# Fox TV, Fox News, take the pledge. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 16, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-tv-fox-news-take-the-pledge/557310 "2010-10-16T01:30:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-tv-fox-news-take-the-pledge/557310/41 "2010-10-18T22:59:40Z")
i will give up The Simpsons when you take them from my cold dead hands. don’t watch anything more from them. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-tv-fox-news-take-the-pledge/557310/42 "2010-10-19T00:01:08Z")
Seems the pledge has been taken for me. Cablevision and FOX are in a dispute, so I don’t get it. Pissed that I can’t see the Giants and, if this isn’t settled quickly enough, I might miss the World Series. Gonna really piss me off if the Yanks make it. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-tv-fox-news-take-the-pledge/557310/43 "2010-10-19T00:23:20Z")
> [@oliversarmy](#): > > I don’t watch NBC. Does that make you feel better? And I don’t watch ABC. I’m comfortable sticking with my plan of not watching FOX News (and removing it from my channel lineup, so that even when I flip through the channels, it doesn’t appear), not so much to send a message to NewsCorp as because it’s just so painful and depressing to watch. I have no intention of giving up _House_. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-tv-fox-news-take-the-pledge/557310/44 "2010-10-19T00:50:37Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Isn’t it was against the rules to try to promote boycotts, etc? [Yes.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=423183) (If you think someone’s breaking the rules, consider reporting the post.) > [@SDMB registration agreement as of 12/29/2008](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-registration-agreement-as-of-12-29-2008/406370/1): > > This message board is intended as a medium for public discussion. Do not post spam, including but not limited to advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, solicitations, offers to trade or barter, charitable appeals, or other messages primarily intended to promote a cause, venture, organization, event (except Straight Dope-related events), website, or other entity or activity, whether or not money is involved. **sinjin** , if you want to discuss why you’re boycotting Fox or the reasons someone might stop watching a TV network on principle, go ahead. But this isn’t a place for recruiting. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-tv-fox-news-take-the-pledge/557310/45 "2010-10-19T01:55:58Z")
I got rid of cable TV about a year ago for financial reasons. I don’t miss Fox News. I also don’t miss MSNBC or CNN. I really don’t miss any network shoving their views into my face. I miss Fox Sports (Milwaukee Brewers or Bucks games) a bit, but not as much as I thought I would. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-tv-fox-news-take-the-pledge/557310/46 "2010-10-19T02:32:11Z")
> [@puddleglum](#): > > Boycotts are stupid. My refusal to watch Fox or Fox News would mean nothing to them or their sponsors since they are the number one rated news network without me already. They have huge hits such as Glee, House, and American Idol. One person not watching them could never even be noticed by them. Yet I get a good deal of enjoyment out of watching The NFL and American Dad on their network for free. > So your asking me to make my life less enjoyable in order to hurt Fox to such a small degree that if a thousand people did the same thing they still would not be harmed in any fashion. Boycotts are stupid? But Fox turning off the baseball playoffs and World Series to force a huge price raise is good? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-tv-fox-news-take-the-pledge/557310.md?page=2)