A few months ago, they installed two TVs in the break room at work. I'm not sure why, but there they are. Personally, I find them distracting and it seems like I eat there less than before, but that could just be because it's sunny outside, or because I've had a lot of lunch meetings lately, etc. But I can cope with the distraction. The real problem is the channels they have chosen.
One TV is set to ESPN. I don't actually mind that, because half the time, it's actually just people talking about sports, not actual sports. And while I enjoy a good game or match or what have you, I don't follow sports much, so it's not as attention-sucking for me.
But the other TV. The other TV has been set to a 24 hour news channel. There is something terribly depressing about having a perfectly good day ruined at lunch time by finding out the latest absurd thing that has come out of Washington, which is 90% of what is covered on news channels. And I'm really sorry, but the fact that the current POTUS has said two contradictory things in the last 24 hours is NOT breaking news. It isn't. I know you want it to be, but no. Neither is the White House press secretary holding a press briefing. Not breaking news. And why are we taking time in our news coverage to announce that the POTUS is going to make an announcement the next day? That's not news. The announcement is news, but not the announcement of the announcement.
Anyway, there have been occasional efforts to change the channel, but it never lasts more than a day, and we are stuck with the White House Reality Show*. With an occasional break for other actual news, that then gets beaten to death for the next few hours. It's just annoying and so I have one request:
Will someone pass me the remote?
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