Is your break room/lounge a FOX news brainwashing chamber?

[TwixVoy]

I am curious - is anyone elses break room a place where employees go to do nothing but watch FOX news? And does no one say anything to anyone just stare at the TV?

At my job that's exactly what the break room is like. It freaks me out so much I stay out of the break room almost completely. No one in the break room wants to talk. They all want to watch what's on the TV - usually FOX news or some lame "reality" show. I try to start a conversation and people just stare at the TV and say a few words at most.

Is it like this in anyone elses break room? What is wrong with people that instead of having a normal conversation with people during break they want to stare at a TV watching BS?

I used to go in the break room, and if I was the only person there I would turn off the TV because I couldn't stand the FOX news. Sure enough as soon as someone else came in the first thing they asked was "Hey why is the TV off?"

So now I go to our little food court instead. No TV there, and occasionally there will be another employee who actually also wants to do something other than watch TV.

Anyone else have a break room like this at work?

[Cleita]

1. My gym is, but the only other alternatives are CNN and MSNBC

which aren't much better. Since there is no sound, only closed captioning, at least we don't have to listen. Sometimes someone has changed the channel to one of the Food networks, which I can't beleive helps those who are trying to diet.

[kestrel91316]

2. I'm the boss, and my radio in the hallway/ward is always tuned to

KPCC, our local NPR affiliate aver at Pasadena City College.

It's GOOOOOD to be Queen.

[Touchdown]

3. No, but my work area is a CNN "giant screen" situation room.

...supposedly to keep taps on natural events/big accidents that would affect network traffic. Britney causes tornadoes.:eyes:

It's just as silly, but less nausea inducing. Ugh!

[Occulus]

7. Just curious....

...but why are they relying on television feeds at all? I would think scientific news tickers would be enough for natural disasters, maybe a refresh page of Google News keyed in to local/locality-based news.

Why suffer the cube rats to tolerate all the additional junk (including the ads- ugh)? I'm assuming you have the bandwidth available...

Isn't there somebody savvy enough in your office to accomplish what I'm describing?

[Donnachaidh]

4. my doctor's office is - guess I'll have to be obnoxious and ask them to change FAUX

Hadn't been there in a while and had to sit through a report on the polygamists. They actually interviewed a guy who was so WELL rehearsed to give ONE statement I almost laughed out loud. "I am NOT a member of this group" he kept answering to virtually ALL the questions. They actually gave him a few moments to *THINK* before he answered a question about possible abuse these kids had gone through.

Then they switched to some blonde talking head who spewed the usually slanted crap about Obama and the Reverend. Don't these idiots realize they start sounding like Rainman with all these talking points?

I got called in before my eyes started bleeding.

[MADem]

5. Change the channel to something else. Or get yourself one of those secret remotes....

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6287373/

[Squatch]

6. Surprisingly not. Mostly, the channels are tuned to local news.

Surprising, because I work in a military installation.

[cayuga]

8. It works if you speak up.

I was recently at a hospital emergency room...for a very looooong time. FOX was on and after being repulsed for two hours, I went to the desk and told the person that it was a known fact that watching FOX made people sicker. That got a laugh and he changed the channel to the history channel. Nobody complained.
I was also at a sub shop that was showing Fox. I told the guy I would give him $2 extra if he never showed Fox again. He said he didn't like it either but the owner kept it on Fox. I told him to tell the owner he was going to lose business if he didn't change the channel. He changed it on the spot. (Not sure it is still changed, tho.) Maybe the owner will realize that it is bad policy to mix business and politics. And that most people hate FOX.

[LiberalEsto]

9. Motel lobbies have those

and so do a lot of doctors' offices. It sucks.

I wonder how much they get paid to run these electronic propaganda machines.

[Lex]

10. At the place where I get my car's oil changed, it was Fox News

in the waiting area and I told them I couldn't come back to them anymore if they kept it on Fox News. That Fox News made me sick. They said I could put it on whatever I wanted (no one else was in there at the time anyway).

[Thepricebreaker]

11. People can talk about wtf they want... called freedom of speech? Who cares about fox..

[EstimatedProphet]

15. And people have the right not to listen.

[Selatius]

12. Does anyone remember the movie They Live where they were programming people through advertisements?

If you stick out too much, they'll come for you, too!

[elizfeelinggreat]

14. They Live

Is that the movie you're referring to?
I've seen it late at night when I can't sleep.

[ColbertWatcher]

13. They do that at the bank, too!

I'm standing in line the other day and I look over and there is a TV hanging from the ceiling. And at the grocery store, too.

I know the customers are paying for it, but how is the money being distributed? Does FOX pay to be played at break rooms across America, or do corporations play it without direct compensation?

Do corporations really think people are so mindless that we have to be watching TV every minute of the day, every where we go?