Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

hunter

(39,733 posts)

4. I quit television news and opinion more than twenty years ago in the run-up to the war in Iraq.

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Sun Jun 22, 2025, 11:12 AM

Jun 22

Aside from the site-formerly-known-as-twitter, television is the worst medium for news and opinion. I'll even go further and say it wasn't all that great in the "golden age" of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite.

By the way, bsky.social / bsky.app have also exceeded my threshold of irritation so I've started blocking them too.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

6 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

media drone lulled you into comatose state, US media is crap. TV news is designed as entertainment; goal is selling ads [View all] IrishBubbaLiberal Jun 22 OP

doh speak easy Jun 22 #1

Yeah started going that way in the 1990's. mwmisses4289 Jun 22 #2

the original reality tv stillcool Jun 22 #3

I quit television news and opinion more than twenty years ago in the run-up to the war in Iraq. hunter Jun 22 #4

How can it be that the major media outlets have not engineered their own demise? taxi Jun 22 #5

Enshittification. n/t flvegan Jun 22 #6