A purported retired doctor who describes himself as a “an old guy with a guitar and an expensive education” claims that he lodged a complaint with a hospital because a surgeon allegedly changed the TV channel from MSNBC to Fox News.
New Jersey Democrat Jo started a Twitter thread by informing her nearly 500,000 followers, “If I ever walk into a business and Fox News was playing on TV, I am walking the f–k out. Would you join me?”
That’s when “Jerry” chimed in with his lived experience:
“I was in the hospital a while ago. Was watching MSNBC when the surgeon come in and switched my TV to Fox News. I told her we weren’t going to have any conversation until she switched back to my channel. I asked for a different doctor and filed a formal complaint.”
I was in the hospital awhile ago. Was watching MSNBC when the surgeon come in and switched my TV to Fox news. I told her we weren't going to have any conversation until she switched back to my channel. I asked for a different doctor and filed a formal complaint.
— Jerry (@JerryBrown) July 21, 2022
Apart from many diehard liberals who apparently have a visceral reaction to Fox News if it is showing on a television in any establishment that they frequent, which allegedly includes rock icon Peter Frampton, Jerry’s story prompted widespread mockery.
Before I leave any hotel room I block Fox with my own code. Yes I would leave.
— Peter Frampton (@peterframpton) July 22, 2022
Parenthetically, the leftist boycott doesn’t seem to be having much of an effect:
Cable TV Top Demo Networks – July 11-17
Primetime
1⃣ @FoxNews
2⃣ @TBSNetwork
3⃣ @TLC
4⃣ @Discovery
5⃣ @BravoTV
#20 @CNN
#23 @MSNBC
#81 @Newsmax
#106 @NewsNationTotal Day
1⃣ Fox News
2⃣ TBS
3⃣ USA
4⃣ HGTV
5⃣ Food
#8 CNN
#16 MSNBC
#79 Newsmax
#86 NewsNation pic.twitter.com/ODXQfkJEhv— RoadMN 📈 (@RoadMN) July 19, 2022
MSNBC fan Jerry did follow up by insisting that the dispute actually occurred even though it does seem questionable to many. After all, is it plausible that a surgeon would fiddle around with a TV remote in the course of examining or interacting with a patient?
“I see that the MAGA’s came out in force. I’m a retired doctor. I was in for tests and exploring options available to me. The events described did happen. The results were not made known. The actions of the Surgeon were unacceptable. The TV was muted. Interns present. I fired her,” Jerry claimed.
I see that the MAGA’s came out in force. I’m a retired doctor. I was in for tests and exploring options available to me. The events described did happen. The results were not made known. The actions of the Surgeon were unacceptable. The TV was muted. Interns present. I fired her.
— Jerry (@JerryBrown) July 22, 2022
What are the chances that MSNBC will invite him on the channel to discuss how he allegedly fired a female physician?
To avoid any hassles, some businesses have opted for nonpolitical programming (travel, food, etc.) in waiting room areas. Separately, certain vendors can provide customized content on a targeted basis, apart from what is ordinarily available with a standard cable or satellite subscription.
Medical facilities sometimes have health-and-wellness information playing in a rotation on TV screens.
If you happen to be a member of a gym in a blue state or a blue enclave, the televisions in the cardio area are likely to be tuned to CNN or MSNBC. Most live-and-let-live right-wingers typically just ignore progressive propaganda in that circumstance and don’t make an issue of it, however.
As alluded to above, here is just a sample of the skepticism from “the MAGAs” or others that rolled in on social media:
So very brave!
Out of curiosity, how’d the transition go?
— 🇺🇸Combat Vet🇺🇸 (@natedawg1182) July 22, 2022
My doctor came in to perform an emergency appendectomy on me but she turned the TV to a soap opera in Spanish and started yelling at the husband who’d been unfaithful and I died.
— Corn Pop’s Gun Moll (@jeannebodine) July 23, 2022
I was there I saw the whole thing. Right after that, the doctor proclaimed “This is a MAGA Hospital”
— #DoNotComply (@PhillyToMaine) July 22, 2022
I miss the days when my surgeons hung out in my room and watched tv with me 🤡
— Dawgs’91 (@Zzpack56) July 23, 2022
I’ll take things that didn’t happen Alex
— Dr rock(me,myself,I) (@rockstonearola) July 22, 2022
For starters, doctors don’t change channels.
— bkeis-oSuPokes 🤠🇺🇸 (@brentkeisman) July 22, 2022
This totally happened, bro.
— Faye Hausendorff (@FayeH321) July 22, 2022
Seriously. If anything, doctors will turn off TVs so there’s less distraction when talking with a patient.
— MrClutch96 (@MClutch96) July 23, 2022
After cutting off my finger in an ax throwing contest, I went to the ER with a bloody stump. Fox News was on. I begged them to turn it off or else I’d leave. I have four fingers and my integrity in tact.
— Dr. Jebra Faushay, Ph.d (@JebraFaushay) July 22, 2022
I was in the hospital last week needing surgery. The doctor came in before the transplant and said “I’ll take good care of you with my scalpel I named Tucker Carlson”. I told him to give the kidney to a Nazi then filed a complaint. I feel like crap but the patriarchy suffered.
— Allan (@AllangarfPB) July 22, 2022
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