Calls for Fox ban among members of the military

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Travis Akers
@travisakers
As a military officer, I am calling for the ban of Fox News being broadcasted in the workplace on all military bases and installations.

The values of Fox News are not aligned with those of the United States military, and undermine good order and discipline among the ranks.
12:41 AM · Mar 11, 2021

He has some support:

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It would be great if this gathered enough steam to actually happen.

[Thomas Hurt]

1. would be nice, but not going to happen. OTOH if they did, *ucker is done and off to Newsmax.

[Tbear]

2. Don't forget OAN and Newsmax

and all the far right radio shows.
- former enlisted

[TomSlick]

3. As another retired officer, I agree.

The noise Fox spews is contrary to the standards of the US Military.

[dweller]

4. It's a start

and may gain momentum with the troops
👍

✌🏻

[TwilightZone]

5. Kind of ironic since they've been getting fed Rush and other RW nonsense for decades.

Interesting what it takes to change minds sometimes.

[msongs]

6. when I sold art at schofield barracks in HI fox was on every TV I saw nt

[Hoyt]

7. I'm afraid that would precipitate a mutiny. Lots of trumpsters and foxsters in the military.

[Crowman2009]

20. Well the career ones are, the short timers are too busy planning or having dangerous fun on libo.

[Elessar Zappa]

26. A poll was posted here

before the election that showed, among non-officer military, that Biden and Trump each had about 50% support. So there’s plenty of non-Trumpers in our military.

[Baked Potato]

8. Commanders should just order all TVs turned off.

[USAFRetired_Liberal]

11. I think a lot have started putting the tv on neutral channels

like ESPN or HGTV

[Baked Potato]

22. Good, or like on the Post or Base channel.

[AZProgressive]

17. It doesn't work that way

Armed Forces Network airs on bases in war zones and it is up to them to decide the content & channels. Watching sports or something in a war zone can be good for morale so ordering them all to be shut off wouldn't work very well.

[Baked Potato]

19. Thanks, I was being a little facetious. I'm retired Army lol.

[Crowman2009]

23. My Av. ord. division had its own makeshift rec area where we watched movies, blasted music, and...

...played poker...I mean board games. 😁 Even had a broken down PS2 which for some miraculous reason worked. Of course the only two games played most of the time were GTA3 or Ace Combat 4. You'd also be surprised how long a pocket binder of DVDs will last on a 6 month deployment.

[Mary in S. Carolina]

9. Agree

I agree, Faux News blasts 24/7 on Military TV's......disgusting. Never has the military looked weaker than today.

[USAFRetired_Liberal]

10. During the Bush years

I swear it seemed like it was a policy that all TVs had to be in Fox (whether I was at a medical, personnel, finance, etc building )...And even during Obama it seemed like the a lot of buildings had it on Fox.m with the occasional CNN..ironically during Trump’s presidency I saw more of CNN (still saw my fair share of Fox, but not as much as during the other two presidents), with even the occasional MSNBC shockingly

Edit - come to think of it, I saw more neutral chsnnee we like ESPN and HGTV my last few years in

[Hugh_Lebowski]

12. Faux is going to be apoplectic with their cancel culture nonsense over this one

GOOD!

[gratuitous]

27. Cancel culture is such a malleable concept

If someone talks back to a conservative meathead for something stupid he said: Cancel culture!

If someone chooses not to watch Fox: Cancel culture!

If a website doesn't want to be sued for carrying actionable content by some conservative meathead: Cancel culture!

Curiously, the remedy for conservatives' butthurt over cancel culture always seems to go against conservatives' alleged principles.

[Enter stage left]

13. X 10,000...

ban all propaganda from all military bases...

ban all Christian services from all military bases...

fire (or execute) all white supremacists from the military...

and the police...

Oops!

we run into the "sacred first amendment" don't we?

You know, right now, I say FUCK THE FIRST AMENDMENT IN THESE CASES...

let THEM worry the courts for the next 10-15 years, thats what they do to us.

FUCK THEM!!!!

[Pepsidog]

16. Great post.

[Phoenix61]

14. Nick, Cartoon Network of my fave CHIVE. nt

[Pepsidog]

15. The tweet of the year!! Fox must be dealt with or we are doomed.

[marble falls]

18. There's absolutely no Fox, no OAN at the the TVs at Temple VA and haven't been since 2016.

[BobTheSubgenius]

21. An unqualified GREAT idea!

I don't see it happening, but that doesn't stop it from being an ideal....a goal.

[Qutzupalotl]

24. The first tweet might have been deleted and reposted.

Here is a link to the current working start of the thread, for those who care to like/retweet:

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25. Post updated. Thank you for catching that! nt