They wouldn't tell me who made that mandate. I wonder if someone isn't funding all these TV's under the condition they only show the propaganda provided by FOX.

to the f**king brainwashing.

I guess it will keep me out of fast food restaurants.

THEY are not. Dolts!

is a condition for me not to patronize the establishment.

I canceled the food order, closed the tab.

I've been to several places where Fox Lies is on all the TV sets. I complained to the manager of a Sizzler, he said there was nothing he could do because Fox PAYS Sizzler to show their propaganda.

I also heard that from a couple delis in Los Angeles. Fox not only pays them, they bought the TV's for the delis to show their lies.

Which is why I took my business elsewhere!

I purposely didn't install a television in my restaurant because I didn't want some yahoo turning on or even requesting Faux "News". To think they're actually trying to get their bogus info out there by such means isn't surprising at the end of the day, but I'm really surprised that I've never heard of this before.

whatever happened to talking with the people you are eating with? This isn't leveled at you, it is just an observation.

But its a breakfast joint, and people are always commenting about how they'd love to catch the news before they catch their train. I just tell them they'll have to content themselves with good old fashioned news print. You'd think I'd told them I had to pull their toenails out.

I just cannot believe how dependent a lot of people are on TVs.

This is a really, really important thread. I doubt most people know that millions of tvs in public places are owned & controlled by Fox propaganda/Murdoch. I'd also read that military bases also have fox news on constantly...again due to the gifted tvs from propaganda central.

This is a really, really outrageous.

And what is Limbaugh doing on Armed Forces network. Isn't the military already rape cultured enough?
Between paranoid Fox News and women hating Limbaugh, this media programmed to our servicemen is recklessly misinforming and hateful.

Passive viewership.

The ratings are assigned by how many viewers they believe are watching each set.

Pay for tv's in high-traffic areas, count all the customers as 'viewers'.

Fox has nowhere near the viewers they say they do, it's a scam and any advertiser who doesn't realize they are getting scammed are truly stupid.

is what I was told by a restaurant owner.

The TVs were provided by Murdoch & permanently set to Fux or something.

Some franchisees take the blood money from Murdoch, some don't.

The company where I worked had about half a dozen tv's in the cafeteria all tuned to Fox noise.

My friends and I, requested that the channel be changed to something other than Fox, but the tv's were controlled by a retired ex-navy vet that was hardcore right wing. The set top box controlling the tv's was in a cabinet in the cafeteria, in the open, but locked behind a glass door.

Not giving up, I went and purchased one of these pre-programmed $5 universal remotes. Next time we went to the cafeteria for lunch we sat at the table in front of the cabinet and changed the channel to MSNBC. I think others that arrived in the cafeteria were surprised to see something other than Fox.

About 20 minutes later, the ex-navy vet came into the cafeteria, noticed MSNBC on the tv's, walked to the cabinet, unlocked the glass door and changed it back to fox.

After locking the cabinet he started walking out, when we changed it to a local news channel. Frustrated he turned around and retuned the tv's back to fox. This time we let him leave the cafeteria, then we changed it to ESPN, and it stayed tuned to ESPN as we left.

From that day forward, my fox hating friends would come by my desk to borrow the remote when they would eat at the company cafeteria.

The look of frustration, on the ex-navy vet, was priceless. I don't believe he ever figured out how we could change the channel without his permission, because the IR sensor was never covered up.

If you ever run into this same situation, investing $5 for a pre-programmed universal remote is nothing to keep your sanity.

It was being dominated by either RW loons who always put it on fox, or by this one slacker who was always inside watching sports while we were out working, and a small group of us were sick of it. I bought a universal remote, found a code that worked for the TV there, and proceeded to get even in a very satisfying and entertaining way. It was even better since I would do this while those forementioned people were still in the room: Hiding the remote up my sleeve, in my jacket pockets, or even from outside, through the window.

I know they knew who it might be but even then we threw a curve. Since we all have different days off, we would rotate the remote between us so the jerks could never get an idea of who was taunting them by what days of the week it occurred on.

The guy next to me was changing all the channels with his phone. I think he had a Samsung with some sort of free app on it. You probably don't need to buy the remote anymore. I don't know what the app was called. It was a sports type bar, but this guy had Family Guy on all the TVs. It was funny watching the bar try to figure out what was going on.

I believe they use the potential audience from viewers in public spaces to elevate their audience numbers.
I have complained in several businesses that I patronize and have been told that many people complain and in a few instances the channel is no longer the chosen one.

This way they can point to the fact that their (artificially inflated) viewing figures far exceed those of any other news channel as proof that "people are crying out for an alternative to the liberal media". Likewise, this ban shows the way that real Americans have their media, and by extension their values, suppressed by the liberal elite.

There are other places for dinner.. This was more of a diner, but who needs TV at all during a meal?

