The face you make when you walk into a place showing Fox News...

[Playinghardball]

[Tom_Foolery]

1. Add "Oh, fuck"...

And that would be me.

[Kalidurga]

2. I don't walk into those places

at least not for long. I wouldn't trust anyone who takes that kind of "news" seriously.

[Lamonte]

43. Fox

I guess you are not a veteran. When I go to the VA clinic many of the waiting room TV's are on Fox. I don't like it, but they evidently are conservatives in spite of the fact that conservatives are always out to reduce Disabled Veterans care.

[Kalidurga]

62. No I am not a Veteran

I am not so sure Veterans are more conservative than the general population. I don't personally know any though. The ones I do run into seem to be about a 50/50 split I think they get more liberal as they get older and start understanding what Republicans do to them.

[JEFF9K]

3. If you walk into a place showing Fox News ...

your next step should be walking out.

[mimi85]

20. Unfortunately,

lots of doctor's offices have it on. Hard to walk out on an appt. I take a book or my iPad - ha, once I even put in earplugs!

[JEFF9K]

32. On the PLUS side ...

some people tell me they don't believe the BS but watch Fox News for the snappy presentation.

[erronis]

45. They are masters of eyeball catching

I read somewhere that they've researched how the visuals should work to catch the vision. I know if I sit in an airport waiting area and fux is on the visual distraction causes my very liberal eyeballs to swerve to catch the action/bimbo.

Old men (and I'm there) are particularly attracted to bouffant blond on top of tanned fleshy bits with a lot of bobbing and weaving.

[StoneCarver]

57. I had knee surgery and they had fox news on

in the waiting room. I politely asked them to turn off fox news. The were slow in doing it so I just unplugged the TV from the wall. The rest of the patients just sat there -like they had been released. When they finally came in to change the channel with the remote and realized it was off -I had the last laugh! I should have cut the cord!

[sakabatou]

58. Or ask them to change the channel

[project_bluebook]

4. That is so true

Most businesses in my area have that filth running on their TV's. That is why I do my biz out of town.

[Kber]

55. The auto repair shop used to to fox

I complained and they countered with the "fact" that CNN and MSNBC were just as controversial. We compromised at ESPN and / or the Cooking channel.

[lobodons]

5. Just make sure

Just make sure they know why you are leaving their establishment. I do.

[reACTIONary]

6. I make that face, then....

...I talk to the manager on duty and ask that the channel be changed to something quiter. Usually there is someone ranting and raving so it isn't too hard to make the case that it is disturbing and it would be better to have something like cnn on. I usually get positive results.

I also used to have stickers that said Turn FOX Off. I got them from The Color of Change . If I don't get positive results I could plaster one right on the screen. But "it would be wrong."

Gee, wonder what happened to all my stickers? I used to have so many of them....

[Marie Marie]

13. Bad, BAD reACTIONary.

[mimi85]

21. You have cajones.....

I'm too much of a wimp. Why are TVs everywhere these days? My dentist even has one in each room where you get work done. Luckily, he doesn't show Fox or CNN. I've seriously thought about getting one of those keychain universal remotes!

[Pacifist Patriot]

24. On quite a number of occasions, I have asked the person in charge to change...

to a news station. The reactions have been priceless a few times.

[reACTIONary]

40. +10 (nt)

[Jamaal510]

7. I've never

had that happen to me yet. HSU's rec center always has CNN on, though, and even CNN is a bit much (which is one reason why I always listen to my iPod there).

[Arcanetrance]

8. I walked into a place last weekend that had it on

I asked the owner about changing it turns out he usually keeps it on sports but he has an older clientele that comes in and always changes it. I don't understand why so many seniors watch it

[A HERETIC I AM]

9. So many seniors watch it because Fox plays to their fears.

Anything and everything that is the big, scary thing.

[mimi85]

22. I just had a bday that technically put me in

the senior's category and I for sure never, ever watch Fox. In fact, I don't watch much TV at all. Bruce was right, only now there's like 257 channels.

[sendero]

28. It's sad to me..

.... (a senior depending on what your age cutoff is) that so many in my generation fall for this shit. Confirmation bias is a very strong motivator.

The right might wish to poo-poo science when it suits them, but they play the behavioral sciences like a fine violin.

[RussBLib]

10. well, don't forget...

...all them purty blonde womens. I think they get boners. Even the womens.

[Arugula Latte]

42. Yeah, I go to a gym in Portland and often one of the TVs will be tuned to Fox.

And who is invariably sitting in front of it on a recumbent bike? Some old white guy.

[Bobbie Jo]

11. Yep, that's the one.

[SoapBox]

12. It ticks me off that several of Mom's doctor offices have it on in the lobby.

Although her Primary has changed channels...to Newsmax.

Makes me SO agitated.

[azureblue]

14. I got this

TV off (for Android)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pi.android.tvoff&hl=en

[marble falls]

15. Health issues make me spend a lot of time at the VA hospital in Temple, TX.....

and in the last year most of the waiting room TVs no longer are tuned to Fox. I'd like to think my letter helped make that a reality.

[SunSeeker]

16. Thank you for writing that letter!

[marble falls]

23. I really get irked everytime I hear "Americas News Room".

[Hulk]

17. Bush International Airport has a "fox Store".

Nearly gagged when I was there. An actual "fox Store" in the Houston Airport. Holy sweet dumb-me-down. Most of the TV's were tuned in to fox-nonsense, but the store was what took the cake. No wonder there are so many dumb ass folks down there. Maybe that's a question of which comes first, the chicken or the egg?

