There is ONE good reason for continuing to watch the network news---it's the quickest way to find out what the "propaganda cause du jour" is. It's also good for a laugh.
Local news is still "pretty OK", as long as you stick to "breaking news" stories.
The self-important braying? The hyper-bizarre music? The insane over-reactive coverage? The whacked-out posturing and inflections?
Seriously, I can't watch 5 minutes of it. It's way too weird.
It is fascinating the little nuances the news readers project to influence the watchers, ending a statement with a question in their voice, asking another question after a statement, such as too little too late??? Sometimes it isn't so much what they say as how they say it.