C-SPAN Apologizes For ‘Shut The F**k Up’ Caption During Live ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Coverage

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C-SPAN has apologized after its live coverage of the “fiscal cliff” congressional negotiations included what many have interpreted as inappropriate book titles in the on-screen captions. During its live online coverage of the House and Senate floors, C-SPAN promoted its Book TV programming on its other networks with book title captions in the top-left corner… Read more »

C-SPAN Caller Upset With GOP, Asks If Constitution Can Be Amended For Obama 3rd Term

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A caller identified as Lawrence from the Bronx, New York, asked C-SPAN guest Brendan Doherty Saturday whether he believed the constitution could be amended so that President Obama could run for three terms. If that wouldn’t be possible, Lawrence continued, could the Democrats “overwhelmingly” take back the House in 2014? Doherty recently authored, “The Rise… Read more »

Congressional Dysfunction? New York Times Blames C-Span Cameras, Gingrich and Santorum

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New York Times reporter Jonathan Weisman claimed to document the "Senate's Long Slide to Gridlock" on Sunday's front page, but his history was tilted toward blaming obstructionist Republicans, though historically Congress has been dominated by Democrats. He even seemed to pine for the days of Democratic congressional barons, laying the fault of dysfunction on C-Span… Read more »