Why can I view the videos at FoxNews?
Unfortunately Fox News and several other “Network sites” (NBC, Sci-Fi) have decided to inject commercials into their “Free videos” which are heavily laden with 3rd party ad servers and trackers. You can see an example commercial here which plays before whatever video you have selected, to see just a partial list of the 3rd parties involved click here. There are so many I couldn’t get them all on one screenshot … but you get the idea. The reason this occurs now is CNET was recently purchased by CBS … and all they are interested in is tracking your movements via all the 3rd party “data miners” that they run the video link thru prior to you viewing it … this included several 3rd party Cookies. You can view a screenshot of all the “ad servers” (highlighted in red) that are running in the background. Workaround: The only alternative is to rename the HOSTS file … which you can do on-the-fly … Important! Just don’t forget to enable it again after watching the commercials with your v