I can see having a tv for the slack times...or for a sporting event..but for "news"..no way

With the combined music, imagery, sex and verbal manipulation their fans are as far out of reality and awareness as a person kept on an IV of morphine to ease the pain of dying. They are no more conscious than people living in a coma. Can't shut off the juice or they'll wake up - and wake up highly pissed.

and normal people don't watch Pox,

Rush off Armed Services Radio. He trashes their Commander in Chief. That is not up lifting for the troops to hear a racist ideolog bitch his head off day in and day out. Harp, rant and rave. Rush is a pedophile junkie who does little kids when he is overseas. His wife is a cover. He needs that Viagra. Oh, so romantic to have your lust inspired by big pharma and Yick who knows what porn and rituals. Yick.

being on wherever you go. And it does seem like the majority are turned to FOX. I went to a doctor recently who even had TVs in the little room while you're waiting for the doc to come in. Ugh. I wonder if those keychain universal remotes really work. I'd love to see the reaction when I turn the TV off.

My primary didn't have one in the main waiting room for the longest time, but now he does and his practice has grown a lot so the wait time has increased. The volume was through the roof. I even asked the nurse why it was so loud. She actually said that the front desk woman needs it that loud so she can hear it. Sheesh! Give me a break.

download one to our palm pilot and change the channel in my docs waiting room and in the ER

The nursing staff couldn't figure out what was going on.

If there is no TV, there is music. Last week, I tried to read a book in the doctor's office; and they were playing music so loud and horrible that I had trouble concentrating on my book.

Since the patients at the clinic couldn't agree on what channel to watch it seems quite reasonable to take them all off.

Now if American Forces Radio would just take take Limbaugh off.

...take something like this anthill of an issue, and blow it up to the size of Mount Shasta for political gain.

...considering that the city, sitting right in the middle of the Central Valley, is quite red politically.

No one should be forced to watch this drivel.

And I do suspect that they use their numbers from their various captive audiences, such as airports, to inflate their viewership numbers.

I always complain politely but pointedly when I see this crap, or even CNN, in a public space, and I boycott any such places whenever possible. I have no doubt that such complaints will eventually get results.

They switched it to a local news channel--run by Time Warner--and I can't
remember being in there since and seeing Fox News on again. But, I live
in lefty Chapel Hill.

Funny thing is, the bank is BB&T which supports Brat and his Ayn Randian ways
with a grant to teach Randian thinking at Randolph Macon!

http://www.salon.com/2014/06/13/score_one_for_dark_money_meet_the_ayn_rand_loving_billionaires_behind_david_brat_partner/

A few years ago. I complained to the teller. And when that didn't get results I called some person in management and that got the channel changed.

Not great, but it beats Fix, and its content fits the venue.

It's a propaganda machine. I would love such action to occur here in Ohio.

She always changes from Faux and if nobody is paying attention sets the parental controls to block them.

That's friggin' brilliant.

Sarge will never figure that one out.

"Either change the channel or turn it off," I says.
"No, it has to be on, and on Focks," they said.
"Cancel my order, then. I won't be coming back," I says.

And I never did.

Fox is an Opinion network. not news. So for the health of the patients who might get a heart attack from the stress.. nothing to see here..

and often sometimes twice a week take folks to Mather VA Hospital from Auburn to South Sacramento. When we get there they have room for those waiting and so-on.

I haven't seen a Faux News program since I have started doing doing this about 2 years ago.

It's a website where you can get flyers to drop off with businesses, to "TURN OFF FOX"


http://turnofffox.org/


Enjoy.

And Fox News is an insult to free thought

One year, one post. I admire your restraint,... and like your succinct comment.

I'm a little shy

BOFA lobby, and a few other places.

But the universal remote idea with parental control changes is priceless.

We'd still be ruled under a British monarchy. Hell, King Henry VIII would have been too liberal for their tastes.

worked in was tuned to Fox-PAC. I complained loudly & somebody up the chain of command obviously agreed because Fox-PAC was specifically BANNED from the TV. Instead, it showed a mixture of CNN, MSNBC & The Weather Channel (during weather events).

I felt good that I spoke up. Who needs that bullshit polluting young minds?

they switched to FNC, and I haven't been back. I didn't ask them about it, I just go elsewhere for servicing these days.

While waiting in line for my appointment in Goshen NY I overheard one vet complain to another that he couldn't watch Fox News, I proudly said "thank god for that"! OMG did I get an earful about how his constitutional rights were being violated! I couldn't stop laughing, I think he needed a blood pressure check!

Facility refuse to watch or will make a fuss about FOX NEWS being on in the waiting rooms. Some have gotten up to physically change the channel, and one told me even looking at it made his blood pressure go up!!

Gotta love these VETS!!!

to be there, like doctor's offices, etc. I like to listen to my ipod, read, or just have a little peace and quiet. Sometimes the TV is so loud I can still hear it over my music or audiobook. Of course, nattering people can be annoying too, but that's different can of worms.

But if I ever go anywhere with FoxNoise on, I leave. I quit the YMCA for this reason, which turned out great, as I used that money to join out fabulous local yoga studio instead. No TVs there at all.

I feel the same way about places that play "country" music. They seem to be the same places that would have on FoxNoise if they had TVs.

Sorry for the redundancy if someone already posted this URL.

For every hour of blatantly dishonest conservative talk, there should be an hour of blatantly dishonest liberal talk. What, there is no blatantly dishonest liberal talk?