Convention coverage

[Mr. Morden]

I think the "broadcast networks only cover the convention for an hour a night" thing started in 2000......maybe even 1996.  I don't remember exactly.  The argument for scaling back was of course that nothing important ever happens at the conventions anymore.

[Mr. Morden]

The three major networks used to routinely offer gavel-to-gavel coverage.

Yes, but that was back when the conventions were actually meaningful.