Republican propaganda 24/7

It's been many, many years since I've read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, but I think I remember that, in it, everyone was required to keep their "tv's" turned on to the government station all day. (You can correct me in the comments if I'm wrong.)

Now, without going into too much detail, I get my medical care via the military health care system. Every time I visit a clinic the television in the waiting room is usually tuned to one of the "news" channels, typically Fox. I don't know how many hours I've spent in waiting rooms listening to Republican apologists blathering on about how wonderful our Dear Leader is, how wonderful his programs are and so on, ad nauseam.

Several months back I had the pleasure of talking with my great Congressmen, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD). I mentioned that it would be nice, when the Dems take back Congress, that they would shut down all the tv's in all the waiting rooms in all the government facilities because they were always tuned to the Republican propaganda channels. He looked at me like that was one of the silliest requests that has ever come his way from a constituent.

Well, today I feel a little vindicated...

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"It's come to my attention that there’s been requests - this is a serious question - to turn these TVs on to a station other than Fox, and that those have been denied," Washington Post reporter Jim VandeHei told Press Secretary Scott McClellan. "My question would be, is there a White House policy that all government TVs have to be tuned to Fox?"