Lol. Gee you miss getting to watch some idiot governors at work.
How do you know what's going on in your area, what freeways to avoid going to work, what jacket to put on for the afternoon drive home, what's on sale, if streets are blocked, if your town is getting visited by some big shot--etc.?
SOME things are VERY useful to know and you can only see that on the boobustoobus [OR buy a newspaper].
It's not so useful to duct-tape the ENTIRE world all the time. Catch as catch can doesn't always hit the "rare occasion."
Just sayin'.
I get almost everything I need right here on Free Republic. Why go anywhere else?