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C-Span, The Cable Tv Channel

C-SPAN, the Cable TV channel


C-SPAN, the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network is a medium that
truly brings the government to the people. By presenting live and uncut footage
of our government in action, the citizens of the United States can get a bit
closer to what the founding fathers had in mind when they created our government.
C-SPAN is truly a unique channel amongst the mass of today's viewing options.
C-SPAN was launched March 19, 1979, "to provide live, gavel to gavel coverage of
the United States House of Representatives."1, but the enterprise has been
expanded beyond the original one channel and now utilizes several mediums to
reach its goal. The originator of this idea of bringing government into
peoples' homes was Brian Lamb, who in addition to being the chairman and CEO of
C-SPAN, is also a host on many of C-SPAN's programs. Brian's primary belief is
that people should be able to see government in action without soundbites,
computer maps, models, images, music,......


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