Fox News was part of the channels available at the Inn I stayed at this past weekend in Peterborough. 

I subscribe to Fox News

It's available with my Bell Fibe service

To paraphrase a line from the Howard Stern movie "Private Parts", I subscribe because "I want'a hear what they're going to say next"

The thing is, I can't watch for more than a few minutes before I must tune away

It's difficult to watch such a veiled threat against democracy (but still wise to be aware of what they are saying)
 

Overall, I wouldn't want to see FOX News Network banned in Canada.  However if they ever were I also wouldn't be whining and shouting about our freedom since the network brought it on themselves.  They are proven to be liars, actually undermine democracy, and spread misinformation.  And the worst part, don't really seem to care. 

Many defenders of FOX tend to say that CNN, MSNBC, "the mainstream media" and others are just as guilty.  No they are not.  Watch FOX NN for any length of time and it shocking how blatantly one sided and biased they are.  And how they only seem to be a cheerleader for Mr. Trump and anything to do with the Republican party.  None of the other networks (including CBC) are anything like this.  Not even close. 

It is interesting from the article for the reasoning of the CRTC to ban Russia's RT news network and their French service RT France.  From the article..."The CRTC removed the Russian state-controlled TV channels RT and RT France from its list of approved non-Canadian programming services after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In its decision, the CRTC said it was "concerned with programming from a foreign country that seeks to undermine the sovereignty of another country, demean Canadians of a particular ethnic background and undermine democratic institutions within Canada."

Interesting to note that FOX News Network, it could be argued, says similar things about Canada, Canadians, our style of government and initially the LGBTQ community. Many of the same things that got RT banned here.  So this is why I say if they were ever dumped from our cable line up, I wouldn't really care.  But as also mentioned, doubtful it would actually happen.  

Last edited by paterson1 (June 25, 2025 10:16 am)

If you enjoy viewpoint news Global National is unmatched. Last night was perhaps the zenith in Dawna Freisen and Jackson Proskow's slanted fantasy talk on American current events. Inserting their own interpretation of other peoples words and actions is truly at John Moore levels.

Oh the irony. All that anti-immigrant venom and continuous anti-democracy lies and conspiracies were brought to America by...an immigrant. He's doing similar damage to the UK.

Murdoch's horrifically-disruptive choices made him extremely wealthy and made Western democracies weaker. The bastard.

paterson1 wrote:

I really don't care how popular FOX NN is in the US. They aren't popular here, and let's hope never will be.  Cable networks can't be regulated?  What a stupid position to put yourself in, and it was created by the US government and FCC. So a cable station can be fined big money and threatened if they show any advertising that lies or is misleading...but do the same regarding news, and "our hands are tied."  How dumb is that??
 
It is not a God given right for FOX NN to be on in Canada.  If they are ever pulled they only have themselves to blame.  Sure there will be certain groups and the hacks at FOX that would howl and whine about their freedom and censorship.  Sucks to be you.
 
It would be preferred to my thinking that FOX stays on cable here.  However I won't think we are losing any of our freedoms if they were pulled.  A network that is based on lies, misinformation and clearly doesn't believe or care about democracy should not be lecturing anybody, including Canadians about freedom.

Thank you.  Well said.

Didn't Fox News admit in court in its lawsuit that it is not a News channel at all, just an entertainment site, in other words not to be taken any more seriously than a sitcom?
That defence tactic should be quoted every time there is a story that in any way suggests Fox is a news outlet.

 

Maybe they should rebrand as Fox "News" Channel.

And if the King took a dump on a public street, that would get eyeballs too.