In it, I pointed out that the w-word is used with reckless abandon by right-wing cable talk show hosts but also left-wing journalists and celebrities.
The actions taken for political reasons by members of the House that win them spots on cable talk shows do not particularly interest, I think, the American people.
You sit in the living room watching a cable TV talk show aimed at women.
One cable would talk to the keyboard, Bhatt recalls, while another would connect a modem.
How can every pundit on Cable TV talk endlessly about the fate of the dollar without ever even mentioning the balance of payments?
The NCTA has already starting posturing on its blog, Cable Tech Talk, with a post highlighting all the wonderful changes in the video distribution industry in the past 20 years -- however, curiously, the upwardly creeping price of the average bill wasn't mentioned.
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By contrast, Democrats focused only on their own base, saturating broadcast television rather than exploiting other media such as cable television and talk radio.
My guess is that if it is done right, collaborative filtering of content can expose the long tail better than the current cable bundle, at which point Apple (or some other company) would really have something to talk to the cable companies about.
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The proliferation of modern cable television and radio talk shows--not to mention things like Twitter and YouTube--provide forums for stars with wacky notions, says Stephen Barrett, a retired psychiatrist who runs Quackwatch.org.
When Vince Cable and Chris Huhne talk of the need to be "imaginative" they are hinting that they believe the Treasury could indeed spend more bucks to boost demand and give the economy the stimulus it needs.
And he's complaining about a cable channel and a radio talk-show host?
He was the perfect target for conservative talk radio and cable television.
Jean Lesieur, who runs the news and talk shows at the cable channel France 24, says Sarkozy's vacation is just another way to show he is different.
Since most kids now have access to cable TV, the Internet, unlimited talk and texting, college and a world of opportunities that was unimaginable even 20 years ago, it seems that adults have responded by becoming ever more overprotective and thin-skinned.
Dozens of companies are laying fiber-optic cable around the world, leading some to talk of a looming bandwidth glut.
Eschewing hysterical talk about national bankruptcy, Mr Cable has been more detailed than his counterparts about how the government's spending and deficit might be trimmed.
Talk about rank, crass hypocrisy: cable-tv companies in the U.S. are aggressively offering consumers telephone service over their cable lines, and they do so without being burdened by many of the regulatory obstacles with which traditional carriers, such as SBC and Verizon, must cope.
Studio execs also talk privately about their enthusiasm for eliminating the cable or satellite middleman.
Telephony, network and cable television, music-oriented FM radio, AM talk radio, even satellite radio and television all see their foundations crumbling under the onslaught of the Internet.
And with a more trusted and cable-savvy management, the broadband part should also soon get into its stride and be in a stronger position to sweet-talk other operators into opening their networks for cable telephony.
The trial quickly snowballed into a made-for-the-tabloids drama, garnering daily coverage from cable news networks and spawning a virtual cottage industry for talk shows, legal experts and even Arias, who used her notoriety to sell artwork she made in jail.
And you're seeing now, I think, in the media, especially in the blogs and talk radio, and even some of the cable networks, you know, a more of an alignment with the philosophy, and it does have an effect of, I think, polarizing the political debate sometimes.
Currently there's talk at Virgin of splitting up with NTL, the British cable company that's a 49% partner in Virgin Net, an Internet search portal.
If the cable channel is a success, it could bring Winfrey more money than the talk show would.
Damian Collins MP, Conservative member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, said that it was the right to give the decision to Jeremy Hunt and not Business Secretary Vince Cable, adding that it was "perfectly reasonable" for Mr Hunt to talk to media organisations as Culture Secretary.
Worse, customers have to stay on line for long time to talk with someone with the old company to disconnect their services: and even longer time waiting for the cable man to show up and switch their services.
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