BF2S Forums The Obama channel?

Deadmonkiefart wrote:

I was flipping through the channels and stopped when I saw Obama giving a little speach on the economy.  Within two minutes, I was hearing the same things from him over and over again.  I know that Obama can sometimes sound repetitious, but with closer inspection I realized that what I was watching was the same 2 minute clip I had just watched.  When I looked at the tv guide, I read that this two minute loop had been playing for at least ten hours, without a single commercial.  Now, 8 hours later, that same 2 minute clip is still being repeated, commercial free.  The title of the program is called "Barack Obama's Plan For America".  Now I'm sitting there, wondering what kind of station would possibly be willing to give anyone this much time.  It turns out that it's called "The OBAMA channel".  Now I'm wondering if that's even legal.  I know that there is a certain limit imposed on campaign contributions, and I'm pretty sure that this would blow that out of the sky.  It would cost millions to run a television channel without ads, wouldn't it?  Regardless of whether it's legal or not, it sure is creepy.

djphetal wrote:

Deadmonkiefart wrote:

I was flipping through the channels and stopped when I saw Obama giving a little speach on the economy.  Within two minutes, I was hearing the same things from him over and over again.  I know that Obama can sometimes sound repetitious, but with closer inspection I realized that what I was watching was the same 2 minute clip I had just watched.  When I looked at the tv guide, I read that this two minute loop had been playing for at least ten hours, without a single commercial.  Now, 8 hours later, that same 2 minute clip is still being repeated, commercial free.  The title of the program is called "Barack Obama's Plan For America".  Now I'm sitting there, wondering what kind of station would possibly be willing to give anyone this much time.  It turns out that it's called "The OBAMA channel".  Now I'm wondering if that's even legal.  I know that there is a certain limit imposed on campaign contributions, and I'm pretty sure that this would blow that out of the sky.  It would cost millions to run a television channel without ads, wouldn't it?  Regardless of whether it's legal or not, it sure is creepy.

Where do you live and who is your television provider?

Harmor wrote:

Someone tapping the signal?

Last edited by Vax (2008-10-01 22:43:48)

TopHat01 wrote:

Vax wrote:

Dish likes teh Obama

The libs have TV.  Conservatives/republicans have AM Radio.

Deadmonkiefart wrote:

Poseidon wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dish_Network_channels

Don't see it on there..

There's a reason it's called Wikipedia and not God.  Do you really think that this Wikipedia article gets updated the moment they add a new channel?  The channel # is 73 and it used to be called BT-15. 
*Turns on television*
Well, at least that stupid loop is done with.  Now I'm just listening to a cheesy documentary-style program on his life.

usmarine wrote:

yes there is an obama channel.  interesting enough there is tons of money flowing in from outside the country for him that he refuses to disclose also.

God Save the Queen wrote:

usmarine wrote:

yes there is an obama channel.  interesting enough there is tons of money flowing in from outside the country for him that he refuses to disclose also.

the 6 to 1 donations (compared to mccain) from military personnel deployed?

Braddock wrote:

usmarine wrote:

yes there is an obama channel.  interesting enough there is tons of money flowing in from outside the country for him that he refuses to disclose also.

Isn't that against the rules, no?

PS: You still gonna vote for him like you said before?

Im_Dooomed wrote:

usmarine wrote:

erm...no.  the ones he did not disclose.  you forget hamas and qaddafi support him.

Are you advocating they are sending him donation money? Do you think...They actually are?

Braddock wrote:

usmarine wrote:

yes there is an obama channel.  interesting enough there is tons of money flowing in from outside the country for him that he refuses to disclose also.

Isn't that against the rules, no?

PS: You still gonna vote for him like you said before?

Channel 73 on the Dish Network is now The Obama Channel.

Obama's media buying strategy has been marked by a willingness to work the angles and to try to pick up a few votes at the margins. The decision to go to everything from extensive radio buys to odd-hour infomercials reflects the fact that the campaign media buyers spend a lot of time thinking about how much persuasion any given dollar can buy, and given a very cheap format — late night cable channels that need filler, for instance — will settle for a thimblefull of persuasion.

The satellite channel is the latest of these marginal gambits: Three readers from different parts of the country email that Channel 073-00 on the Dish Network is now labeled OBAMA. ("What is up with Sen. Obama having his own channel?" asks a St. Louis reader.) The channel plays his two-minute ad laying out his economic plan on a loop, over and over.

The only explanation: The media buyers think they can reach enough people per dollar to make it worth the odd buy.

The channel's appearance has provoked scorn and alarm on conservative blogs, though, and some discussion on a forum for Satellite TV aficionados, where one user writes that a Dish Network executive e-mailed to reassure the user that  it "is paid advertising by the Obama campaign and is not an endorsement of Sen. Obama by DISH Network" and will broadcast through Nov. 4.

"DISH Network Channel 73 is paid advertising by the Obama campaign and is not an endorsement of Senator Obama by DISH Network. DISH Network made the same offer to the McCain campaign, an offer that remains open," Dish Network spokesman Parker McConachie emailed Politico.

UPDATE: Thursday, viewers said, the Obama channel started airing a wider variety of Obama content than just his two-minute ad, including other ads and the video that introduced him at the Democratic National Convention.