re: Dish Network is imploding. Cyber attack

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100% I would like it to actually be just the facts. Just straight up read me the facts and show me some video or photos. But even that has inherent bias by the fact that they decide what I see.

Now news has to be infotainment to try to keep the attention of the audience.

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This is the inherent problem with commercial news - its a ratings game. News networks are owned by large corporations who have a bottom line to create wealth for its investors. This means creating a niche audience, addicting them to your product, warning them away from the competition, and creating content that keeps people constantly engaged (the easiest way to do this is to make people feel scared or angry) - Its the same psychology of a cult.

If anyone wants to have a larger discussion about the the negatives of capitalism, i am here for it. But even when you take away the profit motive, bias still exists in every journalistic medium. The initial selection of where to point the camera or who you interview contains bias. Chomsky (the Manufacturing Consent theory) would say the solution is to understand the filters which create the bias and be able to see beyond it when understanding truth. Absorb all the narratives, understand the motivations behind why that story was created, understand all sides of discourse and then look outside the framework that was created to find truth. Most times the motive is to create division as a distraction from an common ideal we all share. The secret to WR Hearst's success was to own both papers, not just to get money from both sides, but to frame the discussion so that the outcome was always something he could live with.

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I've never watched Newsmax, but how's that different from any other news network?

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When its Raining.....

CNN - Its raining and its the republicans fault

FOX - Its raining and its the democrats fault

Newsmax - Its a beautiful day and sunny skies thanks to the great and powerful Donald J Trump

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Dish Network

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I hope they survive for rural Americans sake.

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I've never understood how people put up with Dish and the constant demand that consumers petition providers to get the TV channels they're already paying for back instead of blaming Dish for not figuring it out and negotiating a deal.

I had dish for years, dropped it during football season because they got in a channel dispute and I couldn't get the Razorback game.

Now I'm on YouTube TV and couldn't be happier. The only thing I don't like about YouTubeTV is the lack of channel numbers so you can tune directly to a channel, and that I don't have a "back" button to switch back to the previous channel.

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Now I'm on YouTube TV and couldn't be happier. The only thing I don't like about YouTubeTV is the lack of channel numbers so you can tune directly to a channel, and that I don't have a "back" button to switch back to the previous channel.

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That's what keeps me from jumping ship

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I think I have finally figured out this with the older generation. It's that TV was/has always been associated with channel numbers. Turn to channel 3 for the news. Turn to channel 2 for HBO. I know YouTube TV does not have channel numbers, do any of the others?

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i want to say sling's are numbered but that's worthless if you have 1 of 2 packages.

i will say this, if i'm at my parents (Dish) or my in-laws (Direct) i know immediately to go to Channel 140 or 205 for sports.

couldn't tell you another channel except that the naughty ones are after HBO, Starz, etc.

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I would wager that if somebody dropped DTV because of newsmax, they probably don’t know they could just get it from Pluto for free.

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No doubt. Newsmax viewers are not the brightest bulbs.

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Sling local channels and local setups have been down for days and apparently their service dept was so bombarded with calls they won't even take them right now.

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They are Dish owned.

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omething is up. Smart people have been saying to watch for an uptick in cyber attacks over the next year or two. This could be only the beninning.

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No question.

I’m one of the weirdos who still has DirecTV. If it wasn’t for regional sports networks (Braves) I’d probably let it go, but honestly it’s not that much more money if you have a promotion. I pay $79/month, and get HBO max included. To me it’s worth it to get to watch everything I want.