Convention coverage
       |           

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
March 19, 2024, 03:02:40 AM
News: Election Simulator 2.0 Released. Senate/Gubernatorial maps, proportional electoral votes, and more - Read more

  Talk Elections
  Presidential Elections - Analysis and Discussion
  Presidential Election Process (Moderator: muon2)
  Convention coverage
« previous next »
Pages: [1]
Author Topic: Convention coverage  (Read 7774 times)
Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon
htmldon
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 8,983
United States


Political Matrix
E: 1.03, S: -2.26

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« on: August 27, 2008, 09:39:51 PM »

This year it seems like each major network is only covering an hour per night of the Conventions.  Even the cable news channels are just providing voice-over analysis with the convention as a backdrop.

It seems like it wasn't too long ago that we at least had two hours or more of live convention coverage.  Does anyone have a history of how many hours of convention coverage the networks provided in the past?
Logged
Хahar 🤔
Xahar
Atlas Legend
*****
Posts: 41,731
Bangladesh


Political Matrix
E: -6.77, S: 0.61

WWW Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2008, 09:41:50 PM »

I don't care. C-SPAN owns.
Logged
Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon
htmldon
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 8,983
United States


Political Matrix
E: 1.03, S: -2.26

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2008, 09:42:33 PM »


I know but I'm curious to how much of these conventions that TV viewers in the 1960's and 70's saw.
Logged
Хahar 🤔
Xahar
Atlas Legend
*****
Posts: 41,731
Bangladesh


Political Matrix
E: -6.77, S: 0.61

WWW Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2008, 10:39:40 PM »


I know but I'm curious to how much of these conventions that TV viewers in the 1960's and 70's saw.

As a whole, I think coverage of the whole political system has declined since Watergate and scripted conventions.
Logged
Associate Justice PiT
PiT (The Physicist)
Atlas Politician
Atlas Superstar
*****
Posts: 31,112
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2008, 12:17:40 AM »


I know but I'm curious to how much of these conventions that TV viewers in the 1960's and 70's saw.

As a whole, I think coverage of the whole political system has declined since Watergate and scripted conventions.

     Conventions nowadays aren't really worth watching. Everyone in the world knows who the nominee will be months in advance. Sad
Logged
Sbane
sbane
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 15,302


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2008, 12:43:41 AM »

Just watch the whole thing on the DNC website. I am sure RNC will have something of that sort.
Logged
Mr. Morden
Atlas Legend
*****
Posts: 44,073
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2008, 06:49:34 AM »

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.
Logged
gorkay
Jr. Member
***
Posts: 995


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2008, 05:34:51 PM »

The three major networks used to routinely offer gavel-to-gavel coverage.
Logged
Kaine for Senate '18
benconstine
Atlas Superstar
*****
Posts: 30,329
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2008, 07:58:07 PM »

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

You're back! Cheesy
Logged
Хahar 🤔
Xahar
Atlas Legend
*****
Posts: 41,731
Bangladesh


Political Matrix
E: -6.77, S: 0.61

WWW Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2008, 12:24:41 AM »

Logged
Mr. Morden
Atlas Legend
*****
Posts: 44,073
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2008, 05:23:22 AM »

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

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

Logged
Pages: [1]  
« previous next »
Jump to:  


Login with username, password and session length

Terms of Service - DMCA Agent and Policy - Privacy Policy and Cookies

Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Page created in 0.217 seconds with 12 queries.