Brian Lamb funded his "C-Span" on our TAX Dollars! Why is he a Repuke

[KoKo]

ROBOT?

Who has the "DIRT" on Brian Lamb? I used to like him...but how many Right Wing Think Tanks does C-Span have to repeat over and over to ALLOW just a few Left Wing Discussions?

I'll give him credit, though. He's definitely spent alot of time focuses on the more "fringe theories" about "9/11" than he has putting forth folks like TRUTH SEEKER Paul Thompson...who had a DEFINATIVE TIMELINE...which ISN'T DWELLING ON :tinfoilhat:

Where's the DIRT on BRIAN LAMB??? :shrug: Much as we might LOVE HIM...there's so much CONTROL there that one does wonder?

[LSK]

1. WHAT??? HES A REPUKE???

Where the hell are coming up with that conclusion????????????

:wtf:

[LSK]

2. Paul Thompson was on CSPAN on 9/11/06 all day

Seriously, how do you come up with your judgement?????? You REALLY need to find another battle because there is no smoke nor any fire here.

[KoKo]

18. He has given Paul some airtime and for that I'm grateful...Paul is

one of the Bestist. And he started here on DU...I will love him forever for his tireless work.

This morning Brian had a "9/11 De-Bunker on" that some DU'ers complained about, though. Part of his fair and balanced. But, it does seem that "9/11" has caught folks eye out there and maybe Brian was set up to show both sides and then crack down with the "Anti-Conspiracy Theorists." (His term for those who question "9/11" and not mine, btw.)

[librechik]

3. I just about dropped my teeth when he said "Republicans Only!"

this morning! WTF???

He's a repuke all right.

[napi21]

11. C-span does that pretty often (asks for a certain party callers only.)

I've seen many time, with all the different hosts, when they are looking for specific opinions only. It usually doesn't last more than about 30 minutes.

C-span may not always run whatwe'd all prefer, but I really believe they are the most fair network on the TV.

As far as Brian being a Dem, Pub, or Ind. I honestly don't know.

Listen enough to cspan, and you will hear both sides accuse him of being biased.

[KoKo]

14. I hadn't seen him do that before...but I try to avoid his Fridays..

where he's in control. I used to respect him alot. Back in the old days when I was MUCH MORE Naive. :-(

[librechik]

26. yeah

I'll bet the last six years have been a real eye opener to Brian, no matter what his registration party is.

[FoxOnTheRun]

4. If you put pressure on them, they play what you want

it worked with the American Scholars Symposium

[KoKo]

15. They "appear" to respond but, still Media Matters did a check and it's

like 2/3rds Repug guests to Dem Guests on C-Span? I remember when he used to have a better mix. Anyone remember when C-Span during the Clinton years used to have 2 Guests Discussing the topics? Then when Bush came in it went to one...usually someone from the Heritage Foundation, Rand Corp, and other assorted NAMES the RW thinks up for their hundreds of Think Tanks, Issue Groups and NOW the RW Media?

:shrug: C-Span changed with Bush...but it was always run and funded b the Cables as part of an "earlier Telecom Act."

[Dinger]

21. FAIR Did An Article On This. I Once Heard A Caller Mention It When Brian

was on, and he was cut off immediately. Here's the FAIR article:

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2780

[Chomskyite]

5. He's aired some excellent Leftist critique

I myself think Lamb is a paleocon. I can tell from Book TV the guy is virtually obsessed with the Bush foreign policy mistakes. I'd imagine Rove believes Lamb has been on a vendetta against him.

[babylonsister]

6. I definitely think he's leans way right. I witness preferential

treatment towards repugs regularly, most recently this a.m.

[sandnsea]

7. The fringe always makes CSpan

So that the right can point to them and label them as Democrats and confuse the public.

[democrat_06]

8. I definitely think he was a Republican, he worked in the Nixon

administration in the communications office. I imagine he leans way right.

C-Span, however, is not funded by the government at all, it's paid for by the cable companies. In other words, we pay for C-Span in our bills.

[seaglass]

9. I thought C-Span was funded by a fee paid by cable providers

that trickles down to subscribers.

To be honest if they do get Fed money I wouldn't object to it. They show pure coverage of the House and Senate - you wouldn't want to see advertisers would you? Then we'd be subject to obnoxious pundit play-by-play, commercial interruption of floor speeches and debates - it would ruin it.

