# What was your news routine during the 2012 election?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-news-routine-during-the-2012-election/640430>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 9, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-news-routine-during-the-2012-election/640430 "2012-11-09T01:00:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-news-routine-during-the-2012-election/640430/1 "2012-11-09T01:00:06Z")

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Mine (not counting Election Day, the Conventions, or the Debates - on days when I was off from work):

1. Go to [time.gov](http://time.gov) and watch as the time changes to 00:00:00 (12:00 AM EST).
2. Sleep from 12:00 AM to 5:00 AM.
3. Watch CNN from 5:00 AM to 6:00 AM for news updates.
4. Read _The New York Times_ from 6:00 AM to 7:00 AM as a news briefing.
5. Sleep from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
6. Watch The View from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM for news discussion.
7. Watch CNN from 12:00 PM to 6:30 PM for news events.
8. Watch ABC World News from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM for news summary.
9. Watch CNN (Erin Burnett Out Front) from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM for news analysis.
10. Watch prime time TV from 8:00 PM to 11:59 PM for news overview.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-news-routine-during-the-2012-election/640430/2 "2012-11-09T01:10:40Z")

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You won’t believe me but everything. Literally everything. On the web and everything.