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I'm not talking about my family discussions. Just turn on the local news and you'll see them discuss it, including the annual segment about the lines at the post office.


Ah.

For what it's worth -- and it's possible I'm living in a bubble, but -- the only family member I know that watches the news is my dad. Everyone else quietly switched to netflix long ago. The news mostly comes from the drama of the day; things that show up on facebook. (The recent Chris Rock drama, and other nonsense like that.)

I recently followed CBS on TikTok though, to my surprise. They had some of the best coverage of the Ukraine war I've seen. I even joked to my wife that the circle of life was complete: not only have I never watched the news in years, and not only does my dad have no clue what tiktok is, but now I'm watching the news on tiktok.

Thanks for pointing out that the news is sometimes a valuable thing to keep on one's radar.


April 15 (ok. Sometimes a few days later based on holidays.) is pretty engrained into the minds of adult Americans who pay taxes. I have rarely watched tv news in years and don’t even get it any longer. But I can pretty much guarantee if you asked a bunch of middle class adults when tax day is, an overwhelming majority would tell you the correct answer.


FWIW, I don't watch local news; I read it online. But I've seen studies showing that it's still the most popular primary source of news.




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