From da lettuce to the local fishwrap:
"Hey, what channel do we put it on?"
"One of the news ones."
"What number is it?"
"I dunno. Try 54. I think that's a news channel."
"Yep, it is."
I'm conservative, but when I go into a place of business and they've got MSNBC on the telly, do I think to myself, "Uh oh, they're trying to cram their beliefs down my throat!!"?? No. The people who work there don't even pay much attention to it.
And I supposed it never crossed the dumb broad's mind to ask them if she could put it on CNN or whatever she wanted to watch. (That would be too easy. Better to write a letter)
The Obama school ordeal has nothing to do with TV in the doctor's office, which is probably why she brought it up.
What's on TV is not usually an attempt at indoctrination in which the proprietor feels so strongly about his beliefs that he thinks, "I HAVE TO MAKE THESE PEOPLE SEE THE LIGHT!!!" Usually, what's on TV is just what's on TV.
My husband and I have noticed that several businesses we patronize are now showing Fox News Channel non-stop.Here's how the decision over what to show is often made...
We've seen it at restaurants and at my doctor's office. Some people have complained about WKYU carrying NPR because they think it is politically left-leaning.
Well, I find Fox News too far to the right. I have yet to hear NPR playing in a business I patronize, yet I was forced to watch stories about dogfighting for profit, political commentary I did not agree with, etc., on Fox News at my doctor's office.
What you choose to play at your business sends a strong message. I don't really want to know your political or religious beliefs, just provide the service I am paying for.
"Hey, what channel do we put it on?"
"One of the news ones."
"What number is it?"
"I dunno. Try 54. I think that's a news channel."
"Yep, it is."
I'm conservative, but when I go into a place of business and they've got MSNBC on the telly, do I think to myself, "Uh oh, they're trying to cram their beliefs down my throat!!"?? No. The people who work there don't even pay much attention to it.
And I supposed it never crossed the dumb broad's mind to ask them if she could put it on CNN or whatever she wanted to watch. (That would be too easy. Better to write a letter)
Recently a lot of people got up in arms because schools were going to carry a pep talk to students from President Barck Obama.
Parents freaked, they wanted to see a transcript of what was going to be said, some were going to keep their kids home that day. Oh, dear. So, we now live in a country where some folks don't trust our elected president to speak unless we see a transcript first, yet any fool that Fox News hires is free to spew forth whatever they feel like and if your kid hears that, or sees dogs ripped limb from limb, it's just fine.
The Obama school ordeal has nothing to do with TV in the doctor's office, which is probably why she brought it up.
Businesses choose what to show on their big-screen TVs and we choose what businesses to patronize.I think I'd be too embarrassed to write a letter (signed!) admitting that my widdle feewings were hurt because I don't like the news program at the doctor's office. The whole point of keeping it on a news channel is to keep anyone from being offended.
I'm just glad I have a brain and think for myself or I'd be watching Fox News right now, as much as I've had it shoved down my throat recently.
If you're showing something for public consumption, a public with varying beliefs, please show something a little more innocuous that we can all tolerate.
What's on TV is not usually an attempt at indoctrination in which the proprietor feels so strongly about his beliefs that he thinks, "I HAVE TO MAKE THESE PEOPLE SEE THE LIGHT!!!" Usually, what's on TV is just what's on TV.
