out there- opinions are like a-holes, everyone has one and they always stink. not having to put up with them... is nice.
The thing I dont like about it is that people will use it as an excuse to get condescending with you. (see: petty competitive nature)
Tuning myself out from american media in particular was the nicest thing, if i ever do get an itch to catch up on things... i'll use the internet, or watch bbc. Screw american tv.
This post deserves repeating.
BroncoBuff
06-26-2006, 07:54 AM
A few years ago I grew tired of being plugged in to society in the way people are encouraged to be. (with one of those encouragements being that i should be knowledgable on 'important' world/political/whatever topics)
Just like what you said, I told myself that being knowledable about a plethoria of things that I will never be able to affect... is rather pointless. And more often than not, a person's desire to become worldy/knowledgable person just stems from the petty competitive drive that we all have to prove ourselves better than our fellow man.
For me it was really refreshing to just turn it all off and just focus on the things I wanted to focus on. to throw a tired cliche out there- opinions are like a-holes, everyone has one and they always stink. not having to put up with them... is nice.
The thing I dont like about it is that people will use it as an excuse to get condescending with you. (see: petty competitive nature)
Tuning myself out from american media in particular was the nicest thing, if i ever do get an itch to catch up on things... i'll use the internet, or watch bbc. Screw american tv.
Pretty deep stuff ...
Bob's your Information Minister
06-26-2006, 10:42 AM
Gas, captain.
Meck77
06-26-2006, 11:23 AM
I yanked my tv out of my bedroom a few months ago. That definetly helped. Hell I haven't watched any tv except a few world cup games over the last few weeks.
I've been utilizing the ignore feature for the war forum also. It's been great!
Arkansas Bronco
06-26-2006, 11:40 AM
Cant remember the last time I watched the news (sure I have came home after work and my wife has it on but I usualy will go change, surf the web or something). It is usualy the same things that keep happening over and over and to see some of the things just gets you down after a while (such as kidnapping, child abuse, murder, school shootings) . I check big news online and sometimes read the paper. If anything major comes along that I need to know about my wife will tell me. Oh I take that back, I watch ESPN news everyday. ;)
TexanBob
06-26-2006, 01:02 PM
The only time I *watch* the news is for major breaking stories (Hurricanes Katrina, Rita were the last ones). I do surf regularly and my home page has news headlines I can click on if I want more details.
The sad thing is, I have a degree in broadcast journalism and I can't stand to watch most of it now. Like the salesman who knows when he's hearing a canned sales pitch, I know how much tv news is slanted to tell a point of view - told in a way that the average viewer doesn't understand he/she is being sold a point of view rather than a balanced presentation.
GonzoLays
06-26-2006, 01:03 PM
I can go three years without watching the news. Oh, wait, I've already done that.
alkemical
06-26-2006, 01:18 PM
I can. But it's how i kill time at work.....
once i leave work though - i don't watch the news - the only news i catch is during news/traffic/weather when i'm on my way to/from work.
Now that my radio broke - it's even easier.
Swedish Extrovert
06-26-2006, 01:50 PM
Really, what are "they" propagandizing?
They lie/hide things to promote their own political agenda. You cant keep the people sane if they really know what the **** is going on. I use many many many many different sources...
Being a photojournalist, I probabally couldn't go 1 day without watching the news.
Momof2littlebroncos
06-26-2006, 02:03 PM
I used to leave my tv on the news and still have the habit of when nothing else is on turning on the news until I find something else...
GonzoLays
06-26-2006, 02:03 PM
The more intriguing question is this: whoever said the news has to be truthful?
Take NBC for example. Their parent company, GE, sells billions of dollars worth of weapons/arms to the United States annually. Doesn't it improve the company's bottom line to "promote" and sway public opinion towards armed engagement? If the United States is in war, the company makes more money. If we become Australia, GE loses billions.
They want war.
They promote war.
It's simple. They got an angle. They got an agenda. The "news" is simply secondary.
Saddletramp
06-26-2006, 02:05 PM
Does just watching the news for the weather count as watching the news?
If not then I have not watched the news for the news or even the sports content in years. And, here lately I watch the weather on the puter so I hardly ever watch the news for the weather even.
alkemical
06-26-2006, 02:06 PM
Programming is exactly what the word means when it comes to TV/Radio stuff
broncosteven
06-26-2006, 02:07 PM
I go weeks at a time without local or world news. i am locked away in a Computer room late a lot of nights so it is easy for me. A lot of out "Local" new is gun play in Blue Island or other south or west side neighboorhoods I do not have any business in or know where they are. If I was in a smaller market it might be more interesting but here they go for gore over substance.
I was never a big believer in Current events though as I get older I am changing my tact on that. We do get the Chicago Trib everyday they send us mon-sat free because we paid for Sundays on time for so long. I read it when time permits but not before I go to work & start my day. I get my sport info here & weather info online. I don't need to be force feed info or opions I won't use or like & am selective about what I spend my time reading or watching.
cbs1177
06-26-2006, 07:32 PM
I can't go a week with out the news. When I come back from vacation I read my local newspaper in date order until I am caught up again. Also I subscribe to Cnn Pipeline and read the USA Today every day and the wall street journal on thursday-Saturday (I read it at work).
SportinOne
06-26-2006, 07:54 PM
I cannot tell you the last time i watched the news.
Between work and school i put in about 15 hours a day.. so when i get home i'm not exactly jumping to the news channel.
If i even watch TV at all, it's going to be on some kind of sports channel. If it weren't for the 'Mane i would be totally oblivious to anything that has happened in the real world in the past 4 years. I can now see how people like my dad get caught in their own time and refuse to stop being old fashioned with everything they do.