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Gore TV Network to Launch in August

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Posted on Mon Apr 04, 2005 at 08:58:02 PM EST
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It's official, the Current Network, headed up by Al Gore, will launch in August. It's aiming for the 18 to 34 market, and will try to be more like MTV than Fox News or MSNBC. It will not be a liberal network:

"We have no intention of being a Democratic channel, a liberal channel, or a TV version of Air America, that's not what we're all about," he said, referring to the liberal radio network.

From today's news conference:

The channel will show professionally produced segments as well as viewer-produced videos mostly short in length, running from a few seconds to up to 15 minutes.

"We are about empowering this generation of young people in their 20s, the 18-34 population, to engage in a dialogue of democracy and to tell their stories about what's going in their lives in the dominant media of our time," [Gore] said.

Current will also have a tie-in to Google. Gore is Chairman of the Board. Financial backers include:

Rob Glaser, chief executive of RealNetworks Inc., Bob Pittman who helped create the popular MTV networks and Joel Hyatt, who is chief executive of the network and built a network of legal services clinics.

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    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Apr 04, 2005 at 09:29:19 PM EST
    Oh...Great...501 channels and STILL nothing good on.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Apr 04, 2005 at 10:04:31 PM EST
    Not a left winger?? Come on. Is the Pope Catholic?

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#3)
    by Dark Avenger on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 01:23:37 AM EST
    In case you hadn't noticed, PPJ, he's dead, which isn't incompatable with Catholicism, BTW.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 07:03:05 AM EST
    Within 12 months of launching, this thing will be dead and they'll be auctioning off the set furniture.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 08:01:54 AM EST
    DA - In case you haven't noticed they have had a Pope for the past 2000 years or so, and will have one for the foreseeable future. And guess what. He'll be catholic.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 08:33:34 AM EST
    Actually, one Pope was Jewish.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#7)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 08:45:37 AM EST
    In case you haven't noticed they have had a Pope for the past 2000 years or so, and will have one for the foreseeable future.
    That's not entirely accurate, there have been stretches -- up to a couple of years -- with no Pope, and even times with more than one. We are, in fact, in an interregnum right now, where there is, in fact, no Pope.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#8)
    by Che's Lounge on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 08:47:06 AM EST
    Justpaul, I remember you wingers said the same thing about Air America.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#9)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 08:51:28 AM EST
    The only way this venture will be a real success is if those of us who claim to truly support this man or who claim to also cherish Democracy get out there and tell people about this. For all the griping by the left about FOX NEWS, you would think they would be more open to this. I also intend to write a few letters to local papers, and write an editorial for my local community paper announcing this station. I am sure it will be carried on my cable as NWI is in my package and now broadcasts Euro News. I hope then in August it switches over to Current. I am excited about this, because these are the kinds of ventures a man like Al Gore was destined to initiate. With his knowledge, vision, and passion, he will go far in bringing on the new American Revolution for the 21st Century in a truly Current way. It begins now, and I thank him for this network. And even though I am not in the target demographic, I am nevertheless excited for my child and all young people who will finally have a quality place to get information, news, and to spread their wings in imagination, and I too will be a loyal viewer.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#10)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 09:31:08 AM EST
    "I am excited about this, because these are the kinds of ventures a man like Al Gore was destined to initiate." Yeah- Like the Internet.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#11)
    by pigwiggle on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 09:32:40 AM EST
    Lets hope the network is as dynamic as the man himself.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#12)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 09:42:14 AM EST
    no help - Hmmm, does that mean he was not of the Catholic faith, or was he Catholic, but of Jewish descent? Gerry - And modeling for "Love Story."

