# Do you watch cable news.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-cable-news/527624>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 4, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-cable-news/527624 "2010-02-04T02:30:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sir\_Not\_Appearing\_on\_This\_Site](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Sir\_Not\_Appearing\_on\_This\_Site](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Not_Appearing_on_This_Site)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-cable-news/527624/21 "2010-02-04T23:11:01Z")

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Can’t watch Cable news if you don’t have cable. I used to watch CNN when I did have Cable, but only if something caught my eye while surfing through the channels. It was never a destination station.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-cable-news/527624/22 "2010-02-04T23:17:58Z")

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By “watch” do you only mean on purpose? I’ve never turned on cable news myself, but I won’t flee the room if someone else it watching it when I wander in.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-cable-news/527624/23 "2010-02-05T15:06:24Z")

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Other. I have a TV but no cable service. I probably would watch them if I had cable.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-cable-news/527624/24 "2010-02-05T18:42:27Z")

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I watch CNN. I watch Democracy Now and Thom Harman. I watch PBS Newshour. I turn to Fox sometimes but there always seems to be a commercial on. I turn off commercials. I also watch CNBC when I need a real corporate spin. Then of course Daly Show and Colbert.  
CNBC has had a good series on American Greed. It is about corrupt and dishonest financial thieves. they seem to never run out of them.

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**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-watch-cable-news/527624/25 "2010-02-05T19:50:07Z")

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No. We have cable, but I get my national news online. I will watch local news. I used to watch Morning Express with Robin Meade on HLN, but it got stupid.

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