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kimbutgar

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8. I used to stay at a La Quinta in thousand oaks and they had fox on in the breakfast room

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Sat Sep 13, 2014, 11:58 AM

Sep 2014

I asked them to change the channel to local news or CNN but the owner told me no. I wrote a letter to la Quinta and they said they would address the issue. I went back again when I was in the area and it was on. Now I no longer stay at any la quintas when I travel.

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Do a good deed today -- tell a business to switch their TV off of FAUX [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 OP

I agree yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #1

I've asked a few businesses to change the channel away from Fox News. MineralMan Sep 2014 #2

Of course you should "tell" them to change it. oneshooter Sep 2014 #3

Car dealership waiting rooms tend to be bad, too. Atman Sep 2014 #4

or you could ignore it NightWatcher Sep 2014 #5

..or not Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #11

You don't believe that a business sets the channel for free...The TV and cable service is usually CK_John Sep 2014 #6

I got one of these as a gift... Bigmack Sep 2014 #7

incredibly rude and childish... nt ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2014 #9

Sorry you feel that way, but Fox is rude and childish, and why should I put up with that shit? nt Bigmack Sep 2014 #14

you don't have to... ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2014 #15

That is not nice... Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #12

I used to stay at a La Quinta in thousand oaks and they had fox on in the breakfast room kimbutgar Sep 2014 #8

I know some businesses hide behind the "franchisees are independent" line Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #10

Fox pays them to have the tv's on their channel TorchTheWitch Sep 2014 #13