# Salon article on Fox Ad Revenues

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-article-on-fox-ad-revenues/800010>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 27, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-article-on-fox-ad-revenues/800010 "2017-10-27T18:59:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-article-on-fox-ad-revenues/800010/1 "2017-10-27T18:59:00Z")

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I want to read it. It shows for a fractional second and then

“Something interfered with this website loading” I tried it a dozen times.

It only appears on that article. Anyone else get this problem?

> **[Fox News' ad revenues are sinking, despite Trump's love](https://www.salon.com/2017/10/27/fox-news-ad-revenue/)**
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> Though Trump loves to brag about ratings, Fox News has taken a substantial ad-revenue hit since the election cycle

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**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-article-on-fox-ad-revenues/800010/2 "2017-10-27T19:28:41Z")

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I clicked on your link and had no problem reading the article.

Maybe your anti-virus or anti-malware is registering a false positive? Check the history logs.

Did you try it with a different browser?

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-article-on-fox-ad-revenues/800010/3 "2017-10-27T19:31:08Z")

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It’s your adblocker.

I got the same thing as the OP, then turned off uBlock Origin, and it reloaded fine.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-article-on-fox-ad-revenues/800010/4 "2017-10-27T20:19:07Z")

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Sites are getting more aggressive every day about enforcing that if you won’t see their ads they won’t show you their content. The arms race continues. Sigh.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-article-on-fox-ad-revenues/800010/5 "2017-10-27T20:54:49Z")

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The Salon article references one from [Adweek](http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/which-cable-news-anchor-had-the-most-ad-revenue-in-september/346401). Can you see that one?

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**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salon-article-on-fox-ad-revenues/800010/6 "2017-10-27T22:02:41Z")

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Now it works. Is it paranoia to immediately think that russian bots might attack a story and try to deny service?

In my defense, it only happened for that article.