"I'd take it in it's format as it was under Weyrich". I know he's dead. It was the format that made the earlier network. Under his tenure when it started up it was a Conservative Network. He lost funding and was removed as CEO/Chairman and lost control. That seemed to happen when GOP-E toes got stepped on. The new board changed name & format to what was called America's Voice".
Instead of Armstrong Williams show "The Right Side" he had to have Ellen Ratner as co-host. Many of the shows were done that way even Bob Beckel and Bill Press IIRC we on the new network. That's why I said under the Weyrich format. Liberal's views are well represented in the Network Media. Not one represents or reports fairly for the Grass Roots Conservative voice.
On N.E.T. you could call in and talk to the host, their guest no matter who it was even a congressman. {I got through many times calling in} and they had some great host. Major Garrett, Tom Jippin, Tom Fitton of Judical Watch, Bill Lind, Brad Kenna, John Lofton, Alan Keyes, Weyrich, Mike Schwartz, Janet Parshall, and many more had shows on it.
“I’d take it in it’s format as it was under Weyrich”
I used to watch NET a lot back in the days when it was only on the big dish. Enjoyed it very much, especially the morning show with Dan Mitchell and his wife. Also liked Major Garrett, Larry Klayman and Tom Fitton. Then, I tried never to miss Bob Novak’s long-form interview show once-per-week at night.
But let’s face it. NET’s production values were sorta amateurish, very little pizazz. Even worse, many of the shows were downright boring. Weyrich was a truly creative visionary, but he could never compete with a real TV pro like Roger Ailes.
So I guess what it came down to was that NET just couldn’t attract the kind of big advertising bucks needed to produce high-quality “cable ready” fare.
Too bad, but that’s just the way the world sometimes works.