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(261 posts)I can't tell you how many places show Fox but don't have access to alternatives like MSNBC because Fox is in the basic package and others are not.
aggiesal
(8,945 posts)Fox offers it's so called news channel to cable companies free of charge.
Rupert makes enough money to cover any loses.
CNN and MSNBC on the otherhand, even though their parent companies
could do the same, they are greedy enough to charge cable companies
for their programming, thus charging us.
I worked for a cable company way back in the day. They ALL charge. The ones that charge the most are sports channels like ESPN.
freedom fighter jh
(1,782 posts)TVs seem to be in all public waiting spaces these days, as well as in restaurants.
It's as if the powers that be decided that there should be no space for thought in public spaces.
Banning Fox News is a nice change, though.
Sassysdad
(65 posts)...hmm, banning entities we disagree with, really.
What happens when the right can ban our side?
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Beside, anyone can go home and rot their brain on Fox, but that doesn't mean I have to show it on my TV.
freedom fighter jh
(1,782 posts)I don't think Fox should be kicked off the airwaves. But a rule saying it can't be forced onto captive audiences is a good thing.
are you f***ing kidding? THEY ALREADY DO. And it's not stuff we simply "disagree" with - Fox New is rightwing nutjob propaganda, very often COMPLETELY devoid of facts.
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)audience while waiting in an office or worse yet, being sick as a dog when being forced to suffer through fauxnews. I agree with the other DU'er who said to let them go home and rot their brain with fauxnooz. At least, I can change the channel when I DO NOT want to be exposed to a brain eating bag of lies.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)As for it being banned by this corporation, that's free of speech! Or don't you believe corporations like the Family Health Care have the right to free speech? You know, freedom of speech isn't always money. In fact, it never used to be money until recently.
Vincardog
(20,234 posts)their patients? There could be medical reasons to prohibit the RW lies.
We know watching Faux makes you stupid it may make you sick as well.
mdbl
(4,976 posts)I couldn't give a crap if I agree with them or not. They should not be able to call themselves news. The Fox Liar's channel would be more appropriate.
NoGOPZone
(2,971 posts)zeemike
(18,998 posts)And become empathetic and frendly...nope better to keep them entertained and distracted.
And TV has become this hypnotic power that draws your eyes and attention in.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)to accept seeing one everywhere we go. How long before they are capable of transmitting and receiving? Seem far out? If you say it is I say one thing- NSA
freedom fighter jh
(1,782 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I said "no way it could happen here". 30 years later and I amm not so naive. We have a percentage of people who will believe anything Fox News, Rush, and republican politicians tell them. We have a damn near police state- looks at the powers and immunity from punishment that cops enjoy. And our intelligence apparatus that is out of control
suzanner
(590 posts)I am shocked at how many in the medical profession are right wing as compared to 20 years ago (~99% liberals then). My guess: mostly because the historically relied-upon radio stations and Fox is so successful at 'framing' complicated issues as political talking points.This whole compliance with corporate or you're out is rampant. Fox does it with such gleefulness. So everyone is afraid to discuss current events in the work place...as we did once upon a time. 2 separate realities.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)my grandfather was a Methodist minister in Brook Park, OH. That is a suburb of Cleveland. It had the Chevy plant, and Parma had the Ford plant. Almost every one in the church worked at one of them, and were union workers. My grandfather was a conservative, and I remember that he and the others could have discussions on politics, but even though they tended to disagree they could hold rational discussions about their beliefs. Rush, and Newt Gingrich, changed everything. Now if people disagree with you, you are an enemy and un-American. The whole thing is poison. When people start talking politics here at work, I just leave the room. Nothing I can say, or facts I present, will change their minds.
mdbl
(4,976 posts)Who cares what people believe. I want to hear what they know backed up with facts. You'll never get that on Fox. You just get an isolated story about some crazy person that they try to parade as news. All driven by the urge to control public opinion rather than to inform. Mush Lumpballs and all of his crazy after births on radio still follow that same M.O. They have effectively demonized anyone one they want using a more than ignorant listening audience. I turn off that crap wherever I see or hear it. When someone complains, I explain to them it is necessary for my mental health and well-being. There is nothing fair or balanced about their presentations.
erronis
(15,429 posts)[link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV-B-Gone|
It's small enough that no one will notice when you click it in the waiting room.
