Why wasn't last night's debate streamable by everyone?

I'm a cord cutter, so I have no cable subscription.  As I was searching twitter for an "under the table" link to a live stream last night, I noticed a recurring theme in comments with the #GOPDebate hashtag, and that was millennials who were pissed off that this wasn't simply offered as a stream on the Fox News website to non-cable subscribers.   I'm sure old white people had no problem watching the debate, but then again the GOP already has much of the market cornered in that demographic.  Many of the demographics that the GOP will need to reach if they are even able to put up a fight in the general election were excluded last night.   And this wasn't only the case with respect to the availability of the debate, but also with respect to the debate subjects.  The middle class and the economy weren't really mentioned all that much in the debate last night.  And in the few cases where someone was questioned in one of these areas, they often tried to change the subject.  Last night was abortion, abortion, abortion, Iran, abortion, who is more crazy, abortion, abortion, abortion.

None of those candidates will win more than 200 electoral votes in the general election.  Quote me on this.

That said, I'm interested in seeing how this will be handled with the democratic debates. Will they offer a stream for everyone, or will the debate be constrained only to cable subscribers?

I don't know how to begin answering that...I'm still in shock that it went down that way. What country is this again?

boards of FL wrote:That said, I'm interested in seeing how this will be handled with the democratic debates.  Will they offer a stream for everyone, or will the debate be constrained only to cable subscribers?

Looks like CNN will stream the democratic debate for free online. No need for a cable subscription.

http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2015/10/08/cnn-facebook-democratic-debate-live-stream/

I fit the demographic you described, Boards. But I'm a cord cutter, too. I'm also having a hard time understanding what Republicans are trying to do in this election. You'd think they would want maximum exposure of their "message". Instead, they appear to only be interested in their target audience, which is dwindling.

Republican debates - 12

Democrat debates - 6

PkrBum wrote:Republican debates - 12

Democrat debates - 6

PkrBum, can you expand on this and explain what your point is?

By a show of hands, who here thinks that PkrBum will be able to find the words to explain why he posted what he posted?

Just pointing out the obvious multiple standards enjoyed by leftists... carry on comrades.

"You'd think they would want maximum exposure of their "message". Instead, they appear to only be interested in their target audience, which is dwindling."

I know times are tough Boards. If you start a gofundme for your cable access I will chip in a few bucks....

PkrBum wrote:Just pointing out the obvious multiple standards enjoyed by leftists... carry on comrades.

"You'd think they would want maximum exposure of their "message". Instead, they appear to only be interested in their target audience, which is dwindling."

I think you're missing the point here. My comment wasn't about the quantity of debates. It was about the availability of the debates. It really doesn't matter how many debates a party has if access to those debates is constrained to cable subscribers - which are on a plummeting trend.

Ideally, the debates would be televised on 'over the air' channels for free as well as on the internet. Slightly less ideal than that would be to have them available for free on the internet. And then the least ideal option would be for them to only be available to people who have cable subscriptions with access to Fox News.

Do you understand the thread now? If so, have you anything to contribute? No? OK then.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AF14JiDFptw

PkrBum wrote:http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=okn_11DW8bQ

Looks like you will need this explained further.   PkrBum, I'm talking about the live broadcast of these debates.  For example, the live broadcast of the GOP debate was not available as a free live stream.  If you wanted to watch those GOP debates live, you needed to have a cable subscription.  Alternatively, you do not need a cable subscription to watch tonight's democratic debate as it will be streamed online, live, for free.  Do you understand now, PkrBum?

But beyond that, did you even watch your own link? You didn't watch your own link, did you, PkrBum?

Damned GOP using another tactic to keep the poor and those that have no friends with cable disenfranchised...

Hey I got a TV that's smarter than most progressives....plus cable's cheap.

Please explain to this old white guy how I can watch every game of the Chicago Bulls without my direct TV. I am all ears and willing to learn. What I am not willing to do is watch the game after the game. I am a NBA fan who wants to watch it live, and yes.....every single game. I am all ears, and by the way 26 million people watched the first republican debate, which were huge numbers.....but hell with that, all these sophisticated people are going to tell me how I can stream every Bulls game live......I am excited, this means I can watch them on my phone when I am late getting home.....so please will all these knowledgeable people tell me how I stream the Bull games.

Only the stupid, and technologically challenged leftists, and stupid technological challenged progressives don't youtube.

2seaoat wrote:Please explain to this old white guy how I can watch every game of the Chicago Bulls without my direct TV.  I am all ears and willing to learn.   What I am not willing to do is watch the game after the game.  I am a NBA fan who wants to watch it live, and yes.....every single game.   I am all ears, and by the way 26 million people watched the first republican debate, which were huge numbers.....but hell with that, all these sophisticated people are going to tell me how I can stream every Bulls game live......I am excited, this means I can watch them on my phone when I am late getting home.....so please will all these knowledgeable people tell me how I stream the Bull games.

Are you being facetious? Every game of every sport can be streamed live online for free. There are always "under the table" links to streams of any sporting event.

Are you being facetious? Every game of every sport can be streamed live online for free. There are always "under the table" links to streams of any sporting event.

I am not kidding. I am a fanatic on Bull games. I do not miss more than 10 a year and I will be traveling this winter, and I can stream preseason games but I know of no real time stream for Bulls games.....this is a legit question. If somebody knows how I can stream bull games I would appreciate specifics and not yea it can be done. Give me a reliable link which I can test on early fall games before I start traveling. Anybody's help will be appreciated.

2seaoat wrote:Are you being facetious? Every game of every sport can be streamed live online for free. There are always "under the table" links to streams of any sporting event.

I am not kidding.  I am a fanatic on Bull games.  I do not miss more than 10 a year and I will be traveling this winter, and I can stream preseason games but I know of no real time stream for Bulls games.....this is a legit question.  If somebody knows how I can stream bull games I would appreciate specifics and not yea it can be done.  Give me a reliable link which I can test on early fall games before I start traveling.  Anybody's help will be appreciated.

I generally go to atdhe.ru for streaming sports, but beware.  This is a russian site packed with malware.  I have a mac mini connected to the TV in the living room so the malware isn't really a concern for me.  Just go to the website on gameday, control+F search for the team name that you're looking for, and then click on a direct link for the stream.   I generally click on the 3rd or 4th available link as the first few usually only lead to betting sites.  Once your link loads, there will be loads of pop-ups to close (many creating new pop-ups).  It isn't perfect and the quality is sometimes degraded, but you'll be watching any game you want live.  

I usually clear all browser data after using a site like that.

And of course you can always just go to twitter on gameday and search for whatever game you're wanting to watch + "stream", and you will probably find several streams that way as well.

Debate live streaming (free chrome app download required)

http://www.livenewschat.eu/the-republican-debates-live-stream/

I also googled "watch live stream Chicago Bulls" and got many alternatives.

Geez

I am willing to pay for a live feed, and just went to Gator's site and got unwanted pop up ad, and I sure do not want to risk going to a site which may be unstable. I will check with the bulls and see if they have a stream, but I love my direct tv where I never miss a game. There is a direct TV and HBO streaming service, which I have used at the office