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01-21-2011, 07:38 PM
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Cable News Stats
I try to catch CNN, Fox, and MSNBC each night to get a sense of what's going on in the world. Look like most folks don't flip around like I do.
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CABLE NEWS RACE
THURS. JAN. 20, 2011
FOXNEWS O'REILLY 2,918,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,079,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 1,940,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 1,786,000
FOXNEWS BECK 1,780,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 1,460,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,106,000
CNN PIERS 1,025,000
MSNBC MADDOW 976,000
MSNBC O'DONNELL 855,000
MSNBC SCHULTZ 760,000
CNN COOPER 740,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 700,000
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01-21-2011, 07:41 PM
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01-21-2011, 08:06 PM
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01-21-2011, 08:59 PM
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This does not directly address the topic, but I have found that if you really want to get a sense of what's going on in the world, leave the television off. Subscribe to The Economist and read it. It comes weekly.
If you want melodrama rather than hard information, then go ahead and watch tv news.
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01-22-2011, 05:30 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by toofrugalformycat
This does not directly address the topic, but I have found that if you really want to get a sense of what's going on in the world, leave the television off.
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Originally Posted by toofrugalformycat
Subscribe to The Economist and read it. It comes weekly.
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I use:
Google News
and the Global Edition of the NY Times:
The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia
to get a quick glance at "everything" and then choose what to investigate further.
Al Jazeera is, also, a good place to look over the International scene:
AJE - Al Jazeera English
I have several other sites that I visit daily on a single subject basis -- electronic and RVing, for instance -- but "business/finance" is not on that list... that would be just toooo noisy.
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01-22-2011, 12:58 PM
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Thanks for linking this site
AJE - Al Jazeera English. Did not know that it existed.
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01-22-2011, 01:16 PM
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Good equal opportunity site. They are what cnn was intended to be in the early days, just better. I view it on on satellite with a steerable dish, Galaxy 19 Ku, Transponder 26, 97 West. Kurdistan on same satellite TP 27.
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01-22-2011, 03:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by toofrugalformycat
This does not directly address the topic, but I have found that if you really want to get a sense of what's going on in the world, leave the television off. Subscribe to The Economist and read it. It comes weekly.
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I could not possibly agree more. I look forward with great anticipation to Saturdays, when The Economist appears in my mailbox.
I typically watch about 10 hours of television per year. DW thinks that's excessive.
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01-22-2011, 04:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by braumeister
I typically watch about 10 hours of television per year.
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That's because you waste all that time rotting your brain with a magazine.
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"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is." ~(perhaps by) Yogi Berra
"Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge."~ Lau tzu
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01-25-2011, 03:55 PM
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I enjoy watching Thom Hartmann. He is on Free Speech TV for two hours during the day, and just recently on a one hour show in the evening at 9 PM. Very knowledgeable guy. Great channel.
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01-26-2011, 12:52 PM
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I just made a YouTube clip of stories that affirm my existing opinions and rewatch that a few times a week.
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