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DuaneBidoux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:47 PM
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Just found out my son's highschool has started blasting Fox on big screen TVs at lunchtime
Also they are on in the common's area as the kids come into school in the morning.

My son told me there are a total of three big screen TVs that are on FOX ALL THE TIME (Sorry about the caps, but DAMN!).

I am absolutely boiling!

I don't really have a problem with the TVs at lunch but this is school. What about the History Channel, or Nat Geo, or the Science channel?
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:48 PM
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1. I would pitch a fit. I hope you complain. They're ruining young minds.
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coffeenap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:55 PM
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Go to school. Change the station.
Deal with the administration. So many parents are afraid to enter a public school. Do it-you might be surprised at what happens. Said in support and friendship. :)
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-17-10 08:15 PM
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90. Go with a group of [arents to see the Supt.

Fox propaganda has no place in a school.

In fact, neither does CNN or MSNBC.
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PurgatoryPeak Donating Member (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-17-10 04:25 AM
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86. Agreed, you need to make a huge stink and get other
parents involved. This is unacceptable.
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:48 PM
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2. Buy your kid this:
http://www.tvbgone.com/cfe_tvbg_main.php
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:55 PM
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6. Those look awesome. I wonder if they work. nt
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dghll Donating Member (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 06:44 PM
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30. yes , they work. nt
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slampoet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-18-10 09:13 AM
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92. Check out footage on you tube. they definitely work even in rooms with dozens of screens.
Edited on Sun Apr-18-10 09:13 AM by slampoet
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 01:09 PM
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104. I had never heard of those before
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Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:49 PM
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3. Your name V the board of education
this misinformation will not stand man!
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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:51 PM
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To state the obvious: write/call the principal.
If that doesn't work.... work your way up the political food chain.

I have a feeling Houston's new mayor and administration might be sympathetic to your gripe.
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:51 PM
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4. As a parent, you have the right to file a complaint with the school.
Fox is not news, it's propaganda. It should not be on in school. I agree with you about the History Channel, National Geographic, etc., being on as they are educational.
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 01:23 AM
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59. Actually, NOT the mis-named "History Channel." It's mostly garbage & I suspect owned by RW-ers.
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Kablooie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 10:03 AM
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72. It's 80% the history of Christianity channel.
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 11:42 AM
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77. used to be a good channel...
but has really gone in the crapper.
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KakistocracyHater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-18-10 10:40 PM
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93. yeah I noticed it happen too
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-18-10 11:51 PM
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95. Yep. It's owned by Hearst Publishing
And they were producing right wing extremist propaganda long before anybody at FAUX was even born. Actually, they were the 19th century "FAUX Noize" who enabled the first robber baron era, just as Rupert and pals enable the current one.
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PSzymeczek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-17-10 08:39 PM
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91. C-SPAN
If they want a channel to deal with government.
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SheilaT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:53 PM
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5. Pitch a huge enormous fit.
First off, there's NO NEED WHATSOEVER for TVs to be on at school other than to watch some specific show or program or video that's pertinent to a specific class. Or some major event is happening that the kids ought to see.

I'm appalled that there are big screen TVs anywhere in the school, but that's just me.
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OhioBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 09:32 PM
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44. I agree. We have enough situational ADD in this Country
We do not need big screen TVs being blared on any channel during school - unless it is a specific educational program that is planned. this is beyond ridiculous.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 11:16 AM
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74. It is a waste of taxpayer money to spend on televisions to that extent.
Do they have more big screen tvs then when they had the old style? Those suckers are more expensive than the old style too.

Back when I was in school teachers in my school had to schedule the use of them from the a-v department.
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movonne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:55 PM
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7. Why would they have a news channel on at lunch time.??? I never
Edited on Thu Apr-15-10 04:57 PM by movonne
thought that would be what kids would want to watch...I would complain to the school that they should not do this and it is pushing a agenda...They spew anti-american shit all the time and degrading our president...By the way I see you are from Tx.that does help explain...
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LisaM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:56 PM
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8. Why can't they put on something neutral, like sports
or music?

