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sharedvalues

(6,916 posts) Mon Oct 23, 2017, 01:37 AM Oct 2017

Fox News on my iPhone. I want it off, with prejudice

How can Apple even think of including Fox in their "News" section?

1. Is there a way to block such right-wing propaganda from my phone?

2. How best to let Apple know that this is intolerable and that they are contributing to the degradation of American democracy by spreading these hateful lies?

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Fox News on my iPhone. I want it off, with prejudice (Original Post) sharedvalues Oct 2017 OP

Try just not reading it. Throck Oct 2017 #1

I deleted the News app. BadgerMom Oct 2017 #2

Throck

(2,520 posts)

1. Try just not reading it.

Reply to sharedvalues (Original post)

Mon Oct 23, 2017, 02:14 AM

Oct 2017

It's hard but in time it gets easier to ignore them.

BadgerMom

(3,437 posts)

2. I deleted the News app.

Reply to sharedvalues (Original post)

Mon Oct 23, 2017, 04:41 AM

Oct 2017

That action did not afford the opportunity to tell Apple why I deleted the app, but it doesn't show up now. Plus, I never looked for news using the app. I check the Washington Post, DKos, the NY Times, the LA Times and here. I dig deeper on stories that warrant it. I saw the Apple News feed if I scrolled to my phone's first page, but I never searched out the feed. In fact, besides disliking some of their sources, I hated that they were selecting stories for me. Big data, leave me alone!

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