Who's the dork on C-SPAN taking calls?

tuvor

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Mon Nov-01-04 10:57 PM
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Who's the dork on C-SPAN taking calls?

He just let some idiot go unchallenged about how he's voting for bush because Kerry's supposedly a flip-flopper.

I dunno, I'm sort of new to C-SPAN, watching it online. But what's the point of what seems to be just a human answering machine?

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NYC Liberal

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Mon Nov-01-04 10:58 PM
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1. On TV they're showing people answering phones

Edited on Mon Nov-01-04 10:59 PM by NYC Liberal

at a Bush-Cheney calling center.

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11cents

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Mon Nov-01-04 11:11 PM
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2. That's how C-SPAN works

The hosts aren't supposed to opinionize or betray bias. When it's an open-phone call-in, they basically *are* human answering machines. People have their say and get off.

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NYC Liberal

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Mon Nov-01-04 11:12 PM
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3. True, but that doesn't stop ME from hitting Mute.

;)

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Cleopatra2a

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Mon Nov-01-04 11:13 PM
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4. They are not there to challenge

They just take the calls, listen, and go on. They do stop them if they curse or get really weird. Steve is one of the better Washington Journal hosts. I watch every morning. It's very entertaining and scary at the same time.

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vetwife

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Mon Nov-01-04 11:14 PM
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5. That would be Steve Scully and a Repug..got it from a

a good source...C-Span

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LibDemAlways

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Mon Nov-01-04 11:37 PM
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6. The so called impartial c-span

hosts display their bias in the differing way they handle repuke and Dem callers. Repukes are more often allowed to ramble on and on while Dems are quickly cut off.

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