Five Benefits that I received as a result of my break-up with cable news

On August 17th the day after President Biden’s speech in which he outlined his policy with regard to Afghanistan and explained his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from that country, I began my day as usual flipping between New Day on CNN and MSNBC’s Morning Joe. These were two of the three daytime shows that I watched with the sound on. (The other was Deadline White House.) Throughout the course of my day, I flipped between the two networks with the volume muted as I worked, turning it up only if something caught my interest.