cbayer
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Thu Jan-31-08 08:58 PM
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If you are poor, you don't get to watch this debate |
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At least in Los Angeles, if you don't have cable/satellite tv or a high speed internet connection, you can't see or hear it. That seems really unfair.
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Thu Jan-31-08 08:59 PM
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cbayer
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Thu Jan-31-08 09:17 PM
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3. Nope, neither NPR stationn carrying it |
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Thu Jan-31-08 09:02 PM
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2. Just one more way of cutting the poor out of the discussion... |
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Thu Jan-31-08 09:19 PM
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I don't want to switch over to check but here is Pacifica > http://www.pacifica.org/
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Thu Jan-31-08 09:32 PM
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7. Nope, not on Pacifica. nt. |
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Thu Jan-31-08 09:23 PM
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5. That's been the problem with most the debates |
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and probably why Edwards didn't do better - those who might have been most apt to support didn't get to hear him.
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Thu Jan-31-08 09:34 PM
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9. I get my TV through the air |
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So I can get non-cable channels, but not CNN. LA Times is broadcasting on the web, but my cellular connection lets me hear about every third word!
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Thu Jan-31-08 09:30 PM
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6. Don't worry. These two have nothing to say to the poor anyway, except |
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"there's always good jobs in the military."
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Thu Jan-31-08 09:34 PM
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8. Yes, my thought too. The poor are invisible in this process so excluding them |
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from the viewing audience is... thematic.
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Thu Jan-31-08 09:59 PM
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10. Longing for knowledge here. |
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I suppose CNN thinks that we can't afford to buy their sponsors' products anyway.
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Thu Jan-31-08 10:00 PM
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11. It's been that way with almost all the debates. |
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And I've been astounded by the lack of conversation about it.
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Thu Jan-31-08 10:04 PM
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12. And in another year the poor won't be able to watch any TV. |
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With the switching to Digital so many people will not be able to afford even basic cable. I know so many people who cannot afford it and are using rabbit ears for the few channels they can get. Another way to keep people down and disillusioned.
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