Walk away
(9,494 posts)freedom fighter jh
(1,782 posts)Gonna have to get me one.
I hate being surrounded by noise all the time.
marias23
(379 posts)anti-social, anti intellectual (text, text, text)devices should be used in private.
BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)Don't accuse him of being an imbecile or having a political agenda. Just state that you feel his choice of programming is offensive to some people and that you are more likely to patronize his establishment if he makes a choice that is less hostile to the views of so many Americans. Chances are that the owner or manager never even considered that this might offend a lot of customers.
And if the business doesn't change, take your business elsewhere.
Mr.Bill
(24,354 posts)Tire stores, automotive shops, etc. If they had the cable co. remote sitting there, while no one was looking I went to parental controls and put a password on the Fox News channel just before I left.
MsPithy
(809 posts)Good for you.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)I need to learn how to put a password on Parental Controls
..for opportunities like yours!
I just go complain to management.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)I've done this, too............
valerief
(53,235 posts)tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)I'm guessing FoxNews lies are dangerous around humans.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)The Wizard
(12,554 posts)how many fights broke out because infoxicated fools insist on starting debates because someone on Pox got them pissed off? It is brain poison.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)sick minds tune into fux. It feeds the worst in human nature. Enflames people already on the edge
ugh! *spit on them* ptoooey.
japple
(9,847 posts)store, I don't like tv in the hospital or other public places, I don't like the total assault. I can't remember when I last went in a public place and was not assaulted by some form of media. And if there isn't a teevee blasting some sort of crap, there are people talking on their phones who are interfering with my thoughts. I wish everyone who has to spew in public would do it in their own space (their car, outside of public buildings..).
Sorry for the rant, folks. I am a real nut about this subject.
NCarolinawoman
(2,825 posts)Systematic Chaos
(8,601 posts)The way I've always solved an unwanted noise problem has been with a Walkman/Discman/iPod throughout the years, along with about a $75-100 set of noise cancelling cans.
Yes, music at a fairly high volume is noise. That's true enough. But if it's good music that you really like it will just become a relaxing ambient sound that you can think just fine through. At least that's how it's always worked for me.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)japple
(9,847 posts)favorite of his works, although it's a tossup between that, Sirens of Titan, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater and Breakfast of Champions.
"Whoo, that one was a doozy."
MisterP
(23,730 posts)japple
(9,847 posts)try to keep us in fear of everything.
LuckyLib
(6,821 posts)thought, or a book or newspaper. I sometimes find I can't think in retail spaces (grocery, etc.) where I might want to recall something. The sound level is just overwhelming. I complain about Faux News in each and every venue I find it, and often ask clerks how they can stand the noise. Common response: "Gee, I don't even hear it!" No kidding. You've been anesthetized.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,773 posts)outpatient procedure done last week was about 16" X 16" with a 40" flat screen tv blaring. Even when I put my earphones in and tried to listen to my ipod, the tv was too loud to ignore. I was about to go give them my cell phone number and have them call me in from my car when they were ready for me, when they called me back. Fortunately there were no tvs in the prep or surgery areas.
I cannot adequately express how annoying I find tvs in waiting rooms!
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)but it doesn't work that way
..
this is a really really good sign!
joanbarnes
(1,723 posts)every doctor's office, hair salon, hotel, airport, car repair shop, etc., etc., etc.
TxDemChem
(1,918 posts)But I think it's awesome
freshwest
(53,661 posts)TNNurse
(6,931 posts)Their waiting rooms are tuned to HGTV. It is not loud and easy to ignore.
I ALWAYS have a book with me anyway.
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)Period. Loud music in restaurants in annoying, too. And get off my lawn!
I'm old - I'm entitled.
valerief
(53,235 posts)progressoid
(50,011 posts)"Bobby is chewing gum"
"Nuh uh. Am not"
"Ya huh, I saw you"
"I'm telling Mrs. Clark"
"Shelly is a poopy head tattletale"
StoneCarver
(249 posts)Last Dec I was in an outpatient orthopedic surgery waiting room. They had Fox blaring before surgery. I asked the nurse running the waiting room to please turn the channel. I gave her a few minutes, and she didn't get to it- so I unplugged the TV. No one else in the waiting room said a word. When she finally got around to changing the channel she couldn't figure out why the remote wouldn't work! As a paying customer I got what I needed -no Fox before surgery! It promotes healing.
