Yep, exactly! You could get anything and everything. The raw unedited sports stuff was a blast; so were news feeds! They'd go on and on during every commercial break live as if they didn't know it was being seen by anyone. Too much fun.
On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 11:22:04 PM UTC-4, gtheist957 wrote: > > Are you talking about the big c-band satellite dishes that rotated. Those > were great you could get raw unedited news feeds Arab sitcoms and variety > shows and all manner of odd programming > > On Sep 2, 2016 10:13 PM, "'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum" < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> Yep, I was in Europe for a couple of weeks this summer and watched mostly >> BBC and Bloomberg for news. Most of the others were in German, though, >> which I don't speak. ;) >> >> I found it interesting to see the assortment of news channels like Al >> Jazeera and Russia Times along with some from Japan, China, and several >> other places. Heck we probably have access to them here but I've never >> watched most of them. >> >> We used to have one of those massive (commercial sized) satellite dishes >> and it got stuff from everywhere. For years we'd have a big party on Race >> Day here - the Indy 500 is always blacked out locally, but we could get it >> from anywhere else in the country. I miss that thing. It also picked up the >> uncut version of the sportscasts and the announcers cussing and making fun >> of people, lol. It was much more fun than scripted tv sometimes. >> >> >> >> On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 6:57:28 PM UTC-4, Kamakazee wrote: >>> >>> I've shut them down, used to check the site almost hourly on the phone. >>> I quit 'em. Looking at options, BBC and Bloomberg are looking good. >>> >>> I tell ya, when I'm overseas I was a lot of Al Jeezera, good stuff, >>> believe it or not. >>> >>> On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 5:35:44 PM UTC-5, Perplexed wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi there, Kamakazee. Of course you are welcome here; we always like new >>>> faces. :) >>>> >>>> I couldn't agree more with you on CNN. I saw it somewhat over the >>>> years, but now it's off the charts when it comes to being dishonest and >>>> biased. They are just as bad as - if not worse than - MSNBC. And the >>>> problem is, they have a larger audience, as they always *had* the title of >>>> being the moderate or objective source for cable news in between the other >>>> two. >>>> >>>> Have you seen this video of ten minutes of them cutting mics of guests >>>> on their show? It's hilarious: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.dailywire.com/news/8285/nine-minutes-cnn-cutting-guests-who-dare-critcize-chase-stephens >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 5:07:48 PM UTC-4, Kamakazee wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hey Perp Person, I've heard quite a few good things about you from >>>>> Navy, mind if I hang here for a whilst? >>>>> >>>>> PS. I'm done with CNN. Sent them a nasty email. I remember when >>>>> their cable show went 24 hours. Might have been 79 or so? Right around >>>>> Christmas I think. I remember staying up all night playing with a slot >>>>> car >>>>> set I got for Xmas watching news over night. I was in heaven. Now CNN >>>>> is >>>>> hell. Every, and I mean every, story they have on the election is >>>>> slanted. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 1:22:17 PM UTC-5, Perplexed wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> The Clinton News Network simply can't help themselves! Thankfully >>>>>> more and more people are waking up every day to the unbelievable amount >>>>>> of >>>>>> bias and outright LIES perpetuated by the joke of a media we have in >>>>>> America. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/31/good-samaritan-saves-infant-hln-censors-his-trump-shirt-video/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Watch the two videos. Not only did they blur out the t-shirt in the >>>>>> second, but they changed the video entirely to show stills of the scene >>>>>> instead of the hero wearing the Trump shirt. >>>>>> >>>>>> When caught and called out for it, the pathetic network's response >>>>>> was that it was a "mistake". Their only mistake was in getting caught; >>>>>> this >>>>>> is what CNN has been all about for years, and never more so than this >>>>>> election season. >>>>>> >>>>> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. 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