Foxless in America

[davidinalameda]

received this email today--hope it's not a dupe post

"LET'S SEE THE STOCKS PLUMMET--->

If you, too, have had enough with the FOX news channel, please
read below. This action will make your voice heard while simply
choosing not to watch the station can not.

I have decided to make a political statement. I called my
Satellite TV provider and asked them to remove Fox News from my
television. Since the election I have wanted to stick my head
out of a window of a tall building and shout I can't take it
anymore but I soon came to realize that there is a better and
easier way to send a message to Rupert Murdoch and his blathering
bunch at Fox News and that was to simply make them disappear from
my life.

I called my cable TV provider and had Fox News deleted from my
television. It was simple I called the Repair Department at
Comcast and said I wanted to be Foxless in America. I then wrote
an email to the following: Reed Nolte VP Investor Relations for
News Corporation (the parent company of Fox News) at
[e-mail] and Brian Lewis, Senior VP Corporate
Communications for Fox News at [e-mail] and to top
it off I copied [e-mail] . I told them that I cannot
take the Fox distortion and biased presentation of the news any
longer and that they ought to inform their sponsors that there
are millions like me. I can't tell you the immense satisfaction I
gained from becoming Foxless in America.

I am asking you to follow me in this protest and let it be heard
by all that want to control what we all see and hear. This could
be a way to have your voice heard-Become Foxless in America. We
can start a movement if each of you send this email to all the
others you know who are fed up with Fox News."

[MousePlayingDaffodil]

1. If you don't want Fox on your satellite channel lineup . . .

. . . why not simply create a "favorites" list and not include them? That's what I do to cull out those channels (e.g., shopping channels, religious channels, etc.) that I don't want showing up on the channel guide.

[davidinalameda]

3. but it's good to contact the cable company directly and let them know

if they get enough complaints, maybe they'll just drop Faux

it's all about the bottom line and when Faux pisses enough of their customers off, they might think twice about carrying them

[MousePlayingDaffodil]

5. Mere complaints, no matter how many they get, won't do it.

Neither the cable providers, nor DirecTV nor Dish Network, will give a rat's ass about customers mouthing complaints about their carrying Fox News, so long as those mouthing the complaints continue to be customers.

Now, if you call to tell them that you're canceling your service, and that you're doing so because they carry Fox News -- and enough people do the same thing -- then you might get somewhere. But why should one expect that mere complaints, that don't affect the providers' bottom line, would have any effect whatsoever?

[Skidmore]

4. Do that track on blocked channels on satellite? We have

satellite. I don't really understand what they level of tracking they do on that system.

[AmandaRuth]

2. kick for you and your good work

personally, i just canceled cable altogether, and when they call and call and call, I tell them that when progressives dems get a "public relations" news station, I will happily sign back up.