Back in the day when there were limited television channels and cable was beginning its growth, viewers could be treated to four or five nights of sheer boredom during the summer of an election year. Yes, the Summer Olympics was still airing, but shortly after the summer sports event the two major political parties took over television for their respective conventions.
In recent years the broadcast and cable networks have learned that the conventions are deadly dull unless you support one of the candidates. The amount of coverage, however, has dwindled to just a few short hours each evening. No more the long delays that had presidential candidates accepting the nomination in the wee small hour of the morning.
Political junkies and campaign operatives have railed against the media for its limited coverage. Viewers have railed against the biased coverage by television and cable networks.
Fear not political junkies, C-SPAN is here.
As in the pats C-SPAN is planning gavel-to-gavel coverage of the conventions in Tampa and Charlotte. It signature morning series Washington Journal will also be live each day of the convention. In addition to political speech ad-nauseum, C-SPAN will be touring the host cities and talking with delegates and locals alike.
So, political hacks and other interested parties schedule your vacation now and get ready to be inundated with non-stop coverage without the constant biased commentary.
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There is a settlement between Dish and Sinclair Broadcasting. Well, there is a two week agreement to allow for further negotiations.
For Dish subscribers it means local Sinclair stations will not be removed from the satellite provider tonight at midnight.
For Dish and Sinclair it means two more weeks of arguing over fees the satellite provider will pay Sinclair for their copyrighted content.
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Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) is not a fan of illeagl immigration or President Obama's policies.
On Wednesday, the Obama scheme of allowing the children of illegal aliens to remain in the country if they met certain criteria began to take applications.
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals will defer deportation on young individuals if they meet certain criteria. These include arrival before age 16, certain education levels, military service, and no felony convictions.
After the announced policy change in June Gov. Brewer called the plan "backdoor amnesty" and political pandering.
Now the governor through an executive ordr has taken the fight one step further. She ordered state agencies to deny driver's licenses and other state benefits from young illeagl immigrants who qualify under the Obama plan.
The orders was an affirmation of current Arizona law that denies taxpayer-funded public benefits and state identification from illegal immigrants
The law denying benefits has been approved by voters twice in the past decade.
Opponents of Gov. Brewer say the order is mean spirited. I am sure the Holder DOJ and Obama campaign personnel are working on a way to sue Arizona again.
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