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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PartyTime who wrote (17272)	3/7/2003 7:06:47 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 25898

Bless C-SPAN, also note the broadband version coming up (internet over cable-TV, minor anti-terrestrial cable-conspiracy??). (btw,Pentagon-Ari Fleisher did the same overlap trick just some time ago) With Internet the earlier media-powers of the "terrestrial detergent-monopoly" will end, one way or the other. However, everyone cannot spend Nx24 hours every day, so there is still a need for "journalists" producing more concentrated information. However, hopefully with a link to the original. C-SPAN must stay too "unbiased" for that, despite guests on Washington Journal. (another major step, Brian Lamb actually went to "europe" some weeks ago, London, Paris,etc) This has been "big stuff" within EU for years, the issue of "public service" to have informed citizens (luckily almost perfectly spelled out in our constitution, public education and also elections). "BBC" and the Murdoch networks are one issue, Murdoch with "free" satellite boxes, incompatible with anything but his channels, as well as "bundled programs" by ABC,NBC,CBS for the local (struggling) commercial stations. (advertisement budgets are not what they were) For example, bundling-contracts of "bald,beautiful,etc soaps" with 60 minutes and COPS.: But C-SPAN, 128kbps (or just 9.6kbps audio) for just one cent per cablebox in USA is great!! A more humorous history video.c-span.org:8080/ramgen/hdrive/special112002_lamb.rm National Press Club's Fourth Estate Award Dinner National Press Club President John Aubuchon presents the Fourth Estate Award to C-SPAN. Speakers include: Brian Lamb, Chairman and CEO, C-SPAN; Historians Richard Norton Smith and Roger Wilkins; Jack Nelson, Jack, Chief Correspondent, Los Angeles Times; and Barbara Matusow , Contributing Editor, Washingtonian Magazine. 11/20/2002: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 hr. 30 min. Ilmarinen That is, survival advice to "american abroad" if being spat at, ask about or mention C-SPAN... (well, does not work, as above "Lamb-toast", it takes "steelpants" and no simplistic answers given)