# C-SPAN's Washington Journal

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-spans-washington-journal/594373>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 28, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-spans-washington-journal/594373 "2011-08-28T12:26:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bahia\_hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@bahia\_hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahia_hombre)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-spans-washington-journal/594373/1 "2011-08-28T12:26:02Z")

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Why do they continue with the viewer call-in format when most of the callers are goofballs? I appreciate C-SPAN but WJ is painful to watch–I usually have to change the channel after about 5 min. I don’t know how the hosts can stand it.

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**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-spans-washington-journal/594373/2 "2011-08-28T15:24:09Z")

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> [@bahia\_hombre](#):
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> Why do they continue with the viewer call-in format when most of the callers are goofballs? I appreciate C-SPAN but WJ is painful to watch–I usually have to change the channel after about 5 min. I don’t know how the hosts can stand it.

And I only hear it in repeat. How many of us do you think could not call in anyway?