C-Span

• C-Span Founder: Fight for Government Transparency Continues

Brian Lamb was at the right place at the right time. Lamb, the founder of cable television's C-SPAN, said it's a myth that he talked the U.S. Congress into going on television. The real story, he said, is that he was pushing the cable industry to venture into public affairs programming.

• The Journal Record
• November 14, 2011

• Interview with Steve Scully of C-Span

The President. You know, it's hard to tell. I mean, I will tell you, my relationship with the media is-with the individuals in the media has been very good. And that's all I can expect. Of course, I read what's written, and I, a lot of times, don't like what's written. Then I realize they may not like what I'm saying. But I have no complaints.

• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
• September 02, 2009

• C-Span Election Bus to Visit Fulton

C-SPAN's Campaign 2012 bus will stop tomorrow at Westminster College in Fulton as part of its "Road to the White House" tour. The bus will be stationed from 8:30 to 11 a.m. at the top of the hill across from the Washington West House on Westminster Avenue. The public can tour the bus free of charge.

• Columbia Daily Tribune
• October 05, 2011

• The democratizer: C-SPAN's Brian Lamb talks about big spending, the First Amendment, and putting cameras where government doesn't want them to go.

• Reason
• Vol. 42 Nbr. 7, December 2010

• Obama's C-Span Turnaround

The Democrats' effort "to forgo a formal, public conference to merge the House and Senate health care overhaul bills, giving Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the White House free rein to hammer out the final measure behind closed doors and thwart Republican efforts to stymie it" ("Democrats look to skip formality on health bills," Page 1, Jan. 5) is another example of the blatantly dishonest promises given by President Obama in his campaign. In a town-hall meeting on Aug. 21, 2008, in Chester, Va., Mr. Obama said, "To achieve health care reform, I'm going to have all the negotiations around a big table. We'll have doctors and nurses and hospital administrators, insurance companies, drug companies - they'll get a seat at the table, they just won't be able...

• The Washington Times
• January 25, 2010

• Club Booked for C-Span

BLOOMINGTON - An authors writing style and methods came under heavy scrutiny at the monthly meeting of the Books and Bites club Thursday, and like a fly on the wall, C-SPAN captured it all. That is, a fly on the wall equipped with three cameras, a sound man, studio lights and a control panel. The public-affairs cable television network chose to film the club for its "Book TV" program because the club covers nonfiction books, said Krysta Tepper, marketing manager of the Bloomington Public Library. "It was a grand adventure today," said librarian Jane Chamberlain, who led the discussion. "It was a lot of fun."The library staff learned Tuesday a crew would be in town filming the club for C-SPAN. C-SPAN filmed the book clubs discussion of Barbara Ehrenreichs book "Nickel and Dimed." It was ...

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• April 10, 2006

• C-Span Ceo Receives Gaylord Prize at the Okc Sheraton

In January 1979, David Boren had just assumed his U.S. Senate seat when he walked into a huge debate about whether gavel-to-gavel proceedings of the Senate should be broadcast on television. On Tuesday, more than 30 years later, now-University of Oklahoma President Boren honored the man who saw broadcasts of congressional events as a path toward more transparency.

• The Journal Record
• November 15, 2011

• Founding Father: How C-Span's Brian Lamb Changed Politics in America

How C-SPAN's Brian Lamb Changed Politics in America will learn a lot of trivia about this son of an Indiana tavern owner and beer distributor who dropped in and out of law school, joined the Navy, saw a bit of the world, and made good in Washington, D.C. But they won't gain a lot of insight into what makes Brian Lamb tick. The author, Stephen E. Frantzich, is a professor of political science at the U.S. Naval Academy, who, according to the jacket blurb, has authored "more than a dozen books," including The C-SPAN Revolution (1996).

• Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
• Vol. 85 Nbr. 4, December 2008

• C-Span Bus Visit Puts Politics in Spotlight for Alter Students ; Cable Tv Network Tour Also Hit Columbus and Cincinnati

KETTERING -- High school students run the gamut from very interested in politics and government to completely apathetic, so Alter High School made it interesting last week, welcoming the C- SPAN Digital Bus to its campus. C-SPAN is a cable television network that airs government and public affairs programs. C-SPAN's Digital Buses have been touring the nation for 17 years, teaching school and community groups about public affairs.

... teacher, told his students to watch CSPAN for homework, saying he hoped the bus and exposure...

• Dayton Daily News
• September 03, 2010

• Cox Hampton Roads Partners with C-Span for 2008 'Campaign in the Commonwealth' Youth Education Tour

To: EDUCATION EDITORS Contact: Felicia Blow, APR, +1-757-222-8432, felicia.blow@cox.com or Leigh Woisard, +1-757-222-8496, leigh.woisard@cox.com, both of Cox; or Erin Patton of C-SPAN, +1-202-262-9623, epatton@c-span.org

• U.S. Newswire
• September 11, 2008