One of my BILs told me that his neighbor

[malaise]

told him on Sunday that his wife demanded that they cancel FOX News or she was leaving. Their coverage of Minnesota was her last straw.
The dam is breaking.

[BlueNProud]

1. If it's cable tv she can program a code to block it

I used to block Fox when I had catv. Only I had the code.

That said I'm guessing there are more things going on in this marriage.

[malaise]

2. Politics mashes up more than a few marriages

and not just in the US but I suspect you are correct and they have other issues.

[not fooled]

7. Yeah, a spouse who wants to watch Fox?

Troubling on many levels to the partner living in the real world.

[erronis]

3. Why pay for something you hate?

[BlueNProud]

29. It was cable, everything came in a bundle

[SCantiGOP]

40. Right

You can’t cancel a program from your cable package, but you can block it.

[kimbutgar]

14. I was in a senior center a couple of years ago and they had fox on and the seniors would get in fights

So the manager blocked fox on their cable channel and things became calm again in that facility. They only show local news now.

[eppur_se_muova]

23. That's what FOX was created for. nt

[TomSlick]

17. Fox is part of the package here, so we use the parental block.

It's too dangerous that someone might click on it by accident.

[ToxMarz]

4. Be nice to know how to do that

Never heard of a cable/TV provider that lets you cancel a channel. Pretty much take what they offer or nothing. Fox isn't an addon.

[hunter]

5. That's one reason I don't have cable.

Or satellite.

Or Broadcast television.

The television in our house plays DVDs and a couple of no-advertising streaming services. That's all it does.

[AllaN01Bear]

8. i cvant ford it nor can i have an antenna.

[SheltieLover]

26. There are indoor antennas, Bear

Flat things you stick to wall or window

I've not had tv service in more than 10 years. Zero tolerance for liars.

But the antennas do exist & aren't prohibitively expensive

[AllaN01Bear]

27. i live on the fringe of most sacramento ca tv districts and am in a bowl between 3000/ 4000 thousand ft mts.

[OldBaldy1701E]

36. Which used to mean that you could get nothing.

However, now the signals are digital, that may not be as much of an issue as it used to be.

It might be worth trying. Just run a cable outside and hook it to a tin roof or something. Or, maybe a trash can lid. Just to try it.

Digital service works differently, so the signals might be more receivable these days. They may not, which is why I suggest using this experiment first.

[AllaN01Bear]

38. tried with digital. nada. :)

cant run a antenna on the roof as i live in an apartment and bound by lease , no antennas .

[leftieNanner]

11. You can't just cancel Fox News

They sell it as a bundle with all the other Fox channels. Sports, entertainment, etc. And even so, the cable company determines the lineup. You can't do it. I've tried.

[TomSlick]

19. There should be a parental block.

[leftieNanner]

21. Interesting idea

But they still get our $$$.

[TomSlick]

42. True but you won't accidentally click on FOX.

You can avoid the trauma.

[leftieNanner]

44. Never a problem in my house! Nt

[FakeNoose]

13. My understanding is that cable companies will remove Faux Noise if you insist loudly enough

... but you're still paying for it. They won't take it off your monthly cable fee. Faux Noise gets your money anyway, whether you watch or not. I had Verizon Fios for over 20 years, and I calculated that my $160 monthly fee meant I was paying Faux something like $3 per month.

What really hurts Faux Noise is the fact that so many Americans have just canceled their cable subscriptions altogether. Way fewer subscribers now than 15 or 20 years ago.

That's the impact Faux Noise has had on American television. We can't cancel them specifically, so we're cancelling the entire system. The winners are the providers like YoutubeTV, Prime, Peacock, Hulu, AppleTV, and a bunch of others.

[malaise]

31. Sis and BIL abandoned cable a while back

Like you they use some of the providers you listed.

[Attilatheblond]

22. Thinking people block it on their TVs, not the provider

Smart TVs have 'parental controls' that can disable selected channels

https://techpenny.com/block-content-smart-tvs/]

For several years now, I have read about people visiting elderly parents who seem overly agitated and angry about 'the news' so they disabled FOX news from the TVs. Suddenly, everybody calmed down and got civil again.

[eppur_se_muova]

25. You can probably do it through your TV settings, not the cable provider. You'll still be charged.

AFAIK parental controls are all built into the TV and programmed through the remote.