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#13)
    by soccerdad on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 10:17:57 AM EST
    Gerry - still repeating urban legends

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#14)
    by Dark Avenger on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 11:27:24 AM EST
    "We are, in fact, in an interregnum right now, where there is, in fact, no Pope." And the basic job requirements are that you be a Catholic male in good standing,(sorry, Pope Joan) although being a Cardinal is a Good Thing to have on ones' resume these days.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#15)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 11:42:02 AM EST
    There is a liberal news station, it's called Free Speech TV. It's small now, but growing.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#16)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 12:43:52 PM EST
    I remember you wingers said the same thing about Air America. Che, So is everyone who disagrees with you about the likelihood of Al Gore ever appealing to anyone other than Tipper a "winger"? I suppose everyone who questioned Bill Clinton's sincerity was a "hater" too. That's a mighty myopic view you have there. But hey, if it works for you, stick with it.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#17)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 01:11:43 PM EST
    "But it will emerge from my dialogue with the American people. I've traveled to every part of this country during the last six years. During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system." - Al Gore to Wolf Blitzer This is the stuff that legends (or fools) are made of. Paltry? Perhaps. Hilarious? Absolutely! Maybe now he’ll take credit for inventing cable news channels…

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#18)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 01:18:11 PM EST
    Al Gore wants to create a poltical version of MTV? Isn't that what the Internet already is, only without the moronic VJ's and Stridex commercials? Seriously though, what makes him think the 18-34 year old crowd that isn't already plugged in will suddenly sign up? It's not as if they lack for options as it is.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#19)
    by Peaches on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 01:28:54 PM EST
    I took the initiative in creating the Internet
    Not the same as saying "I created the internet." But who's quibbling. Dan Quayle didn't know how to spell potato. He must be an idiot. And Al thinks he invented the internet. It's all so simple. It's all there in black and white, isn't it? So who are the dumb ones?

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#20)
    by Peaches on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 01:32:28 PM EST
    what makes him think the 18-34 year old crowd that isn't already plugged in will suddenly sign up? It's not as if they lack for options as it is.
    It's called risk. It's what we do in America. Maybe he will fail. He wouldn't be the first one to fail. But, maybe he won't. Who's to say?

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#21)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 01:57:39 PM EST
    horse whose name is definitely known, "read what is printed, not what you wish were printed". that your m.o. today, spewing obvious falsities. "ugoboi"!

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#22)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 05:25:16 PM EST
    Che - Yes, and I lost $20 on a bet. Too bad you didn't have balls enough to also take me up. BTW - Bet was paid, on time and in full to TL.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#23)
    by Al on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 06:55:15 PM EST
    Ah, but Bush invented the internets.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#24)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 07:09:43 PM EST
    Gore invented the telephone tax to give the internet....

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#25)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 07:29:49 PM EST
    Peaches & Outswhatsit A pair of more shameless hairsplitters have never existed. Please explain to me, in detail, the difference (if any) between the following two statements: 1. I took the initiative in creating the Internet 2. I created the internet Be sure to discuss why (2) absolutely cannot be used in place of (1). Until you do so, I will continue to say (accurately) Gore said (2), with a smile :-)

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#26)
    by Johnny on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 07:58:51 PM EST
    Come on horse, a man who supports our current president should not get into a war of "what he said, and what he meant", I mean, the question "Is our children learning?" should be quite enough... So big whoop, Al Gore told a fibber about the internet. Turns out there really was an internet after all. Not like those pesky WMD's!

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#27)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 08:03:08 PM EST
    Johnny - Bush is many things, but he states clearly what he is going to do, and then does it. You just aren't listening.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#28)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 08:15:53 PM EST
    "I remember you wingers said the same thing about Air America." Yes, Che, and both fans proved us wrong.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#29)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 08:21:49 PM EST
    "Posted by The Horse: "Please explain to me, in detail, the difference (if any) between the following two statements: 1. I took the initiative in creating the Internet 2. I created the internet" The difference is obvious. It's in the dependent clause you have deleted in order to spread a lie. What's the difference between these two statements: 1) Because he had lit his bed on fire, Horse ran out into the street naked, screaming in fear. 2) Horse ran out into the street naked. No difference, right? You guys don't work well with contexts, because it's not as easy to lie that way.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#30)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 08:35:41 PM EST
    PIL The fragment took the initiative is not a dependant clause, as it contains no 'subject'. Furthermore, your analogy is riduculous. You get an F. But thanks for lying. Or displaying your ignorance. Your choice. Gore said he invented the internet! :-)

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#31)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 08:39:45 PM EST
    'ridiculous' is what it is...