[LiberalElite]

26. That's a one-item business model - lies nt

[ImaPolitico]

18. ***Offices never carry MSNBC cable channel, only Fox News ***

Am so glad to see this thread and read comments

This subject matter has been one of my main gripes whenever spouse and I travel. Every hotel we stay in carries Fox News channel, but NOT/NEVER MSNBC channel! This also includes doctor's offices and lab test offices.
What is this?

[Pacifist Patriot]

25. This is simply a guess on my part, but...

I've long suspected FNC is given to cable providers for free.

[erronis]

46. I believe you are right - they (fux) may even pay to have their sewage shown

[brewens]

19. If you have the rock bottom service like I have, FOX "News" is all you get as far as the major

cable news networks. I have the DISH "Smartpack" that should be called "Americas Worst 55". Right now it doesn't suck as much as usual because FOX "News" is off for now.

I suspect a lot of businesses only have comparable service so they wouldn't have MSNBC or CNN anyway.

[stuffmatters]

50. Fox News comes essentially free(without choice) MSNBC costs subscribers

That's why comparing Billy OReilly ratings to Rachel Maddow's is useless until accessability is factored in.

I once read that Murdock/Fox actually "donated" tvs to public places and institutions (airports, military bases) with the stipulation that they be tuned to fox news. If this is true, it's disgraceful that fox propaganda is so easily (and cheaply) spewed in our tax supported
public spaces and institutions.

Good to see that Dish is finally charging Fox news. Hope Dish wins, Faux has to pay/charge customers, and their viewers
drops drastically. I also call Directtv periodically to complain that FoxNews ("Hate Tv&quot automatically appears on my channels without my approval or ordering it.

If Fox News is playing anywhere I am, I always politely ask that the channel be changed to less "upsetting" fare. Never had a problem.

[KansDem]

27. It's the same face I make when I reach for the toilet paper...

...and realize there isn't any.

[HughBeaumont]

29. this . . .

[bigwillq]

30. I find something else to do to pass the time.

If it's an appointment, I usually bring a book or headphones so I can watch something on my phone.

I don't expect a place of business to set their TV around my viewing habits.

It doesn't hurt to ask them to change the channel but, if they don't, find something else to do or find another place to do business.

If it's a restaurant, I am there to eat, not watch TV.

It really doesn't bother me what's on the TV.

[marmar]

31. Actually, I do this.......

[ffr]

44. With my wallet.

Sheople love watching it or having in playing in the background, but I don't need that noise.

"Can you turn that TV to ESPN? There's a game on. Thank you."

[Spitfire of ATJ]

33. I watch the reactions of other people. Some get PISSED.

[Duval]

34. That's exactly what happened

when I walked into my doctor's office! I then just turned around and settled into a book. Good grief!

[Enthusiast]

35. It's true.

[vlyons]

36. I always ask them to turn on the weather channel!

No one gets offended at the weather channel. It is so innocuous, that they usually do change the channel. Sometimes, I can get them to turn on Animal Planet.

[niyad]

39. that or hgtv.

[dissentient]

37. I'd love to read a news story one day about how somebody walked

into a business playing Fox news, took one look, then smashed the tv with a rock or something handy that was heavy.

Or even better, told the wait person on duty "I'll be back", then goes out to his car, and comes back with a baseball bat, then smashes the tv with it.

A fantasy/day dream of mine.

[erronis]

47. Please do it and report back!

(You might be safer using TV-B-GONE)

I don't go into any restaurant/bar that makes listening to any TV a requirement for having a meal/drink. I actually like having a chance to talk to my tablemates or chat up someone else sitting next to me at a bar.

Besides, the types of establishments that would show fux or sports programmings aren't high on my list of places to be. And I enjoy real news and real sports - whatever they are nowadays.

[niyad]

38. yes, one adds the "oh, ****" and then immediately walks over to the nearest employee

and demands that the channel be changed.

[LaydeeBug]

41. I am actually glad for it when a business does this...bc then I can make a scene leaving

and I know not to go back.

[Skittles]

48. like I found a pubic hair in my soup

[Rhiannon12866]

49. I made a point of changing it to MSNBC in a hospital waiting room recently

I'd initially turned on the TV when I was there early in the morning, but somebody changed it, so I made a point of changing it back as soon as I could...

[randys1]

51. I would like to get a few dozen friends and go to a city like Dallas and go to all public places

like restaurants, hotels, hospitals and one by one change the channel.

But eventually a fight would break out I guess.

For a con to concede that fox never tells them the truth, they would have to admit they are wrong about everything, they cant do that.

They are immature children, will never happen

[Rhiannon12866]

53. I feel the same way.

I don't know who changed the channel in this big hospital waiting room, but I cringed when I saw a few people listening, probably thinking they were just watching news. So made it a point to change it as soon as I could. Now if I could only get my brother to change the channel... We do what we can...

[RandiFan1290]

52.

[blkmusclmachine]

54. Do a 180 and leave.

[Dont call me Shirley]

56. I told the receptionist at the doctors office that fox increases my blood pressure, therefore it is

bad for my health. Would they kindly change the channel to one which does not cause ill health? They have never had fox on since.

[AngryAmish]

59. If the have Fox on they don't mind you mailing them your shit.

Proven fact.

[samsingh]

60. i usually ask to have it changed if i can't change the channel myself

[Demonaut]

61. about face

[Jamastiene]

63. Actually, I think I really do make that exact face. n/t