along with local channels, ESPN, TNT, and FS1. I have a choice as to what to watch and listen to while I'm chugging my legs on the treadmill or pedaling the stationary bike.

I wished they'd air MSNBC, but my local PF is not exactly progressive.

Then quit and find another gym, I'm sure there is someplace else to patronize.

why is it even necessary to have TVs on at a fitness center? Why is it necessary to have them EVERYWHERE any more? Put out magazines, newspapers, let people read their own books (I always have at least one in my purse at all times), maybe even talk to each other.

A sports bar is something else entirely. At least most of the time they have the sound off, but recently I was at one with multiple TVs tuned to multiple sporting events and the sound was on on each and every TV. Noisy and annoying.

Each machine has a machine to watch as you bike or whatever

And in a fitness center, you can have your own Ipod and earplugs and listen to something that actually interests you.

Am I the only one disturbed by the notion that people cannot sit quietly or entertain themselves?

Many people want to watch TV while they're on the treadmill, etc. The other is a sports bar.

I asked that my local P.F. to at the very least turn one of the 2 sets that show
Fox News to something else and I was rebuffed.

Fox News is a cancer on America's brain.

Ones on Fox, ones on CNN and the third is usually music videos.
I don't try to watch TV while I'm working out, so this kinda doesn't bother me, but I get why it's a thing, especially considering it's not supposed to be on news at all.

They wouldn't even turn to cbs to watch the Alabama/Georgia gm when I waa there.

No news or cable news at all, not even CSPAN. The office has clients of all types.

Has MSNBC, CNN, FAUX plus a local news channel, plus a Spanish news channel, and then the other... entertainment shows. That was one of the things I liked about it.

I have a policy that if I walk into your business and you have Faux news on, I immediately walk out.

Go up the hierarchy and talk to a supervisor or a manager, someone who does have a say in the matter. Express your concerns reasonably and don't accuse them of anything you don't know for a fact. It's just possible they made a decision of what to put on the TVs without thinking about it very much. Even if their response is "If you don't like it, you commie libtard snowflake cuck, you can get the hell out of here," thank the big shot for his or her time, and proceed accordingly.

Be the gracious adult, and give them a chance to pleasantly surprise you.