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#32)
    by Che's Lounge on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 08:43:13 PM EST
    Hit a bit of a nerve, did I? I know, you just HATE it when something like this comes back and bites you in the ass. Now that we're down the column a ways, jump back up and quickly re read Justpauls comment. How succinctly dismissive. It stunk and deserved a reality check. Jim, I have two close family members who are gambling addicts. I apologize to you if I didn't have big enough BALLS to piss away my hard earned money on your stupid bets. You should preview your comments more often. Taunting is so juvenile. Ace, You are such a f***ing wannabe. It's just a hoot to watch you chime in.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#33)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 09:57:00 PM EST
    Actually, there IS a difference in what he said. It's a horribly worded and basically self serving statement, but "taking the initiative", as even the guys over at snopes.com say, is not quite the same. To quote: Al Gore might not know nearly as much about the Internet and other technologies as his image would have us believe, and he certainly has been guilty of stretching (if not outright breaking) the truth before, but to believe that Gore seriously thought he could take credit for the "invention" of the Internet — in the sense offered by the media — is just silly. (To those who say the words "create" and "invent" mean the same thing: If they mean the same thing, then why have the media overwhelmingly and consistently cited Gore as having claimed he "invented" the Internet when he never used that word? The answer is that the words don't mean the same thing, but by substituting one word for the other, commentators can make Gore's claim sound [more] ridiculous.)Snope's

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#34)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 05, 2005 at 10:16:22 PM EST
    Sean Snopes addresses neither the diction nor the connotation of Gore's choice of words. Snopes is an "Urban Legend" website, and arrives at its 'false' conclusion using a bunch of words that have no meaning, strung into runon sentences; such as those you have quoted. Note for future research: "Evidence" cut-and-pasted from an 'Urban Legend' Website with a pink background is probably BS... Really... that so many Lefties would throw themselves under such a ridiculous bus is something I find amazing... I could hammer on this all day, but I'll stop now. Gore said he invented the internet! :-)

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#35)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 03:49:23 AM EST
    "Posted by The Horse: "Please explain ... 1. I took the initiative in creating the Internet 2. I created the internet" "The difference is obvious. It's in the dependent clause you have deleted in order to spread a lie." Posted by The Horse: PIL The fragment took the initiative is not a dependant clause, as it contains no 'subject'." Yeah, dummy, because that's NOT what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the dependent clause: "When I was in the Congress...I took the iniative in creating the Internet." There is a subject in that clause, and its localization of the comment is the context. You are caught up in an embarrasing attempt to mislead, and you know it. What's the difference between these two statements, Horse: 1) Because he had lit his bed on fire, Horse ran out into the street naked, screaming in fear. 2) Because Bush bombed her house, she ran out into the street naked, screaming with her arms missing. Got a clue?

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#36)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 07:25:36 AM EST
    PIL - Well, when he was in Congress, what initative did he take? Did he introduce bills? Fund research? Write code? Let us cut out the BS. What did he do? Now, no word games. Just a simple question.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#37)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 07:30:33 AM EST
    Che - Fair enough. I assume you are pure as the driven snow.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#38)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 07:40:43 AM EST
    It stunk and deserved a reality check. Che, How so? And how did you serve a "reality check"? Is that what your inane little comment about "wingers" was supposed to be? Pretty lame. Even PIL makes more sense on occasion (once a year, on the night of a blue moon, when venus and mars are aligned and the coyotes are howling in unison). So what is it Che? Anyone to the right of you is a "winger"? What is a "winger? anyway? I thought it was a lame hairband from the 80s. Then again, you seem like the sort that might be into that kind of thing. If so, I assure you, I am no "winger". I was more of an alternative type back then. Mostly second british invasion stuff. As for Al Gore and his new way of wasting money: He's free to do as he pleases. But it won't fly. You just watch and see.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#41)
    by Che's Lounge on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 09:17:35 AM EST
    JP, If you want to comment here you should shower with bricks in the morning. When I am called myopic, leftie, commie, moron, person with no balls, etc, I am neither surprised nor indignant. Within 12 months of launching, this thing will be dead and they'll be auctioning off the set furniture. Let me put it more blandly so I don't offend you: Many people with conservative viewpoints made similar dismissive predictions about the Air America radio network when it first began broadcasting. Is that better?

