About Fucking Time: Fox News Gets Blocked From Medical Center

[Grassy Knoll]

[DWinNJ]

1. The basic truth

I can't tell you how many places show Fox but don't have access to alternatives like MSNBC because Fox is in the basic package and others are not.

[aggiesal]

6. The problem is that . . .

Fox offers it's so called news channel to cable companies free of charge.
Rupert makes enough money to cover any loses.

CNN and MSNBC on the otherhand, even though their parent companies
could do the same, they are greedy enough to charge cable companies
for their programming, thus charging us.

[mimi85]

68. Not true.

I worked for a cable company way back in the day. They ALL charge. The ones that charge the most are sports channels like ESPN.

[freedom fighter jh]

2. They should get rid of the TV in the waiting room altogether.

TVs seem to be in all public waiting spaces these days, as well as in restaurants.

It's as if the powers that be decided that there should be no space for thought in public spaces.

Banning Fox News is a nice change, though.

[Sassysdad]

3. " Banning Fox News is a nice change, though."

...hmm, banning entities we disagree with, really.
What happens when the right can ban our side?

[Scuba]

4. They already do.

Beside, anyone can go home and rot their brain on Fox, but that doesn't mean I have to show it on my TV.

[freedom fighter jh]

10. Maybe I chose the wrong word.

I don't think Fox should be kicked off the airwaves. But a rule saying it can't be forced onto captive audiences is a good thing.

[Skittles]

16. LOL

are you f***ing kidding? THEY ALREADY DO. And it's not stuff we simply "disagree" with - Fox New is rightwing nutjob propaganda, very often COMPLETELY devoid of facts.

[Ecumenist]

21. I, along wth so many of my family and friends H.A.T.E. fox being shown when we're a captive

audience while waiting in an office or worse yet, being sick as a dog when being forced to suffer through fauxnews. I agree with the other DU'er who said to let them go home and rot their brain with fauxnooz. At least, I can change the channel when I DO NOT want to be exposed to a brain eating bag of lies.

[freshwest]

28. Thank you! It makes me physically ill. I wouldn't put up with it in waiting room. n/t

[valerief]

48. Fox is blatant RW propaganda and s/b banned wherever possible.

As for it being banned by this corporation, that's free of speech! Or don't you believe corporations like the Family Health Care have the right to free speech? You know, freedom of speech isn't always money. In fact, it never used to be money until recently.

[Vincardog]

66. The Medical Center blocked them are you saying they don't have the right to deny the RW access to

their patients? There could be medical reasons to prohibit the RW lies.
We know watching Faux makes you stupid it may make you sick as well.

[mdbl]

69. I disagree with Fox being allowed to lie to the public without impunity

I couldn't give a crap if I agree with them or not. They should not be able to call themselves news. The Fox Liar's channel would be more appropriate.

[NoGOPZone]

73. heh, "we". nt

[zeemike]

5. But of you do that people might start talking to each other.

And become empathetic and frendly...nope better to keep them entertained and distracted.

And TV has become this hypnotic power that draws your eyes and attention in.

[awoke_in_2003]

11. it also conditions us

to accept seeing one everywhere we go. How long before they are capable of transmitting and receiving? Seem far out? If you say it is I say one thing- NSA

[freedom fighter jh]

31. Isn't that how Big Brother worked in 1984?

[awoke_in_2003]

34. When I read it in high school...

I said "no way it could happen here". 30 years later and I amm not so naive. We have a percentage of people who will believe anything Fox News, Rush, and republican politicians tell them. We have a damn near police state- looks at the powers and immunity from punishment that cops enjoy. And our intelligence apparatus that is out of control

[suzanner]

37. Agreed...well said

I am shocked at how many in the medical profession are right wing as compared to 20 years ago (~99% liberals then). My guess: mostly because the historically relied-upon radio stations and Fox is so successful at 'framing' complicated issues as political talking points.This whole compliance with corporate or you're out is rampant. Fox does it with such gleefulness. So everyone is afraid to discuss current events in the work place...as we did once upon a time. 2 separate realities.

