[johnny7]

Nanny-state... or State Propaganda?

[Pontiac]

CNN pays a fee to the doctors for having the set on during office hours.

It is nice to know that Capitalism is alive and well even at CNN.

[Moose4]

The doc-in-the-box clinic I used to go to in South Carolina had that scam going. They had a TV in the corner playing some CNN health show with Sanjay Gupta paired with one of the CNN hotties (Daryn Kagan, I think) constantly, I think it may have been a one-hour show looped over and over and over. And yes, it was all about how everything you are doing right now that might provide any pleasure in your life is GOING TO KILL YOU.

At least when I’m stuck in an airport with CNN’s airport channel, I can watch the airplanes instead.

}:-)4

[CORedneck]

Almost reminds me of the movie, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" where everyone voted to watch the baseball but Nurse Rechit vetoed them.

I had a manager (different from a a-hole I worked for) who had his Dept. meeting every several weeks. He always brought up stuff concerning traffic safety such as wear seat-belt, don't speed, etc. He would repeat the propaganda from NHTSA which is a questionable organization, and organization that still supports low speed limits, police harassment, etc.

[weegee]

When the Democrats take over and we all get our new mandated digital tvs, there will be no “off” or “mute” button. It will automatically turn on to greet us with the day’s talking points, and shut off when we “ought” to be doing other things.

The (Democrat) State knows what is best for us.

“Be seeing you...”

[Savage Beast]

Ted Turner managed to accumulate riches for himself, and that's certainly one measure of success, but, as far as creating something new and worthwhile as CNN, he failed miserably.

When he was building his dream, many of us applauded. We believed that he was creating a powerful source of truth; a means of bringing truth and information to a world misled by propaganda, censorship, and disinformation; and an antidote to the wearisome, slanted, trendy, groupthink propaganda emanating from the New York/Washington axis.

We were mistaken.

He amplified that same old wearisome propaganda. It now broadcasts constantly throughout the world.

Now considering the dream, the failure is sad and obvious.

[genefromjersey]

There are also soap operas in some waiting rooms and hospitals. (I often wondered who watches that crap-and finally learned.)

Our eye doctor insists on Fox News. Is this a paid arrangement ?

Anyone ?

[DManA]

They should run a constant scroll of all the STDs you can get, with graphical depictions of the consequences, from casual sex.