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stopbush

(24,388 posts)
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 08:39 PM Jul 2016

Check In If You've Abandoned CNN/MSNBC & Are Watching on C-Span/Live Feed

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!

Turn off those network shills and watch OUR convention via the much better option of the Direct TV Live Feed (Channel 347) or on C-span. It is a totally different and POSITIVE experience. Hear ALL the speakers, watch ALL the videos, without the biased, negative and destructive commentary from the pundits, commercial free and happening in real time.

There is an option. Don't feed the network beast!

Here's another option: https://www.demconvention.com/live/

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Check In If You've Abandoned CNN/MSNBC & Are Watching on C-Span/Live Feed (Original Post) stopbush Jul 2016 OP
I'm just doing live feed La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 #1
Me too. So much better than the networks. stopbush Jul 2016 #4
So it's not just me? LOL! Hortensis Jul 2016 #49
Cspan nt helpisontheway Jul 2016 #2
You bet! apcalc Jul 2016 #3
Ditto. Me too. RebelOne Jul 2016 #35
I was not watching it at all...but will turn on cspan. nt Demsrule86 Jul 2016 #5
Straight to c-span! Raissa Jul 2016 #6
In oswaldactedalone Jul 2016 #7
cspan here avaistheone1 Jul 2016 #8
+1, I even turned off PBS, Liason is like a dog with a bone !! uponit7771 Jul 2016 #9
I don't need some random beautiful person telling me how to feel about a speech Doctor Jack Jul 2016 #10
I'm watching c-span. I'm muted but waiting for Michelle if I stay up that late. n/t monmouth4 Jul 2016 #11
am watching cspan dsc Jul 2016 #12
CSpan here. No bullshit commentary there. DinahMoeHum Jul 2016 #13
It's amazing !! C_U_L8R Jul 2016 #14
Watching live streaming on roku.... beachbumbob Jul 2016 #15
i turned off MSNBC yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #16
MSNBC talking over Demi Lovato did it for me wyldwolf Jul 2016 #17
Are you kidding. DURHAM D Jul 2016 #41
The popstars Endorsing Hillary is what has my little girl interested in politics wyldwolf Jul 2016 #42
Here! tallahasseedem Jul 2016 #18
I've abandoned the convention. It will get my blood pressure up. timlot Jul 2016 #19
Here EffieBlack Jul 2016 #20
cspan lamp_shade Jul 2016 #21
PBS sucked also rurallib Jul 2016 #22
I started on cspan. Starry Messenger Jul 2016 #23
tandem5 is calling for a total and complete shutdown of so called mainstream-media coverage. tandem5 Jul 2016 #24
Yes! It's really nice and I do not miss any of the livetohike Jul 2016 #25
I am on C-Span katmondoo Jul 2016 #29
Okay. I'm going for the remote. Sparkly Jul 2016 #26
I'm watching on the convention website. kestrel91316 Jul 2016 #27
Listening to C-Span LisaM Jul 2016 #28
Right here. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #30
AT&T U-verse channel 1213...live, no pundits...(n/t) Moostache Jul 2016 #31
Present! annavictorious Jul 2016 #32
PBS is the best I can get liberal N proud Jul 2016 #33
I don't have a TV. auntpurl Jul 2016 #34
Always. I despise the spinning heads on the networks. I haven't watched in years. MerryBlooms Jul 2016 #36
C Span on my TeeVee. muntrv Jul 2016 #37
Switched over to C-span ... and it is a relief Greywing Jul 2016 #38
we should hashtag the sentiment... tandem5 Jul 2016 #39
C-span viewer here. femmocrat Jul 2016 #40
Yes greymattermom Jul 2016 #43
I am! mvd Jul 2016 #44
Count me as one still_one Jul 2016 #45
My eyes would bleed if I.... LenaBaby61 Jul 2016 #46
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2016 #47
Watching on C-SPAN.org meow2u3 Jul 2016 #48
Thanks for the link. Here's another one. anamandujano Jul 2016 #50
Thanks to Stinky. liberalmuse Jul 2016 #51
Yep C-Span here upaloopa Jul 2016 #52
Yup SweepPicker Jul 2016 #53
Yes Yes Yes... Thank goodness for C-Span!! Ms.Lib Jul 2016 #54
Spanning Haveadream Jul 2016 #55
Tried MSNBC and CNN and didn't last long. C Span is the best! n/t michaz Jul 2016 #56
Yup JoePhilly Jul 2016 #57
Big time! Can't watch those Faux News wannabes. InAbLuEsTaTe Jul 2016 #58
CSPAN n/t archiemo Jul 2016 #59
I am with you. Michelle up now. scarletlib Jul 2016 #60
K&R to provide link to non-network coverage. stopbush Jul 2016 #61
C-SPAN all the way. st17011864200074656 Jul 2016 #62
I'm using both livestreams: C-Span and demconvention auntpurl Jul 2016 #63
Yes, indeed. Indpndnt Jul 2016 #64

