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Convention coverage with no talking empty heads
It's hard to imagine, being able to watch on television important political speeches without a couple of talking heads telling me before the speech what the speech should and should not include, why the speaker will or won't succeed, and what he or she did for lunch.
Then immediately after the speech, not having additional talking heads tell me what the speech did and/or did not accomplish, what was right or wrong about the speaker's dress or smile, etc.
Dish Network allowed me to try using my own brain to receive and analyze speeches at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) and is going to allow me the same opportunity for the Republican National Convention (RNC).
Dish has, in both high definition and standard definition, dedicated a channel to gavel to gavel audio and video of the conventions, without commentary.
The DNC without the talking empty heads providing "color" was pure enjoyment. I recorded it, of course, so I could skip the dead air times.
It did stretch my brain a little, having to consider the candidates' words with only the context I could provide. And I had to measure the sincerity using only my judgment.
But it was an enlightening experience. I also recorded some broadcast and cable network coverage. After watching that, I knew exactly why I refer to them as talking "empty" heads.
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Aug 29, 2008 6:12 PM
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Michael,
I'm with you. I found over last weekend that Dish was going to offer the live feed and was thrilled with it. We taped both the live feed with no talking heads and MSNBCs coverage. I was shocked by how little MSNBC showed of the speeches. I think we probably saw 10% and every night there was such rich stuff that I'm glad we didn't miss. And, on top of it, like you point out, we didn't have someone telling us what to think about every movement of the convention (at least not until I chose to hear it).
I'm glad to hear someone else took great advantage of this live feed. And I'm sorry for those that missed it. Good stuff.
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Aug 30, 2008 12:23 AM
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I don't have the Dish Network, so I watched what I wanted of the convention on CSPAN and on videos provided on my MSN home page.
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Aug 30, 2008 10:58 AM
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