I would complain big time.
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Gman2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:59 PM
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13. Fox News is trying to control all the public spaces. They pay for them,
same as in McDonalds. There is a device for killing any TV model by remote.


It is time for the revolt, before anything gets more revolting.

http://www.tvbgone.com/cfe_tvbg_main.php
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 05:12 PM
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18. DO they pay for the TV's? PLEASE give a link or something ...
I suspected this for YEARS -- since they showwed up in every medium & large co in Houston's lobbies.

They're always tuned to FOX.
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Gman2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 05:49 PM
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25. Yes, that is why I asked , and McD said they are not allowed to change it
And there are warning signs all over them. The same strategy of why fatassed Rush has such huge numbers. He gives discounts on his programming.
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 09:13 AM
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70. So a company owned by an Aussie Jerkwad & Saudi Prince now control
the unwanted media that's blasted at us in offices, retail, restaurants and now schools?

F that shi+
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verges Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 11:37 AM
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76. My local McD's shows CNN. nt
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 05:01 PM
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14. Or soaps?
I think All My Children is still on during the lunch hour. :eyes:
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Gman2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:56 PM
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9. That is fucking IT. Those should be ripped from the wall. TV in highschool lunchroom?
And indoctrinating them? FUCK THAT. I HATE REPUBLICANS.
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-18-10 11:53 PM
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96. If they would have tried that shit back when I was in high school
That's exactly what would have happened. Those TV's would have been gone the first day. Hell, I averaged a visit to the vice principal's office once a week or so anyway, so why not for a worthy cause? :evilgrin:
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flpoljunkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:56 PM
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10. Unbelievable--even in Texas!
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DuaneBidoux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 05:58 PM
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26. Unfortunately I'm in a Houston suburb
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Blue Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:57 PM
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11. All part of Turdock's ratings desperation
Get that shit out of our schools!

The purpose of school is to get SMART, not dumb.
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TransitJohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:58 PM
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12. There really shouldn't be any commercial television in schools.
Public schools shouldn't be used to consumerize children.
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ChimpersMcSmirkers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 06:01 PM
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28. I think that this is the best argument to make to stop this shit.
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lostnfound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 07:33 PM
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34. There shouldn't be commercial anything in the schools..
No advertisements in schoolbooks, no FOX TV, no Channel One, not even Time-For-Kids in my opinion.
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OhioBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 09:29 PM
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43. +1 n/t
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greencharlie Donating Member (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 05:02 PM
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15. texas, mmm hmmmm. nt
Edited on Thu Apr-15-10 05:04 PM by greencharlie
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 05:07 PM
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16. What POSSIBLE excuse could be offered for this decision?!?
I suspect a pure $$$-for-captive-audience deal. This should cost somebody a job. :mad::grr::mad::grr::mad::grr:
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 05:10 PM
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17. Hope you file a complaint and keep us posted.
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 05:14 PM
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19. Insist on equal time for AL GORE's channel. The TV will disappear pronto lol.
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DuaneBidoux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 06:00 PM
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27. I don't want equal time. I don't want MSNBC. They need to be studying!
Or if it has to be on then it needs to be Science or History channel.
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 09:12 AM
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69. C-SPAN nt
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 05:14 PM
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20. Go get 'em. Really, you need to complain. Loudly. I'm in Texas, too, and
I wouldn't put up with that shit where I live.
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renate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 05:23 PM
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21. Man. I wish you all the luck in the world
My blood pressure went up just imagining Fox "News" in my kid's school. Is there anybody left in the whole world who, even if they don't realize that Fox flat-out lies, doesn't know that Fox is rabidly partisan? How can the school administration possibly justify blaring that shit at a captive audience?
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 05:24 PM
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22. MY TVs always had ESPN. Made sense.
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Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 05:27 PM
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23. What a waste of electricity.
Your school district must be swimming in money. If not, you have a good case for excessive WASTE.
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Divine Discontent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 05:40 PM
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24. get even one or more like minded parents and go confront the principal together about pushing an
agenda. make copies of the lawsuit Fox News filed years ago that they won that allowed them lie to their viewers.

