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Officials at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport have caved in to complaints from some passengers that the cable networks were politically biased and have decided to drop the networks from the airport’s television screens.
From AZ Central
Fox News
and CNN won’t be playing on the flat-screen TVs that bring the world to passengers at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport’s Charles L. Williams Terminal.
The airport’s governing board is handing the remote control to a firm that specializes in airing flight information and other relevant programming on big-screen televisions.
The contract with ProDIGIQ Inc., approved Monday by the airport’s governing board, removes the board and airport staff from any television network-selection controversy among passengers while creating an advertising revenue stream for Gateway, said Brian Sexton, airport spokesman.
“Fox and CNN generate complaints because some passengers see them as politically biased,” he said. “There are also some passengers who desire to watch one sports game over another.”
Although there have been relatively few complaints about FOX and CNN – a handful or so directed at each network – it’s an indication that there are strong feelings and it’s probably best that the airport avoid the bickering if possible, Sexton said.
ProDIGIQ is no stranger to the “polarizing” channel fuss that has been evident at many other airports, said Arpit Malaviya, the company’s vice president of business development.
He said the company, through contracts with advertisers and communications companies, airs information that is politically neutral and relevant to passengers.
“ProDIGIQ controls the content, which is helpful,” he said. “This removes the airport from the role of determining what stations will be airing while the programming is producing ad revenue. It gives us the option to promote airport messages via a television format.”
“This agreement . . . is unique, in that it offers an ability to place commercials on a closed television network,” Sexton said.
The passengers may regret complaining now that instead of news of any kind they will be subjected to flight information (boring) and airport produced or sponsored commercials (even more boring).
Considering that all the airports that I have passed through over the years have only offered CNN and the fact that I’m unaware of any protest movement against their dominance in this sector I suspect that the complaints really came from a few liberals who hate Fox News rather than conservatives railing against CNN.
In the end it’s much ado about nothing.
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3 Comments for Phoenix Airport Bans Fox and CNN
BOTH CNN AND FOX ? Does nt make sense to me…often FOX bends over backwards to present both sides–and CNN, while very liberal does not seem to foster extreme points of view….I wonder what kind of newspapers are being sold in the newsstands?? typical of what happens nowadays—you get a few extreme people who are going to dictate for the entire population…most people in airports just want comfortable chairs and seats and don’t care very much about what is on t.v. Most of us are tired and probably would prefer some good music, or a good cup of coffee !!
I wish the gov’t would stay out of it,,,play several networks & let the people decide & make up their OWN minds
Like Stevor said ,,”they must be Democrats’
I’d like to see the ones who complained ,,dragged out into an alley,,get the tar beat out of them by TSA personal,,then tell them the security cameras won’t replay it for the News ,,because YOU had them banned from the airport,,,,then see what they say,,,,WWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! cry babies.
Wow, they who protested think that people must be “protected” from those vile/lying networks. Who are they to judge, though? I guess they MUST be Democrats because it’s Democrats who think people aren’t smart enough to think for themselves and need others to “protect them”.