I was raised in a super-sheltered atmosphere where we didn't watch anything besides Trinity Broadcasting Network - which was called TBN - or the Fox News channel.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I didn't watch a lot of TV growing up.
You know, people aren't watching a network: they're watching cable channels.
I was raised by television. It was my first cultural window. It was a constant companion.
I did not, like my children and people today, grow up with television as part of my life.
A generation ago, or two, when there were three channels, plus PBS, and when you needed - when you needed 15 million people to make a living, the media could focus on the broad country. And most people had no choice about getting political information. It was there at 6:30 whether you wanted it or not.
I am always outside and couldn't care less about what's on TV these days.
While I was doing 'The Newsroom,' I always had the news on on different networks on different TVs around my house and around my office.
We just weren't a family that gathered around the TV. I grew up in a town where everyone was outside all the time. I was mostly in Connecticut; I spent a lot of time in Tennessee in the summers, but I was in Stamford, Connecticut.
I watch practically no TV - ah, what the hell do I watch? Oh, I was for a long time addicted to CNN.
Local television is still the No. 1 source for news and part of the family.