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
49. So it's not just me? LOL!
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 09:11 PM
Jul 2016

I turned on MSNBC and CSPAN and abandoned MSNBC almost immediately. I had to in order to see the convention. They wouldn't stop hogging the cameras to start covering it.

Been flipping back when my attention wanders ever since only to find CSPAN is almost always much better.

Something else: CSPAN picks up more sound from the entire crowd and less specifically from the angry Bernistas.

Doctor Jack

(3,072 posts)
10. I don't need some random beautiful person telling me how to feel about a speech
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 08:40 PM
Jul 2016

For most of these "journalists" money comes first and information is a very, very, very distant second.

DinahMoeHum

(21,766 posts)
13. CSpan here. No bullshit commentary there.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 08:41 PM
Jul 2016

(Yes, even you, Rachel Maddow)

Comentators tend to forget that THEY are NOT the story - what's going on at the convention floor is the story.

wyldwolf

(43,867 posts)
42. The popstars Endorsing Hillary is what has my little girl interested in politics
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 08:59 PM
Jul 2016

She was quite annoyed

 

timlot

(456 posts)
19. I've abandoned the convention. It will get my blood pressure up.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 08:44 PM
Jul 2016

I'm watching silly love and hip hop reruns while refreshing DU. Hoping positive news get posted. Dreading the "OMG they are booing Elizabeth Warren".

Starry Messenger

(32,342 posts)
23. I started on cspan.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 08:46 PM
Jul 2016

I love cspan. MSNBC, I turned it on for a second and saw Kornacki starting to snark about something and continued on to cspan.

tandem5

(2,072 posts)
24. tandem5 is calling for a total and complete shutdown of so called mainstream-media coverage.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 08:47 PM
Jul 2016

So we can see for ourselves what the hell is going on!

Sparkly

(24,147 posts)
26. Okay. I'm going for the remote.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 08:48 PM
Jul 2016

If anti-Democratic booers try to disrupt a convention and nobody hears it, did it make a disruption?

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
30. Right here.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 08:49 PM
Jul 2016

If they're spinning it as chaotic and not united, they clearly have an agenda.

Because the live stream, everyone is behaving themselves, unified, and enthusiastic.

 

annavictorious

(934 posts)
32. Present!
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 08:51 PM
Jul 2016

There go MSNBC's ratings for the convention. We probably would have been among the dozens of people watching them this week.

MerryBlooms

(11,753 posts)
36. Always. I despise the spinning heads on the networks. I haven't watched in years.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 08:52 PM
Jul 2016

C-SPAN sometimes does the caller segment after a live event, but I bag-off then.

tandem5

(2,072 posts)
39. we should hashtag the sentiment...
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 08:54 PM
Jul 2016

describing the moment just before we picked up the remote to change away from a major network... #onlycspan

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
40. C-span viewer here.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 08:54 PM
Jul 2016

I don't want to watch those talking heads, I can see them any time.

Al Franken is really entertaining!!

greymattermom

(5,751 posts)
43. Yes
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 08:59 PM
Jul 2016

and I noticed the difference in the microphones right away. Keep the speaker's mic turned up and turn down the audience like you're supposed to.

LenaBaby61

(6,972 posts)
46. My eyes would bleed if I....
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 09:06 PM
Jul 2016

Had to watch "network" coverage. They're talking over each other, the speakers, trying to SPIN the coverage, stir up "SHIT."

NO THANKS.

I'm on C-SPAN, and enjoying it to the hilt.

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