[spanone]

6. K&R

[AllaN01Bear]

9. good for her.

when i was at my late dad and his 2nd late wives house . i couldnt bstomach fox noize.

[Ping Tung]

10. The cracks in the dam are showing. He's essentially a bore that

preaches to his blank eyed band of True Believers the same stuff over and over. Usually consisting of "Great" to childish whines about all the non-believers trying to mess up his imaginary triumphs. The audience is getting restless.

[BidenRocks]

12. Set the child safety feature.

Or get divorced.
Fox is heroin to these junkies.
Good luck!

[Wiz Imp]

15. FOX News can't be "cancelled" by itself. If it is part of the bundle of channels you are paying

for, you wil get it. The only way to get rid of it is to cancel that bundle which means removing all the other channels in that bundle as well which probably includes some channels most people would want.

However, I'm pretty sure most cable providers allow you to block individual channels so they can't be viewed by anyone unnless you enter a code to unblock. I know DISH Network had such a feature because I used it. Blocking Fox news meant I never had to see it. I could never even turn it on accidentally.

[eppur_se_muova]

24. This is something that's done through your individual setup -- check your remote for options you've never used before ..

... there will usually be a 'parental control' which lets you block channels, so they can only be viewed by entering a password. Keeps kids away from the "adult" entertainment. If you have no "adult" channels, you've probably never considered using it before.

If you have something like DISH, you may be able to implement it through DISH's hardware **OR** your own TV.

[littlemissmartypants]

16. Who wants a mindless, brainwashed, loon for a husband anymore? 😜

[KS Toronado]

32. Who wants a mindless, brainwashed, loon for a wife anymore?

It's a 2 way street for all of us Liberals. I take it FQX noise was painting ICE as the victims? And the real
victims as "Domestic Terrorists" ? Haven't watched any FQX noise in over a year.

[littlemissmartypants]

33. Hahaha!

Husbands and wives against loons unite!!

[KS Toronado]

35. We need bumper stickers !

[flashman13]

18. Momma or FOX. Could go either way.

[canetoad]

20. Obviously

A woman of principle.

[Ilsa]

28. I moved Fox news to the bottom of the channel list.

It's pretty unlikely anyone will look for it or stumble across it.

[GoodRaisin]

30. Good. I can't imagine having to live with anyone who regularly watches Fox News.

[OldBaldy1701E]

34. In 2006, my husband and I stopped paying for cable.

We saw that every thing we wanted to see was online sooner or later. Why pay for two services that are giving you the same stuff?

We have not had cable since the Battlestar Galactica remake. We have not missed one thing from not having it.

Not. One. Thing.

Don't let them convince you otherwise. You don't need cable for anything anymore, and they cable people know it. That is why all the cable companies got into being 'service providers', because they saw what was coming.

So did we.

(Yes, we have an antenna. I use it to watch football and the occasional news spot.)

[Clouds Passing]

37. Most fox watchers have it on 24/7 and loud

I told a relative that I would not allow my child to be around that when it’s on. They actually complied.

Their coverage of hurricane Katrina was dastardly.

[BidenRocks]

45. How is fox a good thing?

It was on the bar tv's and they didn't change it.
I quit drinking Nov. 2024. Right after the election.
fox helped. Screw the bars. Their loss!
My liver thanks me.

[Clouds Passing]

46. Proud of you!

23 years here.

I will always ask any establishment to turn the channel. Especially medical facilities, I tell them that Fox News raises my blood pressure to dangerous levels. That works.

[BidenRocks]

47. Today at the VA

Your bp is high.

Well, if you took the traitor, pedo, draft dodgers picture off the wall, I wouldn't get angry just walking in the door!

Many are used to me flipping the pic the bird!

[angrychair]

39. I'd love to believe this

I truly would but that just isn't the case.

They are already starting to shape the narrative to control the elections. There will NOT be a free and fair election in November.
All they need to do is post their gestapo ice goons outside key voting locations in Democratic polling areas in purple districts around the country and randomly harass, question or arrest people to dissuade others from voting and as long as they can pick off enough Democratic voters, they will retain control of the House.

Sure, people will protest and complain and file lawsuits but by the time a judge even looks at it the election will be long over and no way to change its outcome.
I have a feeling the next two years will make the first two years seem like a vacation.

[usaf-vet]

41. Eight years ago, we cut the cable to EVERY news station. And if an ad tries to slip in, we both have MUTE buttons.

[malaise]

43. 😝

for the ad blocker