(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Let's Kick FOX "News" When It's Down: Actions We Can Take [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-03-04 Most people here know about the vile lies that FOX News has been spreading, about the 2020 election, but basically about everything else. For decades. Many of us have been frustrated by how impossible it has been to change the channel, to stop the channel, to have friends and / or relatives succumb to these lies. But the Dominion case, which seems to have broken through the bubble, gives us an opportunity. This is the moment to make a difference. Here are some actions you can take: ➡️Complain to your cable company. If you have a cable subscription that makes you pay for FOX News, then complain to them now. Tell them you don’t want to pay for a media outlet that lies all the time. ➡️Visit this website, Unfoxmycablebox. From their website: 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. ➡️Contact your Congress critters and let them know you want them to do something about FOX News. ➡️If you frequent places where Fox “News” is showing, ask them to change the channel, or to turn it off, or if you can’t get them to do anything else, at least to turn it down. ➡️ Get others to do the same. ➡️ If you have friends / family who are hooked to FOX News, let them know where they can find true information about how FOX has lied to them. Now, don’t expect the gratification of converting them. Conversion generally takes several exposures to the truth. ➡️ If you have additional suggestions, please post it in the comments, and I will elevate to the diary. People need time to recover, and not all will. It’s very much like an addiction (Luke O’Neill, Intelligencer). But if the station is changed, not all is hopeless. Studies show that some people actually do return to reality when they stop mainlining FOX conspiracy theories. Here’s information on a study where some people did get better Adam Gabbatt, The Guardian In an unusual, and labor intensive, project, two political scientists paid a group of regular Fox News viewers to instead watch CNN for a month. At the end of the period, the researchers found surprising results; some of the Fox News watchers had changed their minds on a range of key issues, including the US response to coronavirus and Democrats’ attitude to police. The findings suggest that political perspectives can be changed – but also reveals the influence partisan media has on viewers’ ideology. 🐦 I do a lot of other writing. A recent offering: Hunters of the Feather, a story about a thinker-linker crow who wants to save birdkind from extinction, and sequels, Scavengers of Mind and the brand-new Familiars of the Flock. (They’re really good! They’re really cheap! Buy and review or rate positively! And Hunters is also available on Audible!) Other stories, based on Jane Austen novels — including a new one for lovers of Pride &Prejudice, Mrs. Bennet’s Advice to Young Ladies — and others on Greek mythology, can be found here. All titles are available through Kindle Unlimited, but I only get paid if you turn the pages. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/4/2156148/-Let-s-Kick-FOX-News-When-It-s-Down-Actions-We-Can-Take Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/