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#42)
    by Che's Lounge on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 09:20:05 AM EST
    Jim, Please don't bother concede a point if you're going to follow it with another taunt. It somehow loses it's effect if you know what I mean.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#43)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 09:36:22 AM EST
    Che, You didn't offend me. You said something and I asked for clarification. Clarification which you as of yet cannot be bothered to provide. I guess I'll have to assume you agree with Peaches as to the definition of "winger" (but I think poor Kip will be offended). Fair enough. If I seemed offended, or I offended you, I apologize. Peaches, Another left-wing house troll climbs aboard. It's a shame that your world view is so black and white, and that your politics are so one-dimensional. But we each must suffer through our own private hell. So be it.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#44)
    by Johnny on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 12:43:07 PM EST
    Yes Jim, Bush says what he is going to do... I mean, fool me once, shame on you you, fool me twice, you won't get fooled again. Since this thread has been reduced to a nerdy nit-pick fest on proper grammar... I must remind all that the King's English is not spoken here, and since it isn't, who really cares about proper grammar? Ain't is a word, and nukular is an ok way to say nuclear. But saying "After standing on the stage, after the debates, I made it very plain, we will not have an all-volunteer army. And yet, this week—we will have an all-volunteer army. Let me restate that." is him saying what he is going to? Go Gore.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#45)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 01:30:24 PM EST
    PIL The qualifier you've identified serves only to establish the time frame of Gore's "Invention of the Internet." Now, answer PPJ's question, and tell me what the heck he actually did that allows him to attempt to steal credit for inventing the internet. Gore said he invented the internet! :-)

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#46)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 01:54:53 PM EST
    Fun to watch as each leftist has his/her notions soundly refuted and in turn, resorts to vicious ad hominem attacks.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#47)
    by Peaches on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 02:23:36 PM EST
    Hey Doc You Suck! (Go ahead - use up one of your four posts refuting that.)

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#48)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 03:04:52 PM EST
    "Posted by Jim: "PIL - Well, when he was in Congress, what initative did he take? Did he introduce bills? Fund research? Write code?" You see, Jim, and Horse, and the rest of you nutcakes, THAT is the reason why the dependent clause can't be extracted without changing the sense. Horse removed that dependent clause INTENTIONALLY in order to try to fly that lie over our heads. It didn't work. "Let us cut out the BS." Any time you are ready, you BS artist. "What did he do? Now, no word games. Just a simple question." I notice how the 'simple question' always replaces the OUTRIGHT ATTEMPT TO MISLEAD, when that attempt is debunked. Then comes the 'simple question,' as if we were your lapboys to go do your searches for you. More to the point, Gore was referring SPECIFICALLY to his actions in the Congress, and not to the absurd idea that he somehow worked for Bell or the UC or was a computer scientist in his spare time, as you wingers continue to claim. Stop lying, and then maybe a simple question would be seen as more than just a way of continuing your SELF-DELUSION that you somehow came away from the attempt to LIE smelling like roses, instead of like farts at a wedding.

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#49)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 03:25:18 PM EST
    PIL Like the Snopes website, you are attempting to pass off empty words and run-on sentences as proof of your incorrect conclusion. Nowhere in your diatribe did you attempt to answer the salient questions, which have been asked twice already: The difference (if any) between the following; and why (2) absolutely cannot be used to paraphrase (1): 1. I took the initiative in creating the Internet 2. I created the internet and "What exactly has Gore done that should allow him to attempt to take credit for inventing the internet"? Come on, PIL, these are simple questions. Gore said he invented the internet! :-)

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#50)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 11:34:40 PM EST
    Your pleasure in lying to yourself aside, Gore never said anything of the sort. He was simply referring to his ardent support of the Internet project in the Congress -- in the face of considerable criticism from the 'other' (AKA yur) side. Just keep lying -- that way you won't even feel it when the flames hit your backside. "Thou shalt not bear false witness..."

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#51)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Apr 07, 2005 at 06:50:40 PM EST
    PIL This conversation has gone stale. There is what Gore said, and there is what you say Gore meant. The two are not the same. And you still haven't answered my questions. But do try, even if it is only to yourself.. You will find the experience enlightening. And remember the undeniable truth, Paul (that is a biblical name, you know) Gore said he invented the internet! :-)

    Re: Gore TV Network to Launch in August (none / 0) (#52)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Apr 11, 2005 at 08:19:42 PM EST
    well if its something... isnt that better than nothing.....

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