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SCantiGOP

(14,688 posts)
8. 100% agree with you
Tue Oct 31, 2017, 10:47 AM
Oct 2017

One thing we can do on a small scale that I have found effective is to ask public venues to turn off FOX news. I have done it in restaurants, hotel lounges (where the remote is often left next to the TV anyway) and doctor's offices.
Several times I have been told that the station is generally on whatever was the last request from someone. I usually don't mention FOX, but ask if it would be OK to turn it to CNN because there is something I want to see.
My daughter was in the hospital for several days a while back. I asked them to turn the TV in the waiting area to CNN, and it was still there the next two days when I returned
The only time I was turned down was at a coffee shop that has a lot of old folks (like me) there. The manager said he had gotten complaints about MSNBC and CNN, so he turned it to the Weather Channel, which is still a victory.

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