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BumRushDaShow

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13. They were
Sun Oct 27, 2019, 07:15 AM
Oct 2019

We had a few folks like myself, with hand held portable ("pocket" ) TVs watching at work - I had bought a couple portables during the late '80s - the late '90s period including my fave - a Casio one. ). Used the TV to watch the Thomas hearings before that too. I even still had one and watched the analog broadcasts of my local network broadcast stations go off the air and switch to digital.

News agencies were on alert in December 1998, waiting to cover the impeachment hearing, and to capture, and comment on, the president’s remarks on December 20, after he was impeached. While CNN opted for a split screen to cover both the debate in the House and the bombing of Baghdad, CBS went to a football game, the only network not to cover the hearing. The "sense of history and decorum did not last long," and Dan Rather then announced the vote of impeachment on the bottom of the screen during the football game. It was the most drastic example of a corporate decision to value entertainment and paid sponsors over journalistic ethics.

https://danratherjournalist.org/anchorman/breaking-news/bill-clintons-impeachment-trial
Will the formal impeachment hearings [View all] Teach-only-love Oct 2019 OP
DUNNO, elleng Oct 2019 #1
We'll see blogslut Oct 2019 #2
You mean back when there was no cable? Control-Z Oct 2019 #8
Well, I was young at the time but blogslut Oct 2019 #12
It's up to the networks StarfishSaver Oct 2019 #3
wth good is Deep State if we can't order people around?!?1 Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #10
Lol, but I think the word of the era is "push," rather than "order." Hortensis Oct 2019 #15
I read on Twitter, the open hearings will begin in mid November. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #4
Just the opening act, a healthy tease just before the Thanksgiving break Brother Buzz Oct 2019 #5
Good. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #6
We should push for over the air broadcast Teach-only-love Oct 2019 #7
I don't think the Clinton impeachment hearings were carried by commercial broadcast tv onenote Oct 2019 #9
The Clinton impeachment was a joke Teach-only-love Oct 2019 #11
They were BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #13
'to cover both the debate in the House and the bombing of Baghdad' Celerity Oct 2019 #16
"I had literally just turned 3 years old at that time" BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #19
The broadcast networks did not provide live coverage of the Clinton impeachment hearings onenote Oct 2019 #21
See this BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #22
See this. onenote Oct 2019 #23
And as I also posted BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #24
According to this 2010 data, only 8% of homes get their tv by antenna. Kaleva Oct 2019 #14
It probably is less now, as that is almost 10 year old data. Celerity Oct 2019 #18
What eventually happened with the switch from analog to digital broadcasts BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #20
PBS would likely carry them on broadcast TV DeminPennswoods Oct 2019 #17
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