This might superficially look like what we have already on so many other streams, but it isn't.
There've been times that I've tuned in to Sirius and wanted, among other things, to know what our various branches of government were up to beyond the obvious headlines, but not getting bogged down in live audio of congressional subcommittee hearings or obscure talking heads.
So, what about a 24/7 news stream focusing specifically on the goings-on in national politics? I mean hard news with at least the attempt at BBC-like objectivity, as opposed to partisan ranting and raving (from either the left or the right).
The stream could have appropriately focused news bulletins at the top (and perhaps bottom) of the hour and more in-depth news reports the rest of the time.
Think of it, perhaps, as the C-SPAN News channel. Or it could be called something else if C-SPAN wasn't doing it. The Washington channel or the Beltway Beat, perhaps.
Of course, this might beg the question as to how to program the thing in the middle of the night and on weekends, but I'm sure some creative uses of these down-time programming slots could be found -- that is, if the programmers don't just repeat the political headlines and in-depth news stories for the benefit of us night owls.
There've been times that I've tuned in to Sirius and wanted, among other things, to know what our various branches of government were up to beyond the obvious headlines, but not getting bogged down in live audio of congressional subcommittee hearings or obscure talking heads.
So, what about a 24/7 news stream focusing specifically on the goings-on in national politics? I mean hard news with at least the attempt at BBC-like objectivity, as opposed to partisan ranting and raving (from either the left or the right).
The stream could have appropriately focused news bulletins at the top (and perhaps bottom) of the hour and more in-depth news reports the rest of the time.
Think of it, perhaps, as the C-SPAN News channel. Or it could be called something else if C-SPAN wasn't doing it. The Washington channel or the Beltway Beat, perhaps.
Of course, this might beg the question as to how to program the thing in the middle of the night and on weekends, but I'm sure some creative uses of these down-time programming slots could be found -- that is, if the programmers don't just repeat the political headlines and in-depth news stories for the benefit of us night owls.