• adarza
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    14 days ago

    cspan operates with congressional permission and under their rules, using public cameras and employees inside. they do not have to be given access to the chambers or access to any camera footage. nor is there any law that guarantees either to them.

    holding closed-door sessions and hearings for what otherwise would have been publicly aired would just be step one.

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      14 days ago

      I interpreted you saying it would be “shut down” because they run it. Now I understand you were saying “shut down” as in “deny access” which would be say to do.

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        14 days ago

        Those are functionally equivalent? The consequences are nearly identical, so what’s the difference?

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          Yeah, but I was responding to (what I thought was) the claim that the federal government would shut down its channel. I misread it. After further explanation and rereading I now see my error. I thought that’s what I said.