Posted on 05/07/2017 8:52:35 AM PDT by TaxPayer2000
An email has been sent to staff at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcing that all their agency’s televisions will show Fox News, apparently by order of the Trump administration.
Journalist Paul Thacker tweeted a screengrab of the message, but an FDA spokesperson denied there had been any such order.
It reads: “Please excuse me for sending this out to your entire group via your listserv, but I was alerted by a member in your group and I wanted to let everyone know that the reason for the change from CNN to Fox.
“The reason for the change is that a decision from the current administration administrative officials has requested that all monitors, under our control, on the White Oak Campus, display Fox News.
“Sorry for the inconvenience, but I am unable to change any of the monitors to any other news source at this time."
The email was sent to workers at the Centre for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), the branch that regulates medical products.
An FDA spokesperson denied people had been ordered to watch Fox News, telling ThinkProgress: "There was no directive or memorandum from the Administration that went out to employees about broadcast news channels displaying on monitors in common areas throughout the FDA’s White Oak campus."
However an anonymous CBER employee told BuzzFeed News that “a lot of staff were very upset about the change”.
Another FDA staff member went further, expressing fear that having a “’right wing’ news source playing in our halls…will drive away some people on the left who are already suspicious about the FDA being a shill for big pharma”.
Donald Trump has made no secret of his dislike for CNN, referring to the news organisation as “fake news” on several occasions, and to the media as "the enemy of the people".
The administration even went so far as to block the news outlet, along with BBC, LA Times and New York Times from a media briefing earlier this year.
On one occasion, the US president wrote a scathing tweet about the media: "The Fake News media is officially out of control. They will do or say anything in order to get attention - never been a time like this!"
However, his words about Fox News have been positive, and he recently congratulated the network for its "unbelievable ratings hike".
How about airports? I can’t stand having to watch CNN while waiting for a flight. Since there are federal funds linked to every airport, it should be Fox, not CNN.
It’s really bad at 9 pm when anyone still at the office has to watch five hosts instead of just the one.
They watch CNN on the TVs as a break from all the porn on their computers.
I call b.s.
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That’s at the very least, two of us.
TV monitors are in lunch/break areas. Another Federal agency is still watching CNN, a friend tells me. It needs to change, he says.
Actually they should be “forced” to watch OAN. There’s absolutely NOTHING liberal coming out of that channel.
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I don’t get it on my telly. Is there a web site, where it is live streamed?
Your tax dollars at play.
You can go to their website and see videos of their reports, plus there are lots and lots and lots of news stories there to read.
Stories not being covered by the RATagandists.
oann.com
Snowflakes should NEVER be exposed to ideas that might trigger intellectual thought.
The folks who are married to liberal ideas? They should quit. Go back to where they came from...
Oh and if we lose to a democrat in 8 years and the TVs are turned back to CNN - - Narjas Zatat will NOT write a pity party story for conservatives forced to watch CNN. Because like most journalists he's biased, narrow minded and mean spirited.
I get it on my Roku box for about $5 a month. Watched most of the Trump rallies there.
Cry me a river, piss me a lake, you pay for the funeral, I'll pay for the wake.
Poor things
Very soon there won’t be a difference between Fox and CNN.
There never was a difference
No no. Give them FOX TVs.
If Feds work your life becomes more miserable.
>>Sean on a “bad” day is similar to what you see on CNN?<<
OK, I’ll spot you Sean.
Other than that, Fox is as different from msnbc/cnn as the (r)s are from the (d)s — undistinguishable.
US federal force no longer forced to watch CNN.
Maybe they’ll learn something for the first time in their stupid, affirmative-action lives.
Well, I am a state employee and we are only allowed to have CNN displayed on campus or our public tvs.
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