also, I'm assuming you mean Fox News, when you say Fox. But yeah, raise a stink.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 06:08 PM
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29. You and others should picket outside saying you don't want your children indoctrinated
Edited on Thu Apr-15-10 06:09 PM by jenmito
by Faux, turning them against our country. Get in the news.
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Kltpzyxm Donating Member (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 07:09 PM
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31. unbelievable
might as well just pipe in Baghdad Bob.
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and-justice-for-all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 07:11 PM
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32. that is indoctrination and unaccpetable...
I would disapprove of ANY such media being shown at school.
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bluedigger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 07:26 PM
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33. How does your son feel about it?
The best solution would be for the kids to stop it themselves. Grass roots democracy in action.
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handmade34 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 07:46 PM
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35. you should be concerned about TVs at lunch
and especially FOX... complain!
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:38 PM
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54. What's wrong with a TV on at lunch?
Its just lunch time.
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MattSh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:47 PM
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55. More time watching TV
Less time thinking for themselves. Less time socializing.

What's right with TV on at lunch?
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:53 PM
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56. Your argument doesnt work if ESPN is on the tv.
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handmade34 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 06:14 AM
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61. better to go out and play a pickup game of something
rather than watch it on a screen... I would never tolerate a TV going in a public place at school
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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 08:58 PM
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36. I'm curious what your son and his friends have to say about this
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DuaneBidoux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 10:05 PM
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46. My son told me this in passing. It was an afterthought to some other unrelated conversation.
He told me that nobody even pays attention to the TVs, which I have an easy time believing. But, who knows what happens in the background subconscious?

My ex (he lives with his mom now), although she is a progressive, told me that she doesn't think it even matters to kids. I ask my son what he and his friends thought of it and his response was a big shrug (there is of course the "shrug" aspect of all teenagers).

I don't honestly know if it does influence the kids, and like my ex told me, for some of the kids it probably is a seamless transition from home TVs.

But I still can't help, for all these considerations, but be pissed off royally.
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CK_John Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 09:15 PM
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37. Like Saint Raygun said. I paid for that mike.Fox paid for those TV's. n/t
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 09:17 PM
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38. There should not even be a TV in the cafeteria in the first place.
My mom taught me not to eat and watch TV at the same time and I live by that rule.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 09:17 PM
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39. It's either Ignorance or someone with an Agenda who
Edited on Thu Apr-15-10 09:18 PM by Cha
wants to warp young minds..either way, it would huge if you as a parent would complain with the fact that faux is a propaganda station.

Edit~ Good Luck!
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noel711 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 09:17 PM
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40. FOX is constantly on in nursing homes and hospitals...
In my profession, I'm visiting nursing homes, rehab hospitals,
regular hospitals, etc.

And there are huge TVs in common areas, and they play FOX 24/7-
talk about indoctrinating the vulnerable!

Fair and balanced! Right...
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 09:22 PM
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41. Please tell them what they are doing is wrong. Otherwise they will continue.
Your kid may not be so susceptable to the Faux message but some other kid may be vulnerable. That's not in any way news.
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mattomjoe Donating Member (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 09:24 PM
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42. If you don't watch yer Fox News, you can't have any pudding!
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 10:01 PM
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45. Why, why, why does a school even have tvs on unless they are educational programming during class?
I went to high school in the 90's, not THAT long ago. No tvs except for movies and educational programming during class. That is it. Kids watch enough of it at home.
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 10:14 PM
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47. Please keep us posted what happens with this.
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frazzled Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 10:43 PM
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48. There shouldn't be TVs on in the lunchroom at all
Much less on a partisan news station.

