>“I’m very surprised that the blog hasn’t yet put up an entry about Cablevision dropping HGTV and FN. Is it because the blog sits on a Cablevision server and there’s some fear of retaliation? Only reason I can think of. There seems to be room for blog articles about the TSA and the health care squabble, but not about this high-handed behavior that strikes closer to home.
Both parties show plenty of greed; Cablevision, however, is clearly not paying close to market rates, will not negotiate in good faith for these channels and will gladly sacrifice customers to save pennies.”
First a few corrections; this blog is hosted by eblogger aka blogspot which is owned by Google ,and yes we have had many “squabbles” with Google over the years. We have no business relationship with Cablevision that I am aware of.
Next its only Television aka the “boob tube” ie…the bigger the tube the bigger the boob as we used to say and its an antiquated fascist medium that in its present form has no future. As of this moment you are still free to watch what you want and if your can not get the networks you desire in your area there are plenty of alternatives available on the internet or through other providers.
We are fans however of FN and HGTV after all they are one of the few networks were we don’t have to see Obama 24/7 and unbeknownst to many “Ridgewood blog” readers we actually were interviewed about doing a pilot for a cooking show . We have heard the corporate owner of FN and HGTV has severe financial troubles right now and as many of you know so does most of the old line media.
As for the “greedy” ,the greedy are made up of those who think they are entitled to something but don’t feel obligated to pay for it and want others to pay for it, for them. If the shoe fits ?
“Obamacare” will effect every American ,even the folks with “perfect kids” that live in Ridgewood and it will fundamentally or should I say detrimentally alter healthcare in a manner more suited for the lines at the DMV. There are many issues posted on this blog that may from time to time seem not directly related to Ridgewood ,but I am sad to say they do.
Finally unlike some other let us say lesser flogs or blogs and contrary to popular local misinformation topics on this blog are 90% of the time initiated by the readers of this blog. The BOE or VC or some family clan or even some evil person with malevolent intentions toward our fair Village does not control all of the content on this blog .As you so noted noone till now has felt the urge to bring up the Cablevision issue and that my friend is why it hasn’t been brought up.
Thank you for your continued support,
the Ridgewood blog Staff
