Bill O’Reilly, Megyn Kelly Accuse Dish Network of ‘Censoring’ Fox News

Fox News has enlisted its two most-powerful anchors in the fight against Dish Network. As the satellite system’s blackout of Fox and Fox Business enters its fourth week, Bill O’Reilly and Megyn Kelly are appearing in a new ad that accuses Dish of “censoring” the cable network.

“Attention Dish customers,” O’Reilly says in the ad, posted to YouTube on Saturday. “Dish has dropped Fox News, now you should drop Dish.”

“13 years at number one, no Dish doesn’t want you to have Fox?” Kelly asks.

“They’re censoring what you see,” O’Reilly adds. “Enough is enough.”

RELATED: Is the Dish Blackout Really Having a Negative Effect on Fox News’ Ratings?

The spot directs viewers to a website where they can contact Dish to complain and even search for a new TV provider that currently carries Fox.

While the ad attempts to frame Dish’s decision to remove Fox from its lineup as ideological, it most certainly comes down to money. Dish has claimed that 21st Century Fox is using the popularity of Fox News to demand higher carriage fees for less popular channels like FXX and FS1, and is apparently unwilling to budge on its position.

Watch video below, via YouTube:

[h/t CNN]
[Photo via screengrab]

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