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MrScorpio

(73,631 posts) Sun Dec 14, 2014, 03:58 PM Dec 2014

Just watched the funniest TV spot ever

It played during the half-time of the Packers-Bills game. Apparently, Dish Network is planning on dropping Fox News.

The ad showed all the worst of the worst (you know who they are) and warned viewers that, unless Dish is stopped, viewers risk losing the "#1 cable news network."

They then flashed some URL for people to appeal to Dish to keep Fox.

I have cable, but I'd love to call Dish and tell them to drop away.

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Just watched the funniest TV spot ever (Original Post) MrScorpio Dec 2014 OP

I saw the same commercial. Initech Dec 2014 #1

It's just about fees. Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #2

Initech

(100,081 posts)

1. I saw the same commercial.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Sun Dec 14, 2014, 04:09 PM

Dec 2014

My first thought was no get rid of Fox News! Get rid of O'Reilly and Hannity. Maybe that's how we can get the political cancer known as Fox News off the air.

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

2. It's just about fees.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Sun Dec 14, 2014, 04:09 PM

Dec 2014

This stuff happens with various networks in negotiation with cable and sat providers. That ad is Fox trying to leverage the deal and it is where you saw it because not enough people see FoxNews to make any difference to anything. They have to go cruising for ideological supporters who are not actual viewers.

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