C-SPAN is just another right wing outlet.

[cali]

Repuke after repuke gets a platform on Washington Journal. Far fewer dems get that opportunity. This morning who do they have on about the crisis in Washington D.C.? Fucking Tim Pawlenty. No dem.

[Turbineguy]

1. Let them speak

while we dig their graves.

[BlueCaliDem]

2. I've noticed that since 2001 when Duhbya was given the presidency by his daddy's pals

on SCOTUS. I've been saying the same thing you're saying today, but people thought I was exaggerating. I've stopped watching C-Span since 2001.

[Zen Democrat]

3. Well, I can understand that because this is a Republican created crisis.

What would a Democrat say besides, we want a clean CR and debt limit increase. Obama said he wouldn't compromise on the default threats and wouldn't change the ACA, so what's to say. It's the Republicans who are default deniers and pro shut-down. Let them try to defend that.

All Democrats that is except weird centrists like Erskine Bowles who want the Democrats to cave on entitlements.

[malaise]

4. Most of us turned them off years ago

Ask KharmaTrain - we used to have a daily thread

[cali]

5. yeah. I don't tune in too often anymore, but it's better than Morning Joe

[malaise]

7. Well both are bad

so it's pot and kettle - and every now and then we see Dems on MOrning Joe Scum

[KharmaTrain]

6. WJ Has Always Been Right Wing...

...it was started by Brian Lamb who made "Fascist Friday" a popular phrase around here during the Iraq invasion days. The "think" tanks flood their shows with "experts"...it's part of the right wing echo machine as the talking points you're hearing this morning will get played on hate radio during the day and onto faux noise this evening...

[MerryBlooms]

8. I use them for live coverage and series, First Ladies: Influence and Image, and that's it. n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Unless you have folks like Susan Swain

or Steve Sculley doing the moderating, Brian Lamb (the original founder and current chairman, retired) has tilted the tenor of the discussions to the right (including highlighting and continually re-airing RW conferences and panels - e.g., AEI, Hoover, Heritage, etc) and brought in hosts who pander to rethugs. I know since its inception, it was almost all RW callers who would jam all the lines (including the Democratic and Independent lines). But over the past 10 years or so, more liberals have learned the technique and have started fighting back.

HOWEVER, CSPAN's Video Library is excellent, having electronically stored almost all of their programming going back to the '80s for viewing at any time. If anything, that makes them more than worth while - i.e., having the ability to re-watch hearings or interviews or speeches when people have amnesia about what had been said.

[kentuck]

10. There was a Democrat on immediately after Pawlenty??

And Susan Swain and Steve Scully are Republicans.

What are you people talking about??

[BumRushDaShow]

12. "And Susan Swain and Steve Scully are Republicans"

Really? Link for this assertion?

in reference to this (and the host here is not Scully)- http://gawker.com/5504561/c+span-caller-is-so-sick-of-black-people

I have been a regular viewer of CSPAN since cable finally became available in my neighborhood in Philly (1989) and have followed programs hosted by both Susan and Steve over that time. Considering the revolving door of hosts that they have had, these two have been the most consistent in fairness and not letting ranting RW lunatics go on and on and on, particularly when they hijack a line... and they have done so without the sneering, arrogant and often dismissive demeanor of some of the other hosts.

[RZM]

11. I get the sense Dems are intentionally laying low

And letting Republicans and their actions speak for themselves, since this whole business is so unpopular.