G-Rod has Illinois state prison workers taping Downstate news programs so he can keep track of what everybody’s saying about him.

Reminds me of the scene from Woody Allen’s “Sleeper“:

Historian: We weren’t sure at first what to make of this, but we developed a theory: When people committed great crimes against the state, they were forced to watch this.

Miles Monroe: Yes. That’s exactly what it was.

Except the only crime these folks have committed is to get hired by the state prison system. Poor schmoes.