Now "Fox News North" is dead

Papa_Complex · 02-13-2015, 08:41 AM

The Sun News Network, that many of us up here refer to as "Fox News North", closed their operations at 5:00am today. I guess this shows we don't want 'news' up here that outright states that it has a bias.

They were a 'premium' cable news channel. That means you had to specifically request a subscription to their channel. They lobbied to be added to basic cable and failed though the CRTC (our broadcast regulator) stated that they must be carried, by all cable providers, as part of a package or a specific subscription. Just not enough people wanted to have Bill O'Reilly style 'facts', to support them.

Don't let the door hit you in the ass, on the way out. Or do.

02-13-2015, 08:41 AM	#1
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Now "Fox News North" is dead The Sun News Network, that many of us up here refer to as "Fox News North", closed their operations at 5:00am today. I guess this shows we don't want 'news' up here that outright states that it has a bias. They were a 'premium' cable news channel. That means you had to specifically request a subscription to their channel. They lobbied to be added to basic cable and failed though the CRTC (our broadcast regulator) stated that they must be carried, by all cable providers, as part of a package or a specific subscription. Just not enough people wanted to have Bill O'Reilly style 'facts', to support them. Don't let the door hit you in the ass, on the way out. Or do. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

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