Walked out of a McDonald's today because they had Fox news on

Planned on getting lunch there but when I walked inside to order there where two TV's hanging from the ceiling with Fox news on! After I picked my jaw up off the floor and got over my shock I turned around and left, I refuse to spend my money in any business that has that propaganda channel on.

to both mind and body.

And they don't get ED!

Double-whammy for the poor patients. Bet the staff just loves it too. Sounds like a decision made by a crony from up high.
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Write to the owner of the franchise and let them know that they lost your business because they were tuned to a propaganda station.

told the manager why you were leaving.

busy so I just left, but I was looking for any employees on my way out to tell them that was why I was leaving. Unfortunately I didn't see any. Believe me, if there would have been one available to talk to I would have told them they won't be getting my business anymore.
I refuse to listen to that rightwing propaganda!!!!!!!!!

Fox news is banded from my house.

in the morning, when they are not busy and just tell the manager.

here, especially all you can eat places, makes people sick, they don't eat as much.

they had on Fox news. I told my husband I wouldn't eat here unless they changed the channel. He told me to go to the bar and ask if I could change the channel, which I did, they said they didn't have a problem I could change it. Told them I can't stand Fox!!!

My tolerance with the rightwing in this country has reached the boiling point! I WON'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!!!!

No faux while we visit. She said - but that's bill o'reilly. I said - exactly. they said - oh you don't like the truth. I said, yes, that's why I don't watch tv news and why the average faux news viewer is the most misinformed.

Granted, I haven't set foot inside one in a long time, but I don't recall seeing TV's there.

so imagine my surprise when I walked in an saw them hanging from the ceiling showing Fox news. Not sure when they put them in. Don't go to that one very often.

I guess it's getting more common now.

But then the last time I was in my local remodeled library, they'd added a television in the lobby. Big screen, flat. In a library?

Libraries, fast food places... what is this, a new trend or something?

:tinfoilhat: It is how they will hip-mo-tize us later.

my intent when I went to the counter, but was pressed for time, had to find another place to eat.

and call them. Let them know this shit is costing them money

to restaurants that aired his show and have a Rush Hour. Gag.And more gag for faux news. Good idea. I'll have to do that next time I run into that situation.

in a few places that I've happened upon.

She also made several religous (Christian references during our conversation.) Personally, I feel that planning officials should not reveal their religous or political biases and/or leanings. The county in question is mostly Republican.

Glad you finally stopped eating there, regardless of the reason :)

him/her why you were not going to patronize their store. Complaints like this should be registered-it makes them at least think about it.

They have Faux News on all the time in the elementary school office where I teach. :eyes:

Polluting young and older minds like that. It's proven that they are a propoganda machine of the crooked regime in power now, so it wouldn't be out of line to complain..I shouldn't think!

Welcome to DU!

decision.

Simply not enough novacaine.

because I couldn't stand his constant right-wing political commentary. When one is captive in the chair, with mouth full of gauze and drills, there is no way out but to change dentists!

Whenever I am in a place of business that is disseminating propaganda, I complain!

I hope you will do the same.

and told the dentist that, unless he wanted me grinding my teeth in rage - and inadvertently biting him - he'd be well advised to either change it or turn it down.

They turned it to a nice classical station.

Who the hell wants to listen to hate radio while they're getting their teeth drilled, anyway? Isn't one source of pain enough?

I've done it twice. I also complain to the people behind the desk at various doctors' offices...

Then when they said "We don't have Kool-Aid," you coulda said, "No? You've sure as hell got it on your teevees."

on Fox News. Everyday I change the channel to CNN before everyone is on break.

Theres a very good pizza place close by. I loved to go there and eat the hot wings, and pizza. Then the got televisions. After which every time i went in all that was on said televisions was Fox news. I have since quit going, and will not return. It makes it impossible to enjoy my meal and have to listen to those asshats on Fox.

Some days it's CNN or MSNBC or Headline News or PBS etc etc.

I have to sit through it at the gym. It's on there a lot, and I already paid for my two-year membership last year. So I'm stuck.

Also, it used to be on all the time in the newsstand shops in Grand Central Station. I dreaded every time I had to go back and pick up Metro North to go home, because I knew I would be forced to see and hear that crap while I was busy paying for my orange juice and gum.

Oooh, that's a bad memory.

