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Turn TVs to fact-based news for mass viewing

Art Nixon New London

Publication: The Day

Published 03/07/2010 12:00 AM
Updated 03/07/2010 05:26 AM

Should I have to watch Fox News when I am waiting for therapy in a hospital rehabilitation outpatient center in Waterford? I have a bad back, but I have not lost my mind.

I am a liberal. Fox News has described itself as an opinion cable station devoted to news broadcasts about two hours per day. The rest of its programing is right-wing propaganda, full of misleading, misinformed opinion and half-truths suited to its mission.

I don't expect the rehab center to put on MSNBC, but how about CNN, with a reputation for being "the most trusted name in news"? I know Fox News is not in favor of health care reform. Does the center and its affiliated hospital share Fox News' opinions on health care reform? By keeping its TV tuned to Fox News, I am left to believe that it must endorse the programing.

I can't change the channel, but I can change where I receive my physical therapy. Please pass the remote.

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