Has anyone else noticed this? I was just watching an interview with a soldier and I noticed the tv had Fox news on!
2007-01-06 11:48:30 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I have noticed this a few times!
2007-01-06 11:50:27 · update #1
Can any military personel tell me what channels you have to choose from?
2007-01-06 11:53:39 · update #2
k3s793 that is a good response. thank you!
2007-01-06 12:20:16 · update #3
The channel variety can vary from location to location. The local base will usually negotiate a satellite contract with a local provider and they may have a wide variety of channels. Whatever channel is on is decided by whoever is running the facility where the TV is sitting. In some places where there is mulitiple TVs there might be one channel on one TV and a different channel on another. I never saw where there was any "policy" to have TVs set to a particular news channel. My experience is that troops prefered Fox news to CNN or other outlets.
2007-01-06 12:18:17 · answer #1 · answered by k3s793 4 · 6⤊ 2⤋
The BBC and CNN was actually banned by a vote on board British ships during the early part of the war. All TVs were officially tuned to Sky News, the British version of Fox News, all because they were sick of hearing the bashing.
2007-01-06 13:38:24 · answer #2 · answered by Linea 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is the only network that doesnt bash the war and the military and president all the time. The troops need encouragement not ridicule.
2007-01-06 12:01:54 · answer #3 · answered by Daniel 6 · 10⤊ 3⤋
Have you seen any real news about Iraq on any other Channel?
2007-01-06 11:58:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 3⤋
So the reporter can see the interview at the same time.
2007-01-06 11:51:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
Because military people and their families want to hear what is really going on, instead of some dramatic misrepresentation of what they are trying to accomplish
2007-01-06 12:01:31 · answer #6 · answered by from HJ 7 · 9⤊ 3⤋
It's the network that most of the troops seem to trust.
2007-01-06 11:57:27 · answer #7 · answered by John r 6 · 11⤊ 3⤋
becasue FOX news isnt just trying to tell all the bad things. they try to tell some good news. Would you want to watch CNN if all they did was say how bad you are?
2007-01-06 11:53:36 · answer #8 · answered by rizinoutlaw 5 · 10⤊ 4⤋
fox news is underwritten by the bush administration.
2007-01-06 12:45:55 · answer #9 · answered by nostradamus02012 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
why do they always have to push that fair and balanced thing. I mean if ou are a average person you should be able to figure that out.
2007-01-06 11:56:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