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In reply to the discussion: Al Gore's Desperate Bid to Keep Keith Olbermann—and Save Current TV--Newsweek [View all]pacalo
(24,721 posts)departments to request Current TV & it was maddening. I made the point that if Fox News was on my tv lineup whether or not I requested it, that Cox should also provide a news channel for progressives.
The second young woman I talked to had the most idiotic brush-off response. "Well, did you know there are many who would be upset if we took Fox News off the air?"
I never asked either representative to take Fox off the air!
"I'm not asking you to take a channel off the air; if I don't like a channel, I simply don't watch it. What I'm asking is that Cox add Current TV to its lineup."
Her defensiveness was really telling.
I think what I'm going to have to do is, instead of contacting Cox by phone & dealing with dimwits, write to the corporate office.