It's possible that if I were more technically skilled or if I were sighted,
I could have accesssed it on my computer too. I could find lots of links
that said "play now", but none of them worked. I couldn't find any link that
said "live stream". One of the articles said that although CNN said a live
stream would be accessible, there were buffers, whatever they are.
Miriam
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charles Krugman
(Redacted sender "ckrugman" for DMARC)
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 6:14 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Babble
the meeting where I listened to part of the debate had it streamed on line
without having to pay for it. He got it directly from CNN.com using his lap
top. I never heard of people having to pay to view it.
Chuck
From: Alice Dampman Humel <mailto:alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 3:56 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Babble
Weren't at least some of the Republican debacles, I mean er, ah, debates,
aired on the networks? I thought they were, and that made the fact that the
Democratic one was only available to people with cable TV. Yet another lie
handed to us was that you could stream it on line, but if you tried, you
found out you could only do that if you paid for it.
On Oct 14, 2015, at 9:23 PM, abdulah aga <abdulahhasic@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Miriam
So you have to know them goal wasn't to all audience
that why debates is jus for people who pay cable TV or satellite,
because they know how many people is poor and can't pay it and they
know if all people see how they play with people life then many wouldn't
watt.
-----Original Message----- From: Miriam Vieni
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 2:00 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Babble
They never debate and the rules are always set by the two national
parties.
But years ago, the debates were run by the League of Women Voters
and the
debates, or whatever name you want to give them, were more open and
the
rules were fairer. I would like to see them being run by a neutral
party and
I would like to see spontaneous questions from an audience that
hasn't been
hand picked, be permitted. And I'd like them to be Broadcast on PBS
and NPR
so that people who don't have the money to pay for cable TV
packages, would
have access to them. Also, advertising would be banned so perhaps
they'd be
less of a performance and more informative.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger
Loran
Bailey (Redacted sender "rogerbailey81" for DMARC)
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 2:30 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Babble
I sat through the whole thing, but, indeed, it was not really worth
it
except for the entertainment value. What it is not - and this is the
same
for every presidential debate I have ever seen is a debate. If any
of these
people were on a debate team they would be expelled from it. I did
like one
point that Jim Wells made. There was something about the rules such
that if
another candidate's name was mentioned that candidate got to
respond. Wells
said that since no one was mentioning him he was not getting to say
much.
Indeed, it was mostly an exchange between Hillary and Bernie. In a
broader
sense that is exactly what all of them do to candidates who are not
Republicrats. Just ignore them and no one ever hears them.
On 10/14/2015 8:59 AM, Charles Krugman (Redacted sender ckrugman for
DMARC) wrote:
Carl, I don't think you missed much by not listening. How
anyone can
get excited about this method of Presidential debates is
beyond me.
doesn't matter whether its Republican or Democratic
candidates. I
heard part of it while I was at a meeting and was
underwhelmed by the
whole process. These debates are just orchestrated media
shows.
Chuck
-----Original Message----- From: Carl Jarvis
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 6:22 PM
To: blind-democracy
Subject: [blind-democracy] Babble
Well, I tried. So maybe there is a God, and He/She was
doing His/Her
best to protect my ears and sanity from CNN. I sat
patiently through
the first rush of excitement, and listening to Sheryl Crow
do a ho hum
rendition of the National Anthem, and two very long
commercial breaks
that were called, "Short". Then my phone began ringing. By
then
Bernie began to introduce himself, my mother-in-law was
frantically
wondering where her eldest daughter was. She was supposed
to be at
the apartment. She'd left a note saying "Tuesday at 4:00
PM." I
said, "I'm not my sister-in-law's keeper. I'm trying to
listen to
Bernie Sanders". "Who?" she asked.
"Bernie Sanders. He's supposedly debating the other
Democratic
candidates."
"What do you waste time listening to that noise for?"
"it looks like I'm not listening."
Turned out the note was from last Tuesday. And I'm out of
the notion
for listening to the hype.
Carl Jarvis
