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AngryOldDem

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31. I wish I had the BBC.

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 22, 2022, 11:33 AM

Feb 2022

With my cable company, it’s not part of the basic service, and I really can’t justify taking a hit on an already outrageous cable bill.

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Cable news: Who here still watches it? [View all] herding cats Feb 2022 OP

I took your poll with Cha Feb 2022 #1

Thank you, Cha! herding cats Feb 2022 #3

At least you're doing it.. Cha Feb 2022 #9

Rarely or never; when I do it's BBC World News and not CNN/MSNBC (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Feb 2022 #2

BBC always feels a bit different to me. herding cats Feb 2022 #5

BBC is subject to something like a "fairness doctrine". mwooldri Feb 2022 #15

other hardly ever orleans Feb 2022 #4

Fair enough. herding cats Feb 2022 #6

There's little cable news to watch. BBC is most available to us. Hortensis Feb 2022 #7

You are preaching to my choir. herding cats Feb 2022 #8

:) Oh, and they do. I used to watch a lot when younger before Hortensis Feb 2022 #10

I tried the digital version after True Blue American Feb 2022 #14

Yes, the paper's yesterday's news, but that was "the news" then. :) Hortensis Feb 2022 #24

I loved the newspaper. True Blue American Feb 2022 #29

Lol. My husband wouldn't go for two, and just one was a Hortensis Feb 2022 #30

Newspapers to kill weeds? True Blue American Feb 2022 #32

I wish I had the BBC. AngryOldDem Feb 2022 #31

I'm now a never. Turned it off in 2010. NewHendoLib Feb 2022 #11

I had to turn it off Trump, war, True Blue American Feb 2022 #12

I gave up on drama infotainment TV long ago. Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #13

I listen, rather than watch. mwooldri Feb 2022 #16

Well, yeah, that would be a problem.:) True Blue American Feb 2022 #34

does anyone under 50? pstokely Feb 2022 #17

I do and I'm under 50 Polybius Feb 2022 #23

About 3%-4% of the adult population watches cable news Kaleva Feb 2022 #18

My adult children and their cousins pay no attention at all to traditional television and radio. hunter Feb 2022 #28

My kids tell us True Blue American Feb 2022 #35

Complicated. I don't have cable access to MSNBC/CNN, but I do listen to TRMS, Nicolle Wallace & hlthe2b Feb 2022 #19

You do not need cable access, just use a free stream online. Celerity Feb 2022 #21

Never EYESORE 9001 Feb 2022 #20

Produced on cable, seen on livestream. 2naSalit Feb 2022 #22

Cable news is mainly an older viewer thing Sympthsical Feb 2022 #25

I've cut way back on MSNBC and CNN. Paladin Feb 2022 #26

Quit television news and opinion shortly after 9/11/2001. hunter Feb 2022 #27

American cable news is completely useless BannonsLiver Feb 2022 #33

My son calls it," 4 people sitting around True Blue American Feb 2022 #36

I used to be an MSNBC and CNN junkie until 2016 SoonerPride Feb 2022 #37

I've pretty much given it up. GoodRaisin Feb 2022 #38