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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 10:13 PM
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Has TV ever seen the likes of the intellectual firepower of KO, RM, and LOD in a 3hr block of time?
I'm talking about regularly scheduled programming and I've not seen anything like it before.

Keith was exposing the fraud of the Iraq invasion when Tweety still had a man-crush on Dubya in his jet fighter pilot's costume.

Rachel handed Rand Paul the rope and sat back and watched him hang himself with it. Absolutely brilliant!

LOD is the newcomer to the group. This week, I watched him host four teabagger candidates at the same time. He totally disarmed them with kindness and courtesy before exposing their lack of logic and common sense. It was fucking brilliant!

A three hour time block occurring four days a week that only management could fuck up.

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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 10:15 PM
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1. Yes. Back in the beginning
Watch Murrow...
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 10:16 PM
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2. spot on
:yourock:
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Terra Alta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 10:17 PM
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3. It's a 3 hour block I hope continues.
They are among the few in the M$M I do trust. I hope they are around for a long time. If MSNBC screws this up, they are done in my book.
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southerncrone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 10:18 PM
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4. They are killer!
O'Donnell is masterful. I'm glad he has his own show now, but we need him back in CONGRESS!
Rachel pulls no punches & TELLS IT!
We need KO back ASAP.....miss him :cry:.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 10:20 PM
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5. Free Speech TV has Amy, Thom and Laura Flanders on every week day
and iirc, it's a four hour block.

I have a lot of affection for Keith and Rachel but cannot stand the gimmicks any more. The quieter production values of DN! and Thom's show and Grit TV are a big relief from all the noise and they have people on every day that the corporate shows won't touch. Plus no commercials.

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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 10:30 PM
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7. Comcast doesn't carry Free Speech TV. (Surprising, eh?)
But Comcast did give us the FoxNews Business Channel in HD from its inception.

I found DN (carried a day late) on an obscure Bridges Channel.

I've never been this serious about changing my cable provider.


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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 10:35 PM
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8. Oh, man. Since I get FSTV, I was able to go totally indy
and am loving it.

I think all those shows are streamed but if you're used to the bigger screen, it's not the same.

Well, today I learned that Comcast is controlled by a right wing asshole. I bet that wasn't what he wanted the takeaway to be.
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 10:56 PM
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9. I called, sent emails, and left messages for them on their website numerous times regarding FSTV.
Edited on Fri Nov-05-10 11:18 PM by Bozita
I too am repelled by a lot of the schtick on CoMSNBCast. And, I don't think the hosts are real proud of it.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-10 09:14 AM
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11. Never heard of FSTV.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-10 12:10 PM
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12. It's on Dish and DirectTV and maybe in Denver.
Edited on Sat Nov-06-10 12:11 PM by EFerrari
I'd never heard of it either before I switched to DISH. Check out their site -- they have a huge video archive and the coverage they did on election night was the best I've ever seen. www.freespeech. org
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jwirr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 10:21 PM
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6. Not in my lifetime and you can add Big Ed into that. If MSNBC does
not recognize that they are truly idiots.
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-10 09:06 AM
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10. You're right.
Too bad, it's over for me unless Keith is reinstated.
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