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UpInArms

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4. I turned off the corporate media in 2009

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2024, 09:15 PM

Dec 2

Actually, they turned my signal off when they took analog service away …

My nearest station was 60 miles away and my rooftop antenna could catch the signal. Digital antennas never worked.

I just read my news from a lot of sources and have never missed all the talking heads

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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