[awoke_in_2003]

58. I remember in the early 80's

my grandfather was a Methodist minister in Brook Park, OH. That is a suburb of Cleveland. It had the Chevy plant, and Parma had the Ford plant. Almost every one in the church worked at one of them, and were union workers. My grandfather was a conservative, and I remember that he and the others could have discussions on politics, but even though they tended to disagree they could hold rational discussions about their beliefs. Rush, and Newt Gingrich, changed everything. Now if people disagree with you, you are an enemy and un-American. The whole thing is poison. When people start talking politics here at work, I just leave the room. Nothing I can say, or facts I present, will change their minds.

[mdbl]

72. So tired of people's beliefs

Who cares what people believe. I want to hear what they know backed up with facts. You'll never get that on Fox. You just get an isolated story about some crazy person that they try to parade as news. All driven by the urge to control public opinion rather than to inform. Mush Lumpballs and all of his crazy after births on radio still follow that same M.O. They have effectively demonized anyone one they want using a more than ignorant listening audience. I turn off that crap wherever I see or hear it. When someone complains, I explain to them it is necessary for my mental health and well-being. There is nothing fair or balanced about their presentations.

[erronis]

13. TV-B-Gone

[link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV-B-Gone|

It's small enough that no one will notice when you click it in the waiting room.

[Walk away]

51. I love that thing! I bought one to use at Toyota....

https://cornfieldelectronics.com/tvbgone/tvbg.home.php

[freedom fighter jh]

70. Wow, what a concept.

Gonna have to get me one.

I hate being surrounded by noise all the time.

[marias23]

46. ban iphones too

anti-social, anti intellectual (text, text, text)devices should be used in private.

[BlueStreak]

61. Write a polite letter to the manager or owner

Don't accuse him of being an imbecile or having a political agenda. Just state that you feel his choice of programming is offensive to some people and that you are more likely to patronize his establishment if he makes a choice that is less hostile to the views of so many Americans. Chances are that the owner or manager never even considered that this might offend a lot of customers.

And if the business doesn't change, take your business elsewhere.

[Mr.Bill]

7. I have been in waiting rooms with a TV served by the local cable company.

Tire stores, automotive shops, etc. If they had the cable co. remote sitting there, while no one was looking I went to parental controls and put a password on the Fox News channel just before I left.

[MsPithy]

12. That is very, very naughty.

Good for you.

[Hissyspit]

14. Hee.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

19. HAAAAHAHAHAHAHH…...

I need to learn how to put a password on Parental Controls…..for opportunities like yours!

I just go complain to management.

[raven mad]

38. {{blush}}

I've done this, too............

[valerief]

49. What a clever Cleaver!!!!

[tomm2thumbs]

8. The hospital could probably could've been sued for raising people's blood pressure otherwise

I'm guessing FoxNews lies are dangerous around humans.

[freshwest]

29. It raises mine! n/t

[The Wizard]

9. Pox is the source of paretisan anger

how many fights broke out because infoxicated fools insist on starting debates because someone on Pox got them pissed off? It is brain poison.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

18. it was part of the poisonous mix in my ex's head--alcohol fueled.

sick minds tune into fux. It feeds the worst in human nature. Enflames people already on the edge……


ugh! *spit on them* ptoooey.

[japple]

15. I am sick of any kind of media in public places. I don't like musak in the grocery

store, I don't like tv in the hospital or other public places, I don't like the total assault. I can't remember when I last went in a public place and was not assaulted by some form of media. And if there isn't a teevee blasting some sort of crap, there are people talking on their phones who are interfering with my thoughts. I wish everyone who has to spew in public would do it in their own space (their car, outside of public buildings..).

Sorry for the rant, folks. I am a real nut about this subject.

[NCarolinawoman]

25. ****

[Systematic Chaos]

26. I have a possible fix for you.

The way I've always solved an unwanted noise problem has been with a Walkman/Discman/iPod throughout the years, along with about a $75-100 set of noise cancelling cans.

Yes, music at a fairly high volume is noise. That's true enough. But if it's good music that you really like it will just become a relaxing ambient sound that you can think just fine through. At least that's how it's always worked for me.

