Of my 100 cable channels, there is only one that has this big black box cover half the screen

[peoli]

FOX NEWS.


What is it?

[ananda]

1. might be a closed caption thing

Sometimes I get a black box on the screen
and I have to press the closed caption
button to get rid of it.

I never watch Fox news though, so it's
not on that channel... it's just a
closed caption thing.

[BuyingThyme]

5. Yes, that's probably a text box.

[billyoc]

2. An Instant Message from our dark lord, Satan.

[NoPasaran]

3. Sounds like your Fox News Eliminator is only operating at 50%

Better call tech support and get that fixed.

[MilesColtrane]

4. It's a coffin.

...and Truth is inside it.

They keep it around as a trophy.

[ElboRuum]

6. It is a portal...

...to a parallel dimension where Fox News is actually fair and balanced, does actual reporting, and is a respected pillar of the Fourth Estate. I try to jump through it sometimes, but all I end up doing is breaking my television.

[peoli]

7. you guys are funny. I was thinking it was the subliminal message box.

[KG]

8. What is it? a good way to get 50 per cent less BS.

:P

[icnorth]

9. Damn, I'm sorry peoli,

it must have happened when one of my grandkids was disappearing Sean Hannity's face from my tv with a black crayon and it must have teleported right on to your set. ;)

[Sabriel]

10. It's the Lie Redactor

And it seems to be working just fine.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

11. It's what's known as an "Ashcroft Filter"

It's intended to restrict viewing of the cleavage of female Fox News presenters for evangelical and pentecostal audiences. On higher end cable boxes it appears as a curtain, rather than a black box.