YouTube Is Replacing Cable TV News

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YouTube Is Replacing Cable TV News Like MSNBC & CNN As Americans Look to Free News Options With FOX News Leading the Charge

https://cordcuttersnews.com/youtube...ews-options-with-fox-news-leading-the-charge/

In a seismic shift for the media landscape, YouTube is rapidly overtaking traditional cable TV news like MSNBC and CNN as the go-to platform for information, with FOX News emerging as the undisputed leader in this digital revolution. According to data released by Emplifi, FOX News closed the first quarter of 2025 with an unprecedented 1.2 billion YouTube video views, marking its best quarter in history and cementing its position as the top news brand on the platform. This milestone underscores a broader trend: viewers are abandoning cable subscriptions in favor of on-demand, accessible content on YouTube, where news consumption is booming.​

The cost of cable TV, distrust of entrenched corporate media (often owned by the same corporations which own the cable TV systems), and access to independent sources are all driving people away from the force-fed trough of cable "news."
 

I like listening to Newsmax on YouTube. What I don't like are all of the podcasters. I think they stir up a lot of people's emotions that causes havoc among both sides. There are way too many podcasters looking to get rich (and many have) by just repeating what the other guys said on his podcast. They remind me of parrots.
 
Maybe for the masses, but I deliberately cull out local news affiliates, cable news, and other "sources of information" that are demonstrably biased -- on all sides of the political spectrum.

YT is a confirmed good source in and of itself. Good for some things -- DIY, for example -- but the bots definitely throw stuff your way that THEY want you to see, not what you want to see.
 

We have not had either cable or satellite television for around 5 years now, maybe even longer. We have a small roof antenna that we bought from Amazon and my husband installed on the roof. We can get the local channels, but we seldom even turn the TV on any more, and not actually watched any cable news channels for all that time since we cut the cord.

I get most of my news online, either from watching YouTube videos, reading websites that have news, or on social media, like X/Twitter. It works fine for me, and i can choose what to read or not read. After regular newspapers pretty much stopped, I think that most Americans either went online and read news websites, or they just watched cable news; but now, a lot of people have stopped doing that because of the cost of both cable and satellite.

I think that more people will be doing this. Even events, like the inauguration, or sports events are watched on YouTube channels now, instead of on the cable channels.
 
I've noticed that in the car I now get a feed through Android Auto for YouTube audio. I haven't used it much, but I suspect it could evolve into an alternative to radio broadcasts for "talk radio" and music programming.

It needs to be simple though. You don't want drivers watching video or fiddling trying to select material. It needs to be as "eyeballs free" as tuning a car radio to be safe. The same thing could be used on phones for people gardening in the yard and such.
 
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