Roku to be Bought by Fox

You know, the movie, “Network,” really called a lot of things decades in advance, didn’t it? Mega corporations controlling all of politics, smaller entities being swallowed up by bigger ones, and the rise of a news media that relies more on sensationalism and scaring viewers than informing them. Whenever I read certain kinds of announcements, I think of, “Network." Seeing that Fox (the chunk not owned by Disney) plans to buy Roku for 22 billion smackers definitely sparked memories of that flick. Netflix was going to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery until Paramount's unending effort to undo that and be the one who acquired WBD resulted in Netflix calling it a day and letting them do it. Now Fox can buy Roku and use it as a way to push their sports broadcasts and so-called, "Fox News," channel into more homes.The usual claims have been made about how nothing-to-very-little will change, so everyone should just remain calm. Too often, a company finds itself acquired by another, and within a…