I think I'm actually going to boycott mainstream televised news

[Lethn]

If that's the right term for it anyway, I've just switched it off, I'm done, I never thought I could find something that could seriously upset me enough that I would just switch it all off and just listen to music or silence for awhile. While Newtown was a terrible tragedy, it wasn't the killing that did it for me even though that was bad, it was the way a bunch of absolute opportunistic cunts immediately descended on the whole situation. Using it as an excuse to call for whatever bullshit legislation they could come up with, the mainstream television also paraded it around like crazy even more than usual and I think that's when I finally snapped on it, there was a fucking massacre of children and all every one of them did was. Well I'm still searching for the word for it because it was just so disgusting.

So in short:

. I'm sick of politicians appearing after every disaster promising everything will be okay and only acting civil to their fellow human beings in those situations

. I'm tired of the vulture lobby groups who use every single horror story to push their agenda rather than find the real cause like a doctor/scientist would and fix the problems

. I'm fed up with the mainstream news on television taking advantage of all of these situations and parading it around when there are other issues they can talk about or report on, why is it that they can find information on murders in very local areas and never report on anything else?

So yeah, I'm going to ditch mainstream news in favour of written articles because then I don't have to listen to the news reporters being loud, obnoxious and insensitive about everything horrible in the world, something interesting has happened as well, I actually feel a hell of a lot calmer and more relaxed now, maybe you guys should try it and see what happens? Bet you'll feel a lot better about what's going on in the world, I think the only thing I'm going to do now is take to what Jon Stewart does and just laugh at the media for the way they do all this, he has the right idea.

[01BTC10]

I'm boycotting TV since 2002  

For your information, most written articles are relaying same news than the mainstream media.

[Lethn]

I should have done it back then, it's fucking disgusting seriously.

[SaintFlow]

haven't had a television in 8 years

[Akka]

I don't have a TV since 3 Years. And haven't missed it one second.

[jasinlee]

As soon as dsl over 3 mbps hit my area I disconnected tvs in my house and hooked them to pcs. 2001 I think that was.

[myrkul]

I'll just add to the chorus of "Yes, that's a good idea."

I use my TV to watch DVDs. Maybe the occasional sci-fi show. That's pretty much it. Haven't watched the news at my own home in well over a decade. Don't miss it in the least.

[paraipan]

haven't had a television in 8 years

+1 

[cunicula]

Haven't had a TV in about 10 years either.

[malevolent]

Haven't used a TV since 2007

[RodeoX]

I am also sickened to see the "news" swarm all over the grieving.  Not to help, not to inform, but rather to keep you watching through the commercials. Add to that every politician with a tactical jacket falling over each other to get on TV and rescue us via legislation.
Uugh. It's the media tragedy that follows every real tragedy.  

[Charlie Prime]

I've just switched it off, I'm done,

Good for you.  Welcome to Recovery.

Turning of  "the nooz" is like quitting cigarettes or turning off a kitchen blender.

Peace.  Quiet.  Senses return.  The atmosphere in your home becomes more pleasant.  You can think more clearly.  Life seems less like a mad rush of work, eat, repeat.   Intrusion by people thousands of miles away who don't matter stops.

I replaced my television with a combination of HDMI cable, XBMC, utorrent, videodownload helper, and selected content from http://www.google.com/#q=documentary+films

There is actually an amazing amount of content you can download for free to chill with on the couch in the evening.

This $25 remote control USB dongle made it perfect...  http://flirc.tv

[Transisto]

No Agenda
http://www.noagendashow.com/

[myrkul]

No Agenda
http://www.noagendashow.com/

An excellent source of current events information.

[Charlie Prime]

To NoAgenda add...

http://www.corbettreport.com

plus

http://peacerevolution.podomatic.com

and you've got a nice set of curated content that covers topical events.

[Dalkore]

I only turn on TV to watch 20 weeks of NFL football, presidential debates and the NBA finals.  I spend my free time reading history and other various old texts, along with contemplating the thinking about issues we have faced and face today.

[asdf]

I boycotted mainstream news and television years ago.

[bb113]

No human institution in all of history has more utterly failed at it's stated purpose than the american press of the 20th and 21st centuries.

[Rudd-O]

You really were still watching the sockpuppet shows?

I haven't watched one of those since 9/11, and I already didn't before that (that day it was impossible not to watch because the boob tube disease was everywhere).

[Rudd-O]

No human institution in all of history has more utterly failed at it's stated purpose than the american press of the 20th and 21st centuries.

I would suggest that governments failed more catastrophically at their stated purpose of protecting their citizenry, by murdering their own populace to the tune of 273 million corpses, just in the 20th century, excluding wars.

But to each its own.