NFL and Fox Sports

[Mary in S. Carolina]

Since OAN is canceled by DirecTV and now Newsmax canceled by some cable companies, it appears there is some momentum to rid these cancerous stations. Maybe we should revisit pressuring the NFL to drop Fox Sports due to Faux News dangerous propaganda. See letter from the NAACP from earlier in 2021.

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/sports/columnist/mike-freeman/2021/03/18/naacp-nfl-dont-fund-fox-news-hatred-bigotry-lies-and-racism/4743485001/

[SheltieLover]

1. Great idea!

[Mary in S. Carolina]

2. Thank you

Without the NFL package, I think more people would demand that Fox News be taken off of cable, etc.

[SheltieLover]

3. Slim chance as football personifies patriarchary

😏

[onenote]

5. I guess a lot of DUers embrace patriarchy then

Given the number of football fans that post here.

[onenote]

4. I think you are misreading the situation

OAN has a small audience and an expiring contract, which is probably the principal reason that DirecTV is dropping the network. On the other hand NFL football on Fox has a large audience and a contract that runs through 2033.

[brooklynite]

6. Fox News is not Fox Sports or Fox Entertainment or 20th Century Fox or Fox Affiliate stations, or...

You're not going to convince anyone to drop the other elements.

[left-of-center2012]

7. Agreed

Fox sports and Fox News is like comparing apples and oranges

[Mary in S. Carolina]

8. Fox News and Fox Sports are both owned (directly or indirectly) by

Fox Corporation. Since they are both owned by Fox Corporation, they are not comparing apples and oranges when they are one in the same???? Also, Newsmax, which has a decent audience is now being pulled by several cable companies. In addition, the NAACP wrote a letter to Roger Goodell asking him to drop Fox - if it is good enough for the NAACP to put pressure on Roger Goodell, then I think it is good enough for DU to pressure Roger Goodell.

[left-of-center2012]

10. " they are one in the same????"

Short answer = no

[Mary in S. Carolina]

13. Short answer yes

Follow the money, yes they have layers of corporations, etc, but at the end of the day all roads lead back to the Murdochs and the media corporate investors.

[totodeinhere]

11. The fact that the NFL recently signed a multi-year deal with Fox Sports should not

stop them from dumping Fox Sports. They might take a short term financial hit but it would be the right thing to do. There are ways to get out of that contract.

[Mary in S. Carolina]

12. Agreed

[FSogol]

9. Good luck with that. Fox Sports just started an 11 year deal with the NFL n/t

[Norbert]

14. Unlike Faux News I am okay with Fox Sports

I could use a little less Joe Buck though.