Which network to watch the Inauguration

Since my workplace has not declared Tuesday to be a Day of Significant Importance, I’m going to be taping (that’s how we Tivo’d things when we all lived in caves) the inauguration. This means no channel surfing, no getting pissed at Katie again and switching channels, nothing. Plus, my local PBS affiliate won’t be interupting *Sesame Street *for the festivities. I’ve got one chance to get it right. So I’ll put it to board — which network is most likely to do the best job covering the inauguration, along with all the attending hoopla?

And I’m not watching Fox, I don’t care how many of you suggest it.

Probably not CBS.

Or Fox.

Hmmm . . . I dunno, the only thing that is going to actually interest me is the actual swearing in and the Inaugural Address. I’ll settle for any network for a recording of it - at least any network that stays shut up during it.

Come to think of it - CSPAN?

You purist!

If you want the Inauguration and no commentary, CSPAN is definitely the way to go. Otherwise, they’re pretty interchangeable.

Valete,
Vox Imperatoris

We’re going with NBC. We don’t have cable and we were pretty happy with their election night coverage. And this may be crazy, but my boyfriend thinks the color saturation is better on NBC.

I’m going to watch Fox just to hear them eat their hearts out. On election night it was like they were covering a funeral.

I’m Tivo’ing CNN, only because it’s the news channel I normally watch. I will cut to “live” for the actual swearing in and the speech.

It isn’t. It’s just another inauguration day.

Although the way the major networks are carrying on, you’d think he was being deified instead of inaugurated.

C’mon, you just have to make sure the color is adjusted correctly so you can see the bile.

CSPAN is the way to go. The other channels will cut back to the talking heads as frequently as possible.

Do they do live streaming web broadcast? Because I’m going to be stuck at work all day tomorrow.

I’m sure it will be streaming somewhere. My cable took a dirt nap this morning. Will I be able to watch it on the internet if HALF THE WORLD is doing the same thing?

The Democratic convention ran very smoothly and with very high quality online. CNN ran a lot of big speeches with minimal hitches.

I expect a few small hitches, but I think it’ll be handled fine.
Signed,
An organizer that never got a TV in his office and had to watch virtually all of his speeches online.

Live streaming here.