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eppur_se_muova

(36,256 posts) Sun Mar 20, 2022, 06:00 PM Mar 2022

Ugh. WTF is James O'Keefe doing on CSPAN ?

I didn't bother to turn up the sound, so don't know what he was babbling about. But how does C-SPAN justify giving this serial liar a free forum ?

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Ugh. WTF is James O'Keefe doing on CSPAN ? (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Mar 2022 OP

Because it is owned by the cable corporations. pwb Mar 2022 #1

The right-wing "think" tanks and their sinecure job-holders have made CSPAN their home... keep_left Mar 2022 #2

I remember Brian Lamb giving David Brock much airtime during the Clinton years. Brock later recanted BlueNProud Mar 2022 #3

pwb

(11,258 posts)

1. Because it is owned by the cable corporations.

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Sun Mar 20, 2022, 06:02 PM

Mar 2022

It is there public platform for the right.

keep_left

(1,783 posts)

2. The right-wing "think" tanks and their sinecure job-holders have made CSPAN their home...

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Sun Mar 20, 2022, 06:23 PM

Mar 2022

...for decades now. They have become very skilled at monopolizing time on the network. It's one of the main reasons I cut the cable cord years ago and got a Roku. There are so many avenues for these groups to get on CSPAN, from bookstores to conventions like CPAC, that it's hard for anyone else to compete. And let's face it, our side isn't doing a great job at it. For every program I see with an author like Morris Berman, there must be a hundred with someone from ONAN...er...OANN.

BlueNProud

(1,048 posts)

3. I remember Brian Lamb giving David Brock much airtime during the Clinton years. Brock later recanted