Look, lunch should be a time for kids to socialize and talk. Set the example, schools: TURN OFF THE TVs. They have no place in a school except for special occasions when something of national import is happening that they can learn from. (I remember watching Eisenhower's inauguration on the gym floor when I was in 1st grade.)
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 10:48 PM
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49. Keep us Posted
after you raise holy hell
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:12 PM
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50. Buy him one of these:
http://www.tvbgone.com/cfe_tvbg_main.php
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:36 PM
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51. It's about time they got around to that. They know damn well that the young love Obama...
Surprised they didn't take steps to counter that earlier.
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golfguru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:36 PM
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52. Why is there TV in school in the first place?
Kids have enough distractions in school as it is.

What's next? Movie theater in school?

No wonder American students score so low compared to other countries.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:37 PM
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53. They score low because a TV is on while they eat lunch?
Um...okay?
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golfguru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 01:55 AM
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60. Yes! Try and get into the head of a teenager
you think after absorbing 30 minutes of whatever, they
can instantly clear the mind and focus on what the teacher
is teaching?

Schools in countries like Japan, Russia, Germany, India & China do
not have any TV's, and they have dress codes & school uniforms.
And yes they are outscoring our students.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 07:56 AM
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66. I was a teenager three years ago
first of all, the tv is more of background noise. Second, have you ever listened to the conversations of high schoolers? Nothing could be more trivial. The tv isnt the problem.
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 06:55 AM
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63. I was wondering the same thing. Lunch period used to be used for eating, social
interaction and cramming for upcoming tests. These TVs are obviously being used as propaganda tools and have no benefit. Ditch them!
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Dr Morbius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:55 PM
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57. This policy of Fox's, giving away TVs as long as they're tuned...
...to the Fox "News" channel, seems to me like the action of a monopoly. At any rate, it certainly is a commercial venture; if Newscorp can defend this at all, it is as a marketing scheme. And that's commerce, interstate commerce in fact, and government has the power to regulate it.

They're hiding behind freedom of the press to build the most powerful propaganda machine the world has ever seen, and a virtual monopoly on news at the same time. This isn't freedom. This is commerce. Time to regulate Fox's bushy tail.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 11:17 PM
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84. Actually, it sounds North Korean
If you buy a TV set or a radio in North Korea, it is built so that it tunes in only the government channels. North Koreans can't tune in South Korean TV or radio because their sets aren't built to receive those frequencies.
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Festivito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 01:03 AM
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58. They have to keep their ratings up. /nt
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 06:22 AM
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62. It reminds me of the big screen shot in 1984
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handmade34 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 07:13 AM
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64. yup!...the whole conversation reminds me of 1984...
I have to put up with TVs in banks, restaurants, dentist offices, malls, social service buildings, tire repair shops,... I am disgusted by TVs in public... and I used to think radios on everywhere was bad...
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harun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:52 AM
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103. Me 2. I don't like any of them. If people want this non-stop media
they can do it on their iPod's. I don't want to see it.

Everyone is getting their two minutes hate, and I don't want it.
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Bjorn Against Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 07:48 AM
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65. Send them this link and ask them if they think this is appropriate for school
http://foxnewsporn.com/
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 09:06 AM
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67. Suggest they air "The Weather Channel" because it's the only one non-partisan and educational. eom
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mistertrickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 09:07 AM
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68. Actually, it might be good. Kids associate boredom with school.
Therefore, since boring school shows boring stuff, FOX News must be boring.

Just kidding. Get that SHIT outta of our public schools.