Plus I love my Book TV.

[bobbieinok]

12. i understood cable providers fund cspann to provide coverage

of the House and Senate

The former chairman of an academic department (history and poli sci) had students monitor cspann and tape broadcasts useful in classes. Since he was very RW, I assume he taped all Heritage and American Enterprise meetings.

[seaglass]

23. Yep -= I looked it up, no federal funding. Cable and Satellite

subscribers pay for the service.

"CORPORATE INFORMATION
C-SPAN is a private, non-profit company, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service. Our mission is to provide public access to the political process. C-SPAN receives no government funding; operations are funded by fees paid by cable and satellite affiliates who carry C-SPAN programming. "

http://www.c-span.org/about/index.asp?code=About

[Viva_La_Revolution]

13. It's Friday! The BookTV thread will be up shortly...

:)

[KoKo]

16. Oh and "VIVA" your C-Span threads save my weekends ....so not dissing

that C-Span "Booknotes" isn't a Treasure. It's just the rest of the week that I'm finding a "concern."

Look forward to your post and your "changing graphics" that advertise it for us Book-o-philes. BUT...there's something about Brian and STEVE who is now HEAD of the Washington Press Corps? He was annointed (Steve) at the last meeting where the Wilsons showed up and Colbert gave his magnificent Rant against Bush. But...why was "C-Span, STEVE" suddenly picked the HEAD of their Association? :shrug;

:toast: to your "Weekend Booknotes Threads" because many of us couldn't survive without them...

[Viva_La_Revolution]

20. Thanks KoKo!

ya know, it really bothers me that CSPAN has Brian and Steve (who are obviously Righties) but the others are very moderate, and no obvious 'Lefties'. :shrug:

[seaglass]

24. Yay...I do read your thread every weekend. Thanks. n/t

[MUSTANG_2004]

28. I would object to federal funding

As it is now, it shows whatever it wants, with no restrictions. Once Congress started funding it, they'd start throwing in all sorts of wacky requirements about what C-SPAN could and could not show.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

10. steve scully is the one you have to keep an eye on.

now head of the wh correspondents association.

i saw him peck lynn cheney on the cheek at some dinner on c-span.

he tried to screw stephen colbert and it backfired on him. he thought that by getting SC

to follow the bush double routine at the wh correspondents dinner, he would bomb.

remember the year before, they got cedrick the entertainer (is that his name?)

to follow laura bush's routine. they couldn't have done that to a real entertainer, so they got

cedrick to take the bullet. where's cedrick today? in the dustbin of comedy.

[KoKo]

17. YES! I posted above about that. What happened to "Connie" and who is

the blonde woman who replaced her who doesn't have that "C-Span Anchor Stare?"

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

19. susan? crabtree, a reporter from "the hill"

[KoKo]

22. She seemed like a fresh voice and person. Compared to the Pro's

who've been on C-Span for years... I kind of liked her.

[babylonsister]

25. A Reminder About C-Span . . . . FAIR Report

A Reminder About C-Span . . . . FAIR Report

Cross post from Dinger

I've been reading more and more about c-spin increasingly kissing GOP ass, especially this past week. Lest we forget:

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2780

" . . . . . Among the most striking findings:

Of the partisan guests, Republicans outnumbered Democrats nearly two to one (134 to 70). Not a single representative of a third party appeared during the study period.

People of color made up only 15 percent of Washington Journal's guestlist (100 out of 663). People of African and Asian heritage accounted for 4 percent each, while those of Middle Eastern and Latin American descent represented 3 percent each. No Native Americans were identifiable during the six months studied.

Male guests outnumbered women by four to one, at 80 percent to 20 percent. Moreover, 69 percent of guests were white males, while just 3 percent were women of color.

Journalists accounted for nearly a third of all guests (32 percent), the largest single occupational group on the guestlist. Of opinion journalists, 32 were right-of-center while only 19 were left-of-center.

Citizen-based organizations and public interest groups accounted for just 9 percent of total guests. . . . . "

I once heard a caller cite this FAIR study/report, and brian cut him off right away.

[MUSTANG_2004]

27. C-SPAN isn't funded by taxes.

It's funded by the cable companies.

Why can't C-SPAN be what he says it is, an open forum for people to use for political debate?

I don't watch the call-in shows, but I used to watch other programs and can't say I ever detected the slightest amount of bias in any way.