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Scott Dworkin: Absolutely, without a doubt. (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Sunday OP
A couple weeks ago I was in the emergency room and all the TVs on the floor were Maraya1969 Sunday #1
I hope that when you feel better that you will phone and/or write to the Administrative office with a complaint Hekate Sunday #3
And both would have more factual content. yourout Sunday #4
And neither would be deliberately misleading. dchill Sunday #7
I've recently seen more HGTV or the Food channel radical noodle Sunday #12
I have done that a few times over the past few years. Think. Again. Sunday #2
There are practical reasons ThoughtCriminal Sunday #5
Seems important to also tell the business owner why you're leaving. TheRickles Sunday #6
I was at home depot customer service on friday Tribetime Sunday #8
TY & Scott Dworkin! I saw him and Cha Sunday #9
Me too xuplate Sunday #10
Years ago I went for an oil change in Mesa, AZ... AZ8theist Sunday #11
huh? Skittles Sunday #13
Me too. FoxNewsSucks Sunday #16
I can literally remember the first time I checked out that station Skittles Sunday #19
This....the reason why people won't watch TV with me. 😁 Hope22 Sunday #20
What happens if you walk in an airport and all the waiting rooms are playing Fox? nt pnwmom Sunday #14
Get a refund and a bus ticket. Hermit-The-Prog Sunday #15
Get real. nt pnwmom Monday #23
Ask them to change the channel. Hope22 Sunday #21
I'm talking about a huge airport. The people staffing the waiting areas aren't making the choice. pnwmom Sunday #22
Yup. Martin68 Sunday #17
Get one of these. FoxNewsSucks Sunday #18
I've been known to change a waiting room TV channel AWAY from Pox Noise. calimary Monday #24
A few years ago I went to get my allergy shot tinymontgomery Monday #25
Hospitals... Mike 03 Monday #26

Maraya1969

(22,997 posts)
1. A couple weeks ago I was in the emergency room and all the TVs on the floor were
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 06:55 PM
Sunday

on Fox new, When I looked through the channels I couldn't find MSNBC.
This is not the first time Fox was available and MSNBC wasn't. The Dems have to figure out a way into everyday people's lives.

Hekate

(94,665 posts)
3. I hope that when you feel better that you will phone and/or write to the Administrative office with a complaint
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 07:03 PM
Sunday

They can and should do better.

A couple of times I’ve politely asked a waiting-room receptionist if her employer requires her to keep FOX on, and if she says it’s not a job requirement I ask if she can change the channel to something else. Even soap operas or kids’ cartoons would be better.

ThoughtCriminal

(14,293 posts)
5. There are practical reasons
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 07:22 PM
Sunday

Not just a boycott of Trumpers because they make you angry. It's a red flag that they should not be trusted.

If someone admires a con-man, they are more likely to do the same in their dealings.

Tribetime

(6,369 posts)
8. I was at home depot customer service on friday
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 08:11 PM
Sunday

They had a little.
Table at the entrance with the bible with an american flag in the middle of it. I wanted to ask someone why was there an American flag in a holy bible

Cha

(305,428 posts)
9. TY & Scott Dworkin! I saw him and
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 08:13 PM
Sunday

Allison Gill/Mueller She Wrote on his Podcast the other day.. Impressive Dems!:den:

AZ8theist

(6,491 posts)
11. Years ago I went for an oil change in Mesa, AZ...
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 08:26 PM
Sunday

One of those quick change shops, I forget the company.

In the waiting room was a small color TV. Fox News was on.

I got up to change the station, only to discover that Fox was the ONLY station on the TV.

Since I couldn't change the channel, I turned the tv OFF.

I never went back to that business.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,795 posts)
16. Me too.
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 09:11 PM
Sunday

Twenty years ago, I used to keep my tv remote in my gym bag so I could change the channel since they had the same brand of tv I did.

Now I have a USB infrared dongle that turns my phone into a universal remote. I don't put up with that shit on tv if it's a place I really want or need to go.

Skittles

(159,374 posts)
19. I can literally remember the first time I checked out that station
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 09:22 PM
Sunday

right away I was like false, false, WTF, taken out of context, FUCKING LIES - it's not just propaganda it is OBVIOUS PROPAGANDA

Hope22

(2,873 posts)
20. This....the reason why people won't watch TV with me. 😁
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 09:41 PM
Sunday

Even ‘normal’ TV programming and commercials can bring on some of this! 🤣😁😂

Hope22

(2,873 posts)
21. Ask them to change the channel.
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 09:43 PM
Sunday

At least it registers a complaint. Every once in a while it gets results.

pnwmom

(109,562 posts)
22. I'm talking about a huge airport. The people staffing the waiting areas aren't making the choice.
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 11:58 PM
Sunday

According to this, airports have signed contracts with networks. For some reason Sea Tac airport, in a county where 74% voted for Kamala, plays Fox News in its waiting areas.

By comparison, the cable news channels airing in airport terminals are often predetermined: Airports sign contracts with the parent companies of the news channels, which pay them to broadcast their content.

https://theconversation.com/when-msnbc-or-fox-news-airs-in-public-places-how-do-people-react-102153

FoxNewsSucks

(10,795 posts)
18. Get one of these.
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 09:15 PM
Sunday

calimary

(84,331 posts)
24. I've been known to change a waiting room TV channel AWAY from Pox Noise.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 03:20 AM
Monday

I declared my intentions and determined that nobody else objected so I tuned it to CNN or MSNBC instead. CNN mostly. Always seemed like a more or less “establishment” choice.

tinymontgomery

(2,653 posts)
25. A few years ago I went to get my allergy shot
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 08:00 AM
Monday

and the office had fox on. I asked them to change the channel to anything but news channels including CNN, MSNBC etc just so
no one else would get upset not having fox. They put on a music channel and the tv has stayed on that channel ever since.

Mike 03

(16,812 posts)
26. Hospitals...
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 08:09 AM
Monday

Once I drove to Phoenix to visit one of my sisters at a hospital and Fox News was playing in the waiting room. It was during the Anthony Weiner "scandal." I had to wait four or five hours to see her. It was excruciating.

Needless to say, I think it shows really terrible judgment to show Fox News in a hospital waiting room. That was some time ago, however; hopefully their policy has changed.

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