But the fact remains that kids ignore a lot of crap schools try to inculcate in them.
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mimitabby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 09:59 AM
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71. tv
first of all, i don't think ANY tv should be blaring at the school, but you really need to do something about FOX news blaring at the high school.
I am certain you are not the only parent who would be disturbed if they knew..

to the rest of you parents out there; are they blaring TV at YOUR kid's school too??
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NoSheep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 10:20 AM
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73. I'd be going insane. What do you plan to do?
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SweepPicker Donating Member (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 11:19 AM
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75. How About Posting The Phone Number
and we all bombard the school with calls demanding the TV's be turned off or turned to something "school like"?
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Daphne08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 12:47 PM
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78. That's just nuts. The Principal should know better. n/t
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 12:57 PM
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79. The GOP is aiming to fill w their ilk school boards for this very reason.
along with choosing material covered to bias the young minds.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 02:03 PM
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80. You need to take action!
contact the school and other parents, kids should not have to listen to the propaganda!
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 02:04 PM
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81. Imo, since it's school it shouldn't be on any of the so called news channels
No Fox, CNN, MSNBC or any of them. CSPAN is more educational and neutral. The discovery channel or animal planet are educational too. If I were you, I would complain and get some of the other parents to call in too. I wouldn't want them to change to CNN either because the republican kids will complain to their parents. If it's on any of the other channels I mentioned, I don't think the kids would complain about it.
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voteearlyvoteoften Donating Member (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 02:34 PM
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82. Please dont let this slide
Faux news is no news
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Rage Inc. Donating Member (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 10:16 PM
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83. 56 Recs?
This is NOT something to be happy about!!
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beac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-17-10 09:24 AM
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87. I'm assuming that, like me, others are "rec"ing this b/c they share the parent's outrage
and for more eyes, NOT b/c they agree w/ inFOXtrination in the schools.
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boppers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-17-10 12:59 AM
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85. Straight up indoctrination.
This is uncool.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-17-10 11:22 AM
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88. Get over there ASAP! When staying in the South, I insist that hotel managers...
...switch the lobby channel from Fox, the propaganda network - not enough people call it out as propaganda.
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-17-10 07:21 PM
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89. Take your complaints
first to the principal/s, then to the school board.

Be respectful, but persistent. It's more effective.

If my school wanted to air FOX news in the cafeteria, I'd be the first to step up and insist on PBS, which would not expose them to (much) advertising.
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tomm2thumbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-18-10 11:41 PM
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94. ** video of some of their racier stories -- bring it to a school board meeting **
Edited on Sun Apr-18-10 11:46 PM by tomm2thumbs

youtube probably has a bit of it... use their own conservative idiocy against them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FezazrI-2gI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVCJ1oAUaZw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX_Z5Odbp78

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKzF173GqTU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sjUbU6drss

end with this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eosTp6hWs2Y


dig and you'll find a lot - just some suggestions..... seems like they are putting ideas into kids' minds if you ask me
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 02:12 AM
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97. ESPN...
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mstinamotorcity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 08:44 AM
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98. Complain,Complain,get parents who feel like you and Complain
You must remember we have people believing that the President has done some kind of indoctrination on the youth of this country. He was even compared to a german leader who recruited the young to do his dirty work (H----r). this is something that came from faux tv. The blaring noise and repetitiveness is a form of subliminal suggestion. Done all the time.Example commercials.
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okieinpain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 08:46 AM
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99. you should complain, because you can believe it's some nut
making a statement.
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activa8tr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 08:51 AM
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100. Why are there big screen TV's in a school building, anyway?
Schools are NOT bars! Schools are NOT motels!

I think it's absurd that my credit union has one in the lobby, I never can understand why people need a television in a place of work or study.

Next thing you know, someone will put them in the churches !!! Oh wait, I think some of THOSE have them too!

What is this love affair with big screen TV's ?
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 08:53 AM
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101. I'd complain just on the fact they have tvs on
WTF? Kids can't go all school day without tv?
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ProgressOnTheMove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:39 AM
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102. I think depending where folks are in the coutnry a lot of kids love Pres. Obama all it might do is..
Edited on Mon Apr-19-10 11:41 AM by ProgressOnTheMove
them a healthy mistrust of every Faux.
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