Posted on 04/25/2005 2:29:34 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Don't you just love it?
This is a great channel! I particularly like the daily Pentagon briefings, and this channel is a great source of information regarding the ongoing military activities around the world.
I expect it will be a big hit.
DISH Network (satellite service) has it on an oddball satellite and requires a second dish to receive it. Enough viewers have expressed interest in it that it's hoped that DISH Network will move the channel to one of 2 of their main satellites so that it will get wide viewership.
This channel is free for services like cable and satellite companies to provide. The channel is funded by taxpayer dollars.
I think we all need to call and ask our providers how to get it.
Professor Scumbag forgot another hugely important distinction. He's not a professor. He's a left-wing activist.
Just tell them that you want the channel and they will provide it if enough subscribers inquire or ask for it! :) At least that's how DISH Network adds channels to their lineup.
He certainly did!
Thanks for the info. We have cable because of trees but - ***.........The channel, which was launched last May, is broadcast at many military bases and on public cable in major cities. It also streams live on the Internet. There are no numbers on how many civilians may watch.........***
Randy, you lost me when you grouped CNN and C-SPAN.
CNN, FOX and MSNBC are competitors. C-SPAN stands alone.
However, I want the Pentagon Channel.
DISH Network I believe started carrying this channel around the first of the year. By law, cable and satellite providers are mandated to carry "public interest" channels, of which this is one.
Good!
He also used to work at CNN, I believe.
Actually it is a fair comparison. It's newscasts are like those of 24-hour cable newscasts, with the production value and longform coverage of such events like the daily Pentagon briefings that make C-SPAN a valuable commodity on the TV dial.
The difference, critics say, is that the Pentagon is funded by taxpayer money - $6 million to start up the channel - and not stockholders.
The critics think that people who disagree with them shouldn't be heard.
Welcome to reality, fellas - it's human nature to feel that way. You just gotta learn to live with it.The real divide is the question of whether you claim to be wise or not. Censorship of your opponents is the logical implication of a claim of wisdom. The DoD isn't censoring CBS, but people with the same perspective as CBS are challenging the propriety of allowing the DoD to speak.
Recruiting is an indispensible part of the mission of the DoD. If the DoD TV channel helps do that, it is ipso facto a legitimate expense.
Media bias bump.
I should wait until I've seen. My point was that there is CNN, FOX and MSNBC. And then way over there by it's lonesome is a treasure called C-SPAN.
I should wait until I've seen it.
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