The Lincoln Project

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Frederick Foresight, Jun 18, 2020.

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    #391     Jul 22, 2021
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  2. smallfil

    smallfil

    #392     Jul 23, 2021
  3. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Americans should have the right to call their Cable companies and demand that certain channels not be delivered in their cable feed. Customer should also have the right to à la carte where they can select exactly the channels they want in their package and not pay for the others. Cable companies can certainly support this from a technology perspective but they don't want to from a profit perspective -- they want to deliver packages including all sorts of channels you don't want and pay a premium for them.

    Customers should be allowed to demand a cable company remove a channel they find offensive or is not aligned with their beliefs. I am sure that many subscribers of different religions don't want the Christian channel. If a customer still is paying for the entire package (the cable company is still making full profit) but does not want a particular channel in their feed then they should be able to call up and demand the channel be removed -- whether it is FOX or anything else.

    FOX has been preaching a anti-vaxxer creed which is killing Americans -- many people find this offensive. Customers certainly can demand that cable companies totally drop the channel on their network -- which is unlikely to happen. But at minimum they should be allowed to demand that the cable company not feed FOX into their home -- this way the possible viewing audience for FOX is reduced which will drop the advertising rates they earn from commercials which serve to fund anti-vax propaganda which is killing Americans.
     
    #393     Jul 23, 2021
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    #394     Jul 23, 2021
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  5. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    Is LP suggesting cancel culture or free market capitalism? What do you think GWB?
     
    #395     Jul 23, 2021
  6. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    It is a business transaction. If I don't want a service then I should not be forced to take it.
     
    #396     Jul 23, 2021
  7. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    interesting:

     
    #397     Jul 23, 2021
  8. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Defunding advertising on a media platform --- is very different than not wanting a business service in your home.
     
    #398     Jul 23, 2021
  9. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    not really, no
     
    #399     Jul 23, 2021
  10. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    So a large network such as NBC demanding that Google defund advertising of its competitors on their platform --- is the same thing as saying "No, I don't want this particular channel in my house".

    Whatever.
     
    #400     Jul 23, 2021