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CatWoman

(79,302 posts)
Sat Mar 4, 2023, 12:54 AM Mar 2023

UNFOXMYCABLEBOX

Pay for cable or satellite TV? You’re subsidizing Fox News whether you watch it or not.

Your cable or satellite TV provider pays a subscriber fee to carry Fox News. That cost is passed directly on to YOU.

Every network charges cable and satellite providers a small fee per subscriber; the one for Fox News is extraordinarily high. A typical household pays Fox News almost $2 per month—about $20 per year— via their cable or satellite provider, regardless of whether they actually watch the channel.

In 2023, a wave of big contracts between Fox News and TV providers for subscriber fees are set to expire. These contracts make up a major source of Fox News’ subscriber fee revenue. If we want to stop paying the "Fox fee," now is the time to act.

https://unfoxmycablebox.com/

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UNFOXMYCABLEBOX (Original Post) CatWoman Mar 2023 OP
I can't recommend this enough. FoxNewsSucks Mar 2023 #1
I don't have cable or satellite TV. roamer65 Mar 2023 #2
That's one reason my wife and I quit cable more than a decade ago. hunter Mar 2023 #3
I don't recommend this. It's been posted before. I "signed up" live love laugh Mar 2023 #4
Not gonna work The Grand Illuminist Mar 2023 #5
and it will be until their viewers start to die off pstokely Mar 2023 #7
Don't do it... brooklynite Mar 2023 #6
Great advice. Captain Stern Mar 2023 #8
I watched Fox News one time, at a friend's house, for about 20 minutes, Roisin Ni Fiachra Mar 2023 #9

hunter

(38,349 posts)
3. That's one reason my wife and I quit cable more than a decade ago.
Sat Mar 4, 2023, 02:44 AM
Mar 2023

We read all our news, have a large collection of DVDs that we've mostly found in thrift stores, and usually subscribe to just two or three commercial-free streaming services at any one time. We're currently paying about $25 a month for those. I like to keep it under $35.

When we first "cut the cord" we didn't have any streaming. One of our kids set us up with Netflix.

Our television isn't connected to an antenna and isn't even programmed to receive broadcast television.

live love laugh

(13,204 posts)
4. I don't recommend this. It's been posted before. I "signed up"
Sat Mar 4, 2023, 03:45 AM
Mar 2023

and provided personal details.

I heard nothing back. It is a scam imho—a way to collect data for reasons unknown.

brooklynite

(94,953 posts)
6. Don't do it...
Sat Mar 4, 2023, 05:46 AM
Mar 2023

Last edited Sat Mar 4, 2023, 01:26 PM - Edit history (1)

Whomever is sponsoring this is at best, sending a list of invalidated names to the cable company, and at worst is harvesting email addresses for fundraising. If you want to demand that your cable company drop Fox, call or write directly.

Captain Stern

(2,201 posts)
8. Great advice.
Sat Mar 4, 2023, 08:17 AM
Mar 2023

Except, at worst they could just be selling that info to anybody that wants it....not just fundraisers.

They're asking for your first name, last name, zip code, email address, and cable provider. And, the only thing you get in return is that they will pass your concerns on to your cable provider. Which is something we can do ourselves (with less effort), by just e-mailing our cable providers directly.

Roisin Ni Fiachra

(2,574 posts)
9. I watched Fox News one time, at a friend's house, for about 20 minutes,
Sat Mar 4, 2023, 08:49 AM
Mar 2023

in the late 90's. It was Bill O'Reilly. I asked my friend, "How the f**k can you stand to watch this fascist Bulls**t?

Sadly, decades of watching Fox has turned him into a hopeless, babbling, psychotic Qnut worshiper of the MAGAt king, who has lost all of his old friends

Please, don't ever watch Fox. Do not support this fascist propaganda organization that has turned so many of our fellow citizens into jabbering psychos, and is dedicated to destroying our democracy.

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