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Do you watch or listen to the morning news programs as you start your day? If so, what one do you watch/listen to?
I've always had the Today show on in the background but I'm going to dump them. Yesterday they broke into the actual reading of news to bring us a woman giving birth live & this morning, LIVE, they showed a couple doing in vitro fertilization. I know more about that than I ever wanted to know and fuck all if I want to have current events replaced with this kind of thing.
I want my regular news stuff back.
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I had the news on this morning and my 6-year old walked in as theyre talking about the Kenya situation. He's asking me about it and I'm tap dancing around it. I quickly changed the channel before any real details were talked about.
So, to answer your question, I personally don't have news on in the morning very often as I have to screen what can be seen and heard.
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(09-24-2013, 03:17 PM)Midwest Spy Wrote: So, to answer your question, I personally don't have news on in the morning very often as I have to screen what can be seen and heard.
I've never thought about how that kind of thing would be handled. There is A LOT on television that isn't suitable for children. Do you have to block channels or censor in other ways?
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We don't have cable, but we're still on top of what they're watching.
It'll get harder as they get older.
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I listen to the BBC or PBS and a few others on my way into work. No television usually. The morning television talk shows seem dumbed down for public consumption a bit too much for me.
I looked on yahoo today and it was all Emmy, Miley, Kardashian stupid shit. I like the Canadian stuff better.
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