[gcruse]

Direct tv will smash the cable companies who only show CNN and not Fox news.

This is what I don't understand.  The present DirecTV viewers, of which I am  one,
already have Fox News available.  How would Newscorp owning DirecTV make
a cable company put Fox on their system if it's not there now?  And how will Fox
owning DirecTV smash a cable company that didn't?  IOW what difference does
it make who owns DirecTV if Fox is already on it?

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

"This is what I don't understand. The present DirecTV viewers, of which I am one,
already have Fox News available. How would Newscorp owning DirecTV make
a cable company put Fox on their system if it's not there now? And how will Fox
owning DirecTV smash a cable company that didn't? IOW what difference does
it make who owns DirecTV if Fox is already on it?"


A great many cable shows are carried on Direct TV, but few cable companies allow Fox coverage. Now if Fox owns Direct TV and then if ...., I think you now begin to get the picture.