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US federal staff being forced to watch Fox News instead of CNN, leaked email suggests
The Independent via Yahoo! ^ | May 6, 2017 | Narjas Zatat

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".


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cnnfauxnews; cnnwhines; crymeariver; fakeoutrage; foxnews; freedfromcnn; thehorror; trump45; trumpmedia
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Why are federal employees watching TV on monitors under federal control? Don't they have something better to do, like their jobs?
1 posted on 05/07/2017 8:52:35 AM PDT by TaxPayer2000
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Don't they have something better to do, like their jobs?

Well, they were watching porn.

2 posted on 05/07/2017 8:54:54 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (The fear of stark justice sends hot urine down their thighs.)
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To: TaxPayer2000

I wish I had a six-figure job where I could watch TV.


3 posted on 05/07/2017 8:55:07 AM PDT by JPJones (George Washington's Tariffs were Patriotic. Build a Wall and Build a Wall of tariffs.)
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“I always knew it would be delicious. I never knew it would be THIS delicious.” — Dennis Miller


4 posted on 05/07/2017 8:55:32 AM PDT by IWontSubmit (2)
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Typical Fed employee losers. They get paid to watch TV and bitch about it. What clods. Get to work or be RIF-ed!


5 posted on 05/07/2017 8:57:18 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: TaxPayer2000

That was my first and only question.


6 posted on 05/07/2017 8:58:23 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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To: TaxPayer2000

How about NO TV in work areas.


7 posted on 05/07/2017 9:00:06 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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Forced to watch?


8 posted on 05/07/2017 9:00:17 AM PDT by lewislynn
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News Flash: American citizens forced to watch CNN in all US airports.


9 posted on 05/07/2017 9:00:51 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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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.

So in other words, there was problem at all when all the TVs were tuned to CNN.

The headline makes it sound like the staff was forced to watch Fox at home also.

Can't wait to see the headline about how Americans are forced to watch CNN, because that's the only thing that's on the TVs at US airports.

10 posted on 05/07/2017 9:01:10 AM PDT by Maceman (Let's ban Muslims temporarily -- just until non-Muslims can freely practice their religions in Mecca)
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So are their eyes being held open like in A Clockwork Orange to force them to watch Fox? During the Obama administration was the headline “US federal staff being forced to watch CNN instead of Fox News”?


11 posted on 05/07/2017 9:01:48 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
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“Why are federal employees watching TV on monitors under federal control? Don’t they have something better to do, like their jobs?”

We had television news on to keep track of WTF was happening in the world, like incoming hijacked aircraft. Of course, this was in the intel community.


12 posted on 05/07/2017 9:02:00 AM PDT by PLMerite ("Government should be done to cattle and not human beings." - John Milius)
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“”will drive away some people on the left who are already suspicious about the FDA being a shill for big pharma”. “”

The left is suspicious? That in itself is certainly news...

Federal employees concerned about what TV channel they get to watch on the taxpayer’s dime? Hmmmmm.


14 posted on 05/07/2017 9:03:37 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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I call b.s.


15 posted on 05/07/2017 9:05:52 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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Oh, the horror, THE HORROR!!

16 posted on 05/07/2017 9:06:15 AM PDT by PeaceBeWithYou (De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afghanistan and Iraq))
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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.

Whatchoo mean, "apparently", Willis?

What does it say on the "From" line?

17 posted on 05/07/2017 9:07:22 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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Actually they should be “forced” to watch OAN. There’s absolutely NOTHING liberal coming out of that channel.

(Trump should buy it himself)


18 posted on 05/07/2017 9:10:19 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (The fear of stark justice sends hot urine down their thighs.)
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Announcing that all their agency’s televisions will show Fox News.

The recovery program has started.


19 posted on 05/07/2017 9:12:07 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: lewislynn

Forced? How about “allowed”.


20 posted on 05/07/2017 9:12:11 AM PDT by lp boonie (Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment)
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