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theboss

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1. Congressional hearings are useless in the tv age

Reply to LakeSuperiorView (Original post)

Fri Feb 8, 2019, 03:25 PM

Feb 2019

I honestly think there have been two meaningful moments in them since tv's invention:

1. McCarthy's "Have you no sense of decency" moment and
2. The revelation of the White House taping system during Watergate.

So, they've produced two meaningful moments since 1950 and the last one was in 1973, before I was born.

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Why dosen't Congress get rid of this shitshow format? [View all] LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 OP

Congressional hearings are useless in the tv age theboss Feb 2019 #1

Also since the objective is never to actually learn anything, but rather to score partisan points... theboss Feb 2019 #2

Which aren't very impressive, tbh. Fuzzpope Feb 2019 #4

Wouldn't the same apply to Kamala Harris? brooklynite Feb 2019 #5

That's a good point theboss Feb 2019 #6

and replace it with what? nt msongs Feb 2019 #3

Anything. The hearing was a waste of time. LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #7

I think there are a few ways to do this theboss Feb 2019 #8