Do You Think the Commercial Media Is Corrupt? Unfair? Biased?

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46. My wife and I quit television more than ten years ago. I read all my news.

It's not because it makes me feel "superior" in some way, it was for my own peace of mind.

I'm also cheap. I'd rather spend whatever money cable television costs on e-books and magazine subscriptions.

Netflix is $8.99 a month and newer movies are available at the neighborhood Redbox for less than two dollars a night. That's more than enough television for us.

Television made Trump and it wasn't just Fox News. That's unforgivable.

In any case I think traditional television and radio are dying. My adult children, and my nephews and nieces, pay no attention to either. They really can't imagine sitting down at a fixed time to watch "the news" or any other programming. In their cars they listen to music or podcasts via Bluetooth from their phones. Besides Netflix I have no idea which streaming services our kids subscribe to.

My oldest kid is married and lives in another city. Their television is connected to a Chromecast dongle. That's it. They have no DVD player, no antenna, no cable, no remote control. They control their television with their phones. My father-in-law found this confusing the first time he was visiting and wanted to watch "the news." We might have accomplished this using his phone but the moment passed and he decided to read instead.

I'm lucky not to have the Fox News debates in our family. My parents, and my wife's parents watch MSNBC and the local news.