I was in the hospital for an angiogram on Friday (not health related) [View all]

[Coventina]

As I'm recovering, I had to spend several hours in a shared room with other patients.

Two beds down, someone is blasting Fox News at full volume.

I tried to ignore it, but it really got on my nerves.

I finally had my husband get my TV so I could blast MSNBC at full volume (which I did).

I didn't really want to, I wanted to rest and sleep more than anything else.

The disheartening part of all of it was that my TV was pre-tuned to Fox News!

I live in a really red area, *sigh*.

The whole thing was a sad reminder of just how pervasive Fox News is in Red areas.

I don't know how the nurses can stand having to listen to that crap. I'd go nuts, bananas, crackers.
Maybe they are of like mind and that is how they can tolerate it?

The other thing I'd say, this is a room for temporary stays. A few hours at most.
Why do the patients even need to have TVs?
Seems kind of rude to have a set up where other patients are forced to listen to a TV when they might not want to.

Oh well......