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2020-08-31 Home Front: Politix
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C-SPAN Buries The Lede And Changes Their Poll
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It must've been pretty bad if even the alleged neutral C-Span's pulling this shit.
[Federalist, via Insty] - C-SPAN changed their open phone line labels after an overwhelming number of Democratic viewers called on Wednesday night proclaiming their support for President Donald Trump in the upcoming election.
"I’m a longtime Democrat, born and raised ... After watching tonight ... I have made up my mind. I am definitely gonna vote for Donald Trump," said one of the many voters who dialed in.
Before the Republican National Convention, C-SPAN’s open phone lines were labeled as open for "Democrats," "Republicans," and "Other" viewers to call into and share their opinions on-air. After Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, however, C-SPAN received an influx of callers who identified as Democrat but said they would be voting for Trump in November.
Due to the increasing nature of these calls, the network adjusted the phone lines to encompass those who "Support Trump," "Support Biden," and "Support Others."
I'm using this as a pretext to tell the following story, and although I don't think I told it before, my apologies if I did. There was once a man (call him The Chief) in charge of a major part of a municipal government adjoining mine. He then ran for selectman of same said town out of spite because the selectmen at the time he retired had this position that denied him these two benefits, which were some form of step raise (for the pension boost) and his accumulated sick and / or vacation days, which we all know to be serious causes of erections with government employees. The selectmen (I'm assuming gender, I know) said 'one or the other but not both', and that was it. I took an instant dislike to this pissant as soon as I heard him on the local video feed which my roommate showed me. Said roommate also works at the same municipality and hates him like I do (ok, worse!).
OK - onto the C-SPAN comparison. The Chief was accused of involvement in both a liquor store robbery and theft from the MBTA (Boston subway) turnstile boxes back in 1977 before joining the local municipal organization. Chief's dad conveniently was also a high ranking municipal employee in the same organization and got the charges squelched, thus ensuring The Chief would not be charged with / convicted of a felony which would then have disqualifed him from this exalted municipal post.
He's on one of the local radio shows (Dan Rea on WBZ 1030 AM, as obsequious brown nosed an SOB as I've had the displeasure to know even from a distance) to make his case, but his opponent ducks out of the appearance for some reason. My roommate says 'I wish I could call in', and two seconds later I told him I would. I went Jerky Boys on his ass and threw a haymaker. Amazingly I was the first caller up, so I ID'd myself as 'Raj from ******' and said 'I just wanna ask you... about that time you and your buddies robbed that liquor store back in Dorchester...', at which point they cut me off. I then heard 'cut, cut', with The Chief handling it well, saying 'that's the world we live in', so he took care of that. I then heard someone else say 'kill it, kill it', which only made it that much more glorious. That part of the interview was (surprise) chopped off their podcast but my roommate gave me an MP3 file of that part of the broadcast about a week later because one of his buddies recorded the whole thing. I listen to that like I watch this guy every couple of months - gives me a strange feeling of inspiration!
What was even funnier than that? Right after I said that, Dan Rea (the WBZ host, a real rumpswab asskisser, a point which cannot be emphasized enough) called me 'deranged' and mentioned the call at least two other times.
In the radio business, this is incredibly stupid because you're repeating the fact that you got your pants pulled down something fierce. I thought this was funny and wanted to pass it on.
Long live the spirit of Jerky Boys! 
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