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Did LA FITNESS Ban FOX NEWS? (Censorship Hits The Treadmill?)
FEB 8 2010 | CSN

Posted on 02/08/2010 4:46:21 PM PST by Three if by government

I have been working out at a LA Fitness in the area noticed the other day that MSNBC and CNN has replaced Fox New.

I spoke with management they said that the corporate headquarters now directly control whats broadcast as the boxes were pulled from the gym.

He specifically asked corporate heads for one TV to air Fox his request was denied.

Every other channel are the same except for Fox News which was on 4 tv's being replaced by MSNBC and CNN.

Is this the future of America?

I have found one story back in 2009 that speaks to the same censorship of FOX.

Maybe its a gradually strategy? If anyone is having the same issue with this gym let me know.

I have been trying to get through to their upper management for comment.

If your interested here is LA Fitness headquarters on this topic below is the number.

1 888 889 0984 hit # 3


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Politics
KEYWORDS: foxnews; gym
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1 posted on 02/08/2010 4:46:21 PM PST by Three if by government
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To: Three if by government

Their TVs, their channel selection.


2 posted on 02/08/2010 4:48:26 PM PST by Terpfen (FR is being Alinskied. Remember, you only take flak when you're over the target.)
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To: Three if by government

if so they are stuuuuupid. They are running ridiculously cheap deals right now. $15/mo approximately. They must be hurting bad for business. Alienating fans of the most popular cable channel would be pretty stupid.


3 posted on 02/08/2010 4:49:09 PM PST by ilgipper
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To: Terpfen

they will change if member cancel. That would make me cancel my membership


4 posted on 02/08/2010 4:50:08 PM PST by genxer
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To: Terpfen

?


5 posted on 02/08/2010 4:50:11 PM PST by Three if by government
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To: Three if by government

My treadmill has a tv in front of it that is tuned to FOX news for the majority of my 63 minute walk. My gym ,my channel !!


6 posted on 02/08/2010 4:50:51 PM PST by stevecmd
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To: Three if by government

Go somewhere else.


7 posted on 02/08/2010 4:50:52 PM PST by dforest (Who is the real Jim Thompson? I am.)
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To: Three if by government

My cable company dumped Fox altogether. Their internet division blocks online FNC feeds also.


8 posted on 02/08/2010 4:50:56 PM PST by cll (I am the warrant and the sanction)
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To: Terpfen

‘Their TVs, their channel selection”.

and my right to speak out against it


9 posted on 02/08/2010 4:51:03 PM PST by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - Read it and weep)
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To: Three if by government

Write the corporate headquarters and tell them you’re done with them if they don’t change. I was in a unique position with Starbucks to be the first customer to go off on their MSNBC pilot program - directly to the executives who set it up - and a month later it was gone.


10 posted on 02/08/2010 4:51:32 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny (ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
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To: genxer

I am going to cancel thats for sure...


11 posted on 02/08/2010 4:51:48 PM PST by Three if by government
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To: cll

what’s the cable co?


12 posted on 02/08/2010 4:51:51 PM PST by max americana
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To: Three if by government

Well, the one I went as of six months ago had FOX.
But if the corporation is trying to save money it could be they have gone to basic cable which where we live does not include FOX.
But the bottom line its their TV they can show what they want.
Plenty of gyms around just go some place else.


13 posted on 02/08/2010 4:51:53 PM PST by svcw (If you are going to quote the Bible know what you are quoting.)
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To: stevecmd

I hear ya. I go to Golds, they just took out a bank of TVs, they still get FNC but only on 1 set so you have to be in just the right place to see it.


14 posted on 02/08/2010 4:52:03 PM PST by jazminerose
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To: cll

Which cable company?


15 posted on 02/08/2010 4:52:52 PM PST by cowtowney
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To: max americana

They control it through satellite from corporate headquarters.


16 posted on 02/08/2010 4:53:09 PM PST by Three if by government
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To: Three if by government

I’ve noticed that when I stay at the various Hilton Hotels, that the Fox Channel is very high on the list, whereas the CNN, MSNBC is low and easy to find.


17 posted on 02/08/2010 4:54:21 PM PST by cowtowney
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To: Terpfen

In my gym , we have the remotes and choose what we want to watch.


18 posted on 02/08/2010 4:54:27 PM PST by Renegade ("Bring it on while I still don't need glasses to shoot your eye out ")
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To: genxer

So, cancel.

Freedom works two ways.


19 posted on 02/08/2010 4:54:34 PM PST by Terpfen (FR is being Alinskied. Remember, you only take flak when you're over the target.)
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To: cowtowney; max americana

OneLink Communications.


20 posted on 02/08/2010 4:56:38 PM PST by cll (I am the warrant and the sanction)
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