My boycott of national broadcast and cable news is continuing and it is showing little signs of letting up.

Why am I shutting out the news media from my home? Because the talking heads tell me damn near nothing I don’t know and I am getting basically one side of the arguments that keep spring up like weeds in the spring.

I refuse to watch the Fox Propaganda Channel for reasons that are evident in the name I just hung on the Fox network. MSNBC, the left-leaning cable channel, almost never discusses issues with  pols who tilt right. When they have, and again, it’s a rare event, the discussion turns into a shouting/pissing match because the TV news host chooses to argue with his or her guest. I don’t need that spilling into my home.

About the only option left for me is public TV. The right wing has taken aim at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, yanking money from it and sending my taxpayer money somewhere else; I am presuming some mega rich dudes are getting the dough.

It’s not that I am addicted necessarily to the news. I once was considered a news junkie. When we traveled I would scarf up local newspapers to see the news of the day in a community we were visiting. I don’t do that these days. Then again, I don’t travel as much these days as I used to do.

And when I am home, I am keeping the TVs quiet in all the rooms of my home that have them. I don’t miss the white noise. Frankly, the news and commentary that comes from the TV broadcast and cable channels does me as much good as elevator music.