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i walked out of hobby lobby. i knew it was red, but....... i didn't know how bad they are. on the door they have a sign saying they are christian yada yada. called the manager, and told him i wont be using a business that uses jesus to make money. that we are told to pray in the closet. he told me wasn't a political statement. told him he was wrong. our governor signed a discrimination bill in a church. enough.

McDonald's, like just about ALL hamburger chains, is a major Republican donor anyway. I would actually EXPECT to watch Fox News when I walk in there.

I also avoid Taco Bell/KFC, Wendy's, In-N-Out, and Carl's Jr. for the same reason. No California Republican runs for statewide office without endorsement from Carl Karcher, the owner of Carl's Jr; that's how powerful he is.

I usually eat at neighborhood restaurants, often ethnic. Except in Koreatown, where your "neighborhood restaurant" often has sermon tapes from death cult megachurches.

So when I need fast food, I go to Sonic.
http://www.buyblue.org/directory :)

I did live in Tucson for several months though, and notice a few Sonic restaurants there. A great city in a not-so-great state, I remember!

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SoCal is home to so many Republican hamburger chains (especially Carl's Jr. and In-N-Out), that I need a change of pace!

the manager. or start a riot in line or something.

Of all the news channels, they only carried fox. No CNN, no MSNBC. And to top it off, no Comedy Central, so I also missed my Daily Show. I called and told them that I was unhappy with their channel choices. The young kid at the desk said that the manager chose the cable channels and he would pass the message on to him. He probably will, although he really didn't seem interested one way or another...I was that age myself at one time :).

Anyway, whether this is a Hampton Inn thing or a local management thing, I don't know, but just a word to the wise; don't be surprised if you check in to a H.I. and find you are stuck with fox news. Perhaps DU travelers should either call ahead of time or pick a different hotel chain.

My dad and uncle and I actually sat around and watched it in the lobby for awhile and made fun of how ugly Greta Van Sustren is.

then I would pass the word and avoid the Hampton Inn at all cost.

Some chains, like Holiday Inn, are notoriously Republican.

Hampton is part of Hilton though, which is pretty much dead even between Dems and pugs (the pugs get a very slight advantage). I like the Hilton Garden Inn, by the way. (In fact, the only thing that p*sses me off about Hilton is the heiress Paris.)

I'd blame the manager.

Choice Hotels (Quality, Comfort, Clarion, etc) are almost exclusively Democratic - though their service is uneven at best.

I stay at a ton of Hamptons (love them Hhonors points) and if you complain they really jump on it. Fill out the How Did We Do card and be sure to mention it when you check out. Also go to Hhonors.com and write them an email. I've found that the HI chain is very big on customer service.

In my stays it's been my experience that in the rooms they carry the local cable channels. However in the Breakfast Room that Faux will be on alot of the time. I've asked those around me if we can change the channel at times but usually just eat and run and let it go.

that is providing only Fox. I've heard of such things happening in more rural areas, like Farmington, NM.

Complain first before taking your business elsewhere.

I asked the manager once why they TV's are always tuned to Faux, and they said that upper management has decreed that all sets must be on FauxNews or a sporting event.

You did your heart good.

I asked about turning off the TV and they only switched to ESPN. I'm not sure what I'll do if Faux is on again tomorrow. I might just leave and try to find another physical therapist.

I went to the dealership a couple of weeks ago (30,000 mile service) and the waiting room was on FOX News. I turned it to CNN at least.

has three different FOX networks on its menu. I told them that it was an "overkill" on FOX and I won't watch one of Rupert's stations--I'm not getting my monies worth. Customer service said they send out a suggestion form every year, so that the customers could make suggestions--I already did. They changed my comedy central station to a station in the 70's, and when I turn on my television the buying station automatically comes on instead of WGN. The buying stations used to be in the 60's--I hate watching consumer TV also.

The Manager at the McD's may just have gotten promoted from flipping burgers.

Often the channel choice is not Official Policy. Some bozo employee just changes it; sometimes customers have the power. Then most people ignore it or just consider it mildly annoying. If you had had time, you might have been able to get the channel changed. But Fast Food joints are not used by people with lots of time.

In your letter, suggest a less controversial channel. Even CNN would do.

here in Mass. why they were airing Fox News. I told the girl that they had no credibility left. She smiled and stated that she felt the same, but that it wasn't up to her. Hint, hint...