And similarly, Internet streaming will kill cable TV if it hasn't already--just as VoIP is killing landline telephony, and back-end FAX services are killing separate landlines for FAX.

The quickest way is to "cut the cord," that is, get all your movie and TV content from the stream. That way you can subscribe only to the channels you want to watch. You don't see the other channels; you don't pay for the other channels.

The 'news' they report is very slanted. You have to be very careful about what you believe and how you are being manipulated. The problem with them is far beyond simple fake news presenting outright fiction as fact.

Searching Firefox options I found and installed "Block Site" which seems to be the blocker for me. It is also available for other browsers.
Blocking becomes available with right-click. 3 reviews only, all 5-stars. I'll report back if I have problems

The idea within the article is okay, but we have so many better things to do with our time.

What we really need is for all browsers in provide a BLOCKING link; down and dirty. With just one click CNN and the horrid others would be forced to stay away from our puters.

Part of the problem with current "news" outlets is that they are selective in what they choose to report. If it doesn't advance their narrative, they don't print it. That's for the ones which are only half evil. The really evil ones are the ones who intentionally distort the facts or misrepresent things to further their agenda.

Just so you know, CNN is one of the mostly evil ones. I'm not a big Trump fan, but I was happy to see him go after CNN for their false reporting.
WSJ used to be strictly a market-based, more libertarian journal. Now they sport op-eds (at least they outright call them op-eds) about how wonderful Obamacare is. I'd still only rate them a little evil in comparison, however.
BuzzFeed is one of the worst, as is Bloomberg and Huffington Post and NYTimes. They are all very liberal rags with agendas.
NPR is a result of its funding. Because they exist not to serve a populous but to give some government flunkies jobs, they are also decidedly liberal.

If you're right they did the "people are saying [insert wild unsubstantiated claim here]." I can't stand that. I agree that's not reporting news.

Yikes, it's hard to figure out if you're trolling or just intellectually disingenuous. The election made it very clear where the Bias is.
After BuzzFeed leaked a hoax, CNN double-down and tweeted THEY HAD THE SEX TAPE IN THEIR POSSESSION.
They deleted their tweet (attached above) after it was pointed out that it was actually a screenshot from Kanye's video "Famous".

" I don't expect them to be perfect, but they're actually reporting the news. "

The internet has killed the newspaper industry. The zombies remaining are rotting and falling apart in a stinking, toxic mass. I have lived in the DC area since 1986 and have read the Washington Post every day until recently when I dropped it because it was no longer a source of information. I expect news items to be written by professional journalists and that their facts be checked. I expect those facts to be presented without bias. I expect that headlines to be about the article it is attached to. I enjoy going to the op-ed pages and reading the opinions of those on each side of issues. This is no longer possible. The Washington Post is an op-ed from front to back. Headlines assume no one is going to actually read the article and misrepresent the facts contained therein. Items can be trivial but in line with their agenda and appear on the front page, above the fold. Items they do not like but far too important for them to be caught ignoring are buried on page 14 buried by a Macy's ad for a 40% off sale.

New? Comeback? They only appeal to liberals who are so brainwashed they ignore real news sources regardless of the factual details. CNN, WSJ, NYT, NOR, Bloomberg are propaganda arms of looters. They publish just enough factual material (that is so obvious they can't avoid it) to try to maintain a facade of respectability to the muggles.
Neither deserves the respect or appreciation of anyone who can think.
Want to be brainwashed? Listen to them and believe what they say regardless of the facts.