Let us sing the praises of C-Span

[jducoeur]

I'm going to have to remember that, for events that they cover, they're sometimes a really fine choice. I watched the Inauguration there (I still have it on now -- they were just showing the speeches at the luncheon), and their "just the facts" approach is delightful. Where all the other TV networks are vying with each other to provide ever more talking heads giving opinions, C-Span covered the whole thing the way they do Congress: with lots of cameras and nary a commentator.

Really: I understand that the networks try to use the commentators to distinguish them from each other. But this allows C-Span a fine niche, distinguishing itself mainly by not playing that game. And for me, that's a big win...

Comments

[rosinavs.livejournal.com]

I wish I had thought of that, because the talking heads on NBC were annoying. I don't need the commentary on how historical it all is, although repeating some of the more quotable bits of the speech was nice. That was the only part worthwhile.