Loaded Liberal Dem
(230 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,499 posts)complain, very loudly, that Fox News just spews lies and hate. I point out that Fox viewers score worse than people who do not watch the news at all on current events. I want the people in the waiting room to understand that the brainwashing they do is being reinforced by the doctors at the facility. I also make sure I voice my displeasure to the doctor. I tell them that I do not appreciate the attempted brainwashing. It makes me even less sympathetic to their concerns, not that I was very sympathetic in the 1st place. Being a physician is a profession, not a job, there is a difference. It means they must advocate treating the sick first, not just the ones who have insurance. As an attorney we are encouraged, and in some states, mandated, to do pro bono work. Under Obamacare they still get paid, but they worry they may not be able to make that 3rd vacation home mortgage!
This is working, it pays to make your objections heard! Now, one place I go took out the TVs and replaced them with local photography. The staff told me the doctors had an argument about it and decided that the complaints and loss of patients were not worth it. I have noticed that most of them have switched to CNN.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)has FN and other choices but nothing from NBC in any form, hence no Olympics. Amazing. At least they keep the TVs on mute. I choose machines where I can watch HGTV or the cooking channel, smile.
Maraya1969
(22,509 posts)getting in touch with corporate. That way no one knows who complained but it is still noted.
I did this after eating at a restaurant right next to the bar that was whoring Fox on its TV. I certainly did not want to complain before I got my meal or even after. But I took care of it incognito.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)kairos12
(12,892 posts)why I am flipping off the TV.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)for the next teller. Then they suddenly switched it to CNN. I suspect they received too many complaints. Huntington Beach where I live is a liberal leaning island in conservative Orange County, California.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)An endless stream of Family Feud and Newlywed Game.
valerief
(53,235 posts)ffr
(22,676 posts)I've had those hate channels blocked for going on 8 years now. I don't even want to here a word out of any of their stupid paid-for-by mouths. The sight of any of those people and the stain they cast on America sickens me.
Turbineguy
(37,396 posts)Who knew?
War Horse
(931 posts)Fox "News" is as Orwellian as they come.
Now if we could also stop the likes of Rush, Beck and Greenwald, through democratic means, of course, we might be getting somewhere.
War Horse
(931 posts)Fox "News" is as Orwellian as they come.
Now if we could also stop the likes of Rush, Beck and Greenwald, through democratic means, of course, we might be getting somewhere.
Alkene
(752 posts)It was a few years ago that after I finished paying inside and started to fill, a screen on the pump lit up and started airing O'Reilly's bull crap, mid-program, with fairly loud audio. WTF?!
I wasn't in the mood, and marched immediately inside to demand it be turned off. The attendant was outraged that I would ask, and pretty much told me to piss off.
I never went there again.
FloridaJudy
(9,465 posts)Had some sort of Health Channel on the television: take control of your blood pressure, the benefits of exercise, healthy diabetic cooking, lower your risk of heart attack, stop smoking now, etc. I think the docs get a subscription or free DVDs or something.
I bring earplugs and a book. If I had the option of changing the channel, I'd probably switch to Asian or Latino soaps. I have no idea what's going on in those shows, but they all seem to be surreal, with pirates and ninjas crashing parties, and rich people going bonkers at funerals. They still make more sense than Fox News.
icarusxat
(403 posts)FAUX News, pot smoking, NRA, et al...
kairos12
(12,892 posts)news blaring. I responded to some claptrap from the TV calling it a bunch of crap. That caused a Teabagger in the room to detonate. He began yelling and waving his arms at me. The staff told him he could wait outside for his wife. I just smiled.
Mbrow
(1,090 posts)I stayed at a Holiday inn in Minnesota and a Quality inn in Portland that had blocked MSNBC, in both cases I let them know this would be the last time we would stay with them. I also made sure that the surveys were filled on line for the main chain offices. We have to let them know we are paying attention and some of us can vote with our pocketbook. I'm no longer going to shrug it off.