[raven mad]

39. +1000!

[MisterP]

42. it's very "Harrison Bergeron"--have half a thought, then BANG or COUGHCOUGHCOUGH or SLAM or

[japple]

43. That is my favorite Vonnegut story. Welcome to the Monkey House might be my

favorite of his works, although it's a tossup between that, Sirens of Titan, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater and Breakfast of Champions.

"Whoo, that one was a doozy."

[MisterP]

45. but they're all good in their own way, so I can't choose: same with Stanislaw Lem

[japple]

44. I think it is actually a nefarious plot to keep us on edge all the time, just as Faux et. al. always

try to keep us in fear of everything.

[LuckyLib]

60. Right on target. I'm with you, sick and tired of constant media noise -- folks can't be lost in

thought, or a book or newspaper. I sometimes find I can't think in retail spaces (grocery, etc.) where I might want to recall something. The sound level is just overwhelming. I complain about Faux News in each and every venue I find it, and often ask clerks how they can stand the noise. Common response: "Gee, I don't even hear it!" No kidding. You've been anesthetized.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

62. I find the constant presence of tvs intrusive. The waiting room where I went to get an

outpatient procedure done last week was about 16" X 16" with a 40" flat screen tv blaring. Even when I put my earphones in and tried to listen to my ipod, the tv was too loud to ignore. I was about to go give them my cell phone number and have them call me in from my car when they were ready for me, when they called me back. Fortunately there were no tvs in the prep or surgery areas.

I cannot adequately express how annoying I find tvs in waiting rooms!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

17. YES!!!!! this is really great news!! That realization is spreading. I wish it would go faster

but it doesn't work that way…..



this is a really really good sign!

[joanbarnes]

20. This needs to happen EVERYWHERE

every doctor's office, hair salon, hotel, airport, car repair shop, etc., etc., etc.

[TxDemChem]

22. Ass hat may think it's like China

But I think it's awesome

[freshwest]

30. We knew they'd whine right away... Freedumb! But not to ignore Fux Noise... n/t

[TNNurse]

23. My doctor is a partner in a big group

Their waiting rooms are tuned to HGTV. It is not loud and easy to ignore.

I ALWAYS have a book with me anyway.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

24. No TV in any waiting room

Period. Loud music in restaurants in annoying, too. And get off my lawn!

I'm old - I'm entitled.

[valerief]

52. I'm with you! I won't go in certain restaurants, because I know the music will annoy me.

[progressoid]

27. Any time I see a clip from these Fox talking heads, I feel like I'm in a room of 5th graders

"Bobby is chewing gum"

"Nuh uh. Am not"

"Ya huh, I saw you"

"I'm telling Mrs. Clark"

"Shelly is a poopy head tattletale"

[StoneCarver]

32. Just unplug it

Last Dec I was in an outpatient orthopedic surgery waiting room. They had Fox blaring before surgery. I asked the nurse running the waiting room to please turn the channel. I gave her a few minutes, and she didn't get to it- so I unplugged the TV. No one else in the waiting room said a word. When she finally got around to changing the channel she couldn't figure out why the remote wouldn't work! As a paying customer I got what I needed -no Fox before surgery! It promotes healing.

[Loaded Liberal Dem]

33. Apropos, since 98% of what FAUX has to say is:

"Been gassy? Eye or ass giving you problems? Well don't go to doctors 'cause they've all been turned into Obamacare zombies who will kill and eat you as soon as you're allone in the exam room!!!"

[Dustlawyer]

35. I raise a stink everytime! They usually say that they are not allowed to change it off of Fox, so I

complain, very loudly, that Fox News just spews lies and hate. I point out that Fox viewers score worse than people who do not watch the news at all on current events. I want the people in the waiting room to understand that the brainwashing they do is being reinforced by the doctors at the facility. I also make sure I voice my displeasure to the doctor. I tell them that I do not appreciate the attempted brainwashing. It makes me even less sympathetic to their concerns, not that I was very sympathetic in the 1st place. Being a physician is a profession, not a job, there is a difference. It means they must advocate treating the sick first, not just the ones who have insurance. As an attorney we are encouraged, and in some states, mandated, to do pro bono work. Under Obamacare they still get paid, but they worry they may not be able to make that 3rd vacation home mortgage!
This is working, it pays to make your objections heard! Now, one place I go took out the TVs and replaced them with local photography. The staff told me the doctors had an argument about it and decided that the complaints and loss of patients were not worth it. I have noticed that most of them have switched to CNN.

