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skip fox

(19,359 posts)
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 09:59 AM Jul 2021

Why is there not a group petitioning advertisers to support only responsible venues?

Why not a Committee for Responsible Advertising that petitions Fox advertisers and Oan and Newsmax to demand more responsibility?

Hell, Fox and these other broadcasters have become a major health danger to individuals with their anti-vax rhetoric and to our nation and democracy by ignoring and often encouraging insurrectionist sentiments!

Their "free speech" is poison and can be objectively be proven to be highly dangerous.

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Why is there not a group petitioning advertisers to support only responsible venues? (Original Post) skip fox Jul 2021 OP
Feel free to start one. Sherman A1 Jul 2021 #1
If I wasn't 74 years old with a heart condition. . . skip fox Jul 2021 #2
Unfortunately, the majority of their income does not come from adverts PortTack Jul 2021 #3

PortTack

(32,778 posts)
3. Unfortunately, the majority of their income does not come from adverts
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 12:56 PM
Jul 2021

I was surprised myself, but the bulk of their income comes from the networks and cable companies paying them to be able to broadcast their shit...

To me this is sooo ironic, because I know there are millions of users like myself that if they could pick and choose the channels they wanted fux would not be one of them, but since consumers buy packages, it’s not an option.

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