Friday, January 16, 2015

Must read of the day!-----Controversy over 'offensive' Fox News broadcasts at public recreation center in Ann Arbor

Controversy over 'offensive' Fox News broadcasts at public recreation center in Ann Arbor | MLive.com:
"A couple's objections to Fox News broadcasts at the Meri Lou Murray Recreation Center in Ann Arbor has Washtenaw County officials considering a new policy for what types of programs should be allowed on TV screens inside the center.
Ypsilanti Township residents Dave and Sue Weber argue a county-run facility is no place to be showing what they consider offensive, right-wing political propaganda.
They said they started going to the county's recreation center on Washtenaw Avenue last fall and were dismayed to see Fox News show up on four of the 12 television screens in the cardio area during election season.
"In September, when we toured the facility before joining, we didn't notice Fox on at all," Dave Weber said.
"But now October comes around, pre-election time, that's when it multiplied onto four screens, four out of the 12 in the cardio room."
Though there's no volume on the TVs, they said, they got tired of seeing offensive closed-caption blocks with remarks such as "Young women aren't capable of voting" and "We have enough illegals here, we don't need more."
They also have been offended by attacks against President Barack Obama and Democrats, and they say there's no programming offering a counter viewpoint.
....On a recent morning, MSNBC wasn't on any of the TV screens inside the center, while one of the screens was showing Fox News.
Other televisions were tuned to channels such as CNN, HGTV, ESPN and the Weather Channel."

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