Fox — the company that owns Fox News — is set to buy Roku, the streaming platform, for $22 billion. This would combine Fox with one of America's largest streaming platforms.
Roku reaches roughly 100 million households. Fox acquired Tubi, another streaming platform, in 2020. This is the latest merger in an entertainment industry where companies compete for viewers who have switched from traditional television to streaming services.
But Elizabeth Warren objects to the acquisition. Not because she's concerned about monopolies or increased costs to consumers, but because she doesn't want Americans to see the content Fox carries.
Fox wants to buy Roku — yes, the same Fox as Fox News.
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 17, 2026
This could let Fox steer their content to 80 MILLION U.S. households.
We can’t let this happen. pic.twitter.com/Ytf2hC2nnl
"Do you use Roku? If so, you're gonna want to watch this," Warren said. "Fox, yeah, the same company as Fox News, they wanna buy Roku. And this proposed deal would combine the two largest free, ad-supported streaming services in the entire country."
"And if Fox and Roku merge, it would give Fox the ability to steer content right into your TV and to 80 million U.S. households," she continued. "It would also mean fewer options for you to choose from, so it could raise your prices. And let's face it: nobody wants that."
That's adorable coming from the party that wants to take away all our healthcare choices, our housing choices, and our choices of appliances, cars, and even light bulbs.
If you hate what fox is doing with THEIR money to steer influence, you should see what leftist politicians do to steer influence OUR money!
— Nick Freitas (@NickJFreitas) September 17, 2026
That's (D)ifferent.
This is almost as good as the time you didn't rant about Comcast owning MSNBC because it owns Peacock, NBC, Universal, and Xfinity, giving it access to 65 million homes. Remember that, you shrunken apple head?
— Lex Jurgen (@Lex_Jurgen) September 18, 2026
She likes MSNBC, NBC and others.
Spirit Airlines couldn’t be reached for comment… https://t.co/W4xlpb9gkj
— C3 (@C_3C_3) September 17, 2026
Yeah. She was worried about that merger, too, and now Spirit Airlines is gone and with it a lot of jobs.
Nonsense.
— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) September 17, 2026
Fox teaming up with Roku will help them better compete against Google and Amazon.
Elizabeth Warren wants to kill this deal, because she wants to silence conservative voices.
Let's not let her do to conservative media what she did to Spirit Airlines. https://t.co/wed8VEbEF1
That's exactly what this is all about. Warren and the Democrats don't like Fox News and want to get it off the air.
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