Nope.
It's not free.
It is.
If you are one of the 14% of tv households that has an antenna that can receive broadcasts, then CBS, ABC and NBC would be free.
Everybody can get an antenna or whatever and get ABC NBC CBS for free. You don't pay for those.
You are paying for your cable, streaming whatever. You are not paying for the free networks. Nobody does.
“You are paying for your cable, streaming whatever. You are not paying for the free networks. Nobody does.”
In order to get CBS, NBC, ABC and PBS, I’d have to pay for a package that includes those networks. My cable provider, Charter Spectrum, will not provide those networks unless I pay. Thus they are not free.
“Everybody can get an antenna or whatever and get ABC NBC CBS for free.”
But only 14% of tv households have done so your argument that CBS news, ABC news, and NBC news have far more viewers then Fox news is invalid. If the vast majority of tv households had an antenna installed so they could receive programing broadcast over the air, which isn’t the case, then your argument would be valid.
The truth is, only a tiny percentage of adults in this country watch Fox News. There are about 260 million adults in the US. About 3 million watch Tucker Carlson. That comes out to just over 1% of the adult population.