[oldandhappy]

36. The gym I belong to

has FN and other choices but nothing from NBC in any form, hence no Olympics. Amazing. At least they keep the TVs on mute. I choose machines where I can watch HGTV or the cooking channel, smile.

[Maraya1969]

41. You could always complain anonymously by calling the manager or if it is a big chain

getting in touch with corporate. That way no one knows who complained but it is still noted.

I did this after eating at a restaurant right next to the bar that was whoring Fox on its TV. I certainly did not want to complain before I got my meal or even after. But I took care of it incognito.

[oldandhappy]

71. Thank you for encouraging me to do something.

[kairos12]

64. My gym has the same Faux News channel. People with headphones on wonder

why I am flipping off the TV.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

40. My Bank Of America branch used to have Fox News on all day on a TV in a waiting line

for the next teller. Then they suddenly switched it to CNN. I suspect they received too many complaints. Huntington Beach where I live is a liberal leaning island in conservative Orange County, California.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

47. Where I go they have the Game Show Network....

An endless stream of Family Feud and Newlywed Game.

[valerief]

50. A much better choice! nt

[ffr]

53. There's another minute of my life I can't get back.

Not mad at OP though. Just venting.

I've had those hate channels blocked for going on 8 years now. I don't even want to here a word out of any of their stupid paid-for-by mouths. The sight of any of those people and the stain they cast on America sickens me.

[Turbineguy]

54. Hate and bullshit is bad for health.

Who knew?

[War Horse]

55. Good

Fox "News" is as Orwellian as they come.

Now if we could also stop the likes of Rush, Beck and Greenwald, through democratic means, of course, we might be getting somewhere.

[War Horse]

56. Good

Fox "News" is as Orwellian as they come.

Now if we could also stop the likes of Rush, Beck and Greenwald, through democratic means, of course, we might be getting somewhere.

[Alkene]

57. I've had to endure 'The Factor' at a gas pump.

It was a few years ago that after I finished paying inside and started to fill, a screen on the pump lit up and started airing O'Reilly's bull crap, mid-program, with fairly loud audio. WTF?!

I wasn't in the mood, and marched immediately inside to demand it be turned off. The attendant was outraged that I would ask, and pretty much told me to piss off.

I never went there again.

[FloridaJudy]

59. Every medical waiting room I've ever been in

Had some sort of Health Channel on the television: take control of your blood pressure, the benefits of exercise, healthy diabetic cooking, lower your risk of heart attack, stop smoking now, etc. I think the docs get a subscription or free DVDs or something.

I bring earplugs and a book. If I had the option of changing the channel, I'd probably switch to Asian or Latino soaps. I have no idea what's going on in those shows, but they all seem to be surreal, with pirates and ninjas crashing parties, and rich people going bonkers at funerals. They still make more sense than Fox News.

[icarusxat]

63. Anything that makes people stupid should be taken out of the public view

FAUX News, pot smoking, NRA, et al...

[kairos12]

65. I was waiting for surgery in a surgical center with Faux

news blaring. I responded to some claptrap from the TV calling it a bunch of crap. That caused a Teabagger in the room to detonate. He began yelling and waving his arms at me. The staff told him he could wait outside for his wife. I just smiled.

[Mbrow]

67. hotels without MSNBC

I stayed at a Holiday inn in Minnesota and a Quality inn in Portland that had blocked MSNBC, in both cases I let them know this would be the last time we would stay with them. I also made sure that the surveys were filled on line for the main chain offices. We have to let them know we are paying attention and some of us can vote with our pocketbook. I'm no longer going to shrug it off.