Anonymous
November 10, 2017, 4:18 am
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By an avid elderly watcher
Last week we lost MSNBC and were told we needed a new subscription. When we went to the office in Loreto Plaza, we were told that they have changed their packages and now the ever-popular news station was in a different category and would cost guys another $30 per month. We are already paying Cox for various hook-ups over $100 a month.
Is this happening to anyone else?
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Yes, this change has hit several lower tier packages. The worst thing about it is that FOX News Channel (propaganda, biased reporting, least credible of all cable news) is still being provided. This means that lower income Santa Barbarans or those who can only afford the basic cable packages will not have access to complete or credible news, analysis, and reporting. In fact, FOX is the channel that tilts farthest alt-right and actually harms lower income communities.
It is my sincere hope that our new Mayor, Cathy Murrillo and our City Council members will hold COX accountable for diminishing lower income Santa Barbarans from having full access to credible news sources as a basic cable viewing service. I encourage Edhatters and other Santa Barbarans to contact our officials because we desperately need (and deserve) to have different cable and high speed internet providers in our fair City.
Sorry state of affairs when Cox can exclude a news channel giving balanced news. Why not just eliminate Fox?
I’ve had Dish Network for years and years and couldn’t be happier. Their rates are about on a par with Cox (I think), but they never pull this channel-switching trick.
All news is propaganda. Fox and MSNBC both bend the news they see fit. I prefer a more moderate take on politics and I don’t watch either.
Goebbels would be proud of Fox. Big Lies, and fact-free.
Whereas you, Resident, are a completely objective person, and never watch anything that caters to your own biases, prejudices, lack of knowledge, lack of intelligence, lack of intellectual honesty, and other characteristics of right wingers.
I pulled the plug on Cox TV too – I only watched about 5 stations – why pay for all of the others? The City should get involved in re-organizing Cox’s TV service since it is a monopoly here – offer plans for subscribers to choose what stations they want to view and price it accordingly. As far as other internet providers, from what I have gleaned on edhat, Cox internet service is hard to beat, at least speed-wise, but I could be wrong about that.
Cut the cord. Cox was horrible in price and packages. Price went to $200. Per month. Changed to DIRECTV, received a MUCH superior dvr which holds 100% more shows, get all of the channels we want, bill went to $80 per month..
Now if you are watching MSNBC, you are brainwashed. No wonder you vote to raise your taxes, elect fools to raise your gas taxes AGAIN by 12cents a gallon. Look at the Harvard study about the bias of MSNBC, CNN. 93% negative Trump. whereas fox is only 54% negative Trump. Fair and balanced… throw insults now. That’s what dems do.
MSNBC = biased so no big loss.
The new mayor is the same as the old councilmember who was part of the council that recently voted to extend the Cox franchise agreement. Jack Ucciferri ran in the 6th district against Gregg Hart ran on the platform of getting fiber optic connections, but he lost.
Cox such an apply named business. Their moto should be – “Suck it losers – we are Cox!”
tell your husband to use reddit.com/r/nbastreams for the basketball games
Thank you. We’ll try it!