# Businesses with TVs in a public area (Fox News)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-tvs-in-a-public-area-fox-news/689429>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 28, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-tvs-in-a-public-area-fox-news/689429 "2014-05-28T02:32:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-tvs-in-a-public-area-fox-news/689429/41 "2014-05-30T18:01:31Z")

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> [@Shodan](#):
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> Could you please provide a cite where Maddow apologized and corrected [this lie](http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2013/jul/09/rachel-maddow/rachel-maddow-says-ohio-budget-includes-requiremen/)?
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> Regards,  
> Shodan

Beats me. So we have a regulation that for no reason demands a determination of the fetal heartbeat but not to the point of raping the woman with an ultrasound device. The difference in my opinion is minor.

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**Author:** ![BigDadWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@BigDadWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDadWolf)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-tvs-in-a-public-area-fox-news/689429/42 "2014-05-30T18:05:54Z")

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> [@shiftless](#):
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> We might go to the same gym. Most the TVs have daytime dramas, talk shows or maybe sports but the only news on display is Fox and at least two of the TVs always have that on. Are there people who actively tune public TVs to this junk?

In the cardio area of my gym if there is no one clearly watching a TV tuned to Fox News I will switch it to ESPN or TNT because just seeing the headlines is too much. I also think I’m doing a public service since studies show that Fox News viewers are actually less informed than viewers who watch no news at all (cite [STUDY: Watching Only Fox News Makes You Less Informed Than Watching No News At All](http://www.businessinsider.com/study-watching-fox-news-makes-you-less-informed-than-watching-no-news-at-all-2012-5)

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-tvs-in-a-public-area-fox-news/689429/43 "2014-05-30T18:11:10Z")

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> [@BigDadWolf](#):
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> I also think I’m doing a public service since studies show that Fox News viewers are actually less informed than viewers who watch no news at all (cite [STUDY: Watching Only Fox News Makes You Less Informed Than Watching No News At All](http://www.businessinsider.com/study-watching-fox-news-makes-you-less-informed-than-watching-no-news-at-all-2012-5)

“If it weren’t for bad news, I’d have no news at all… gloom, despair and agony on me!”

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**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-tvs-in-a-public-area-fox-news/689429/44 "2014-05-31T00:46:52Z")

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I’m a Republican and I wouldn’t care if MSNBC or some other left-wing news was on in a public area.

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