I generally have news or CSPAN on in the background when working. When I actually sit down to watch TV I have a 10' dish, 4DTV & FTA receivers and a couple thousand channels to play with.
Unless someone has excellent local radio news I can't see not having a TV these days or at least a radio that picks up the audio from local TV even if they are only used in times of emergency. After Katrina my pocket TV was the only source of local information for a whole building of people for a week until the area's news radio station got back on. That was a lifesaver for locating limited gas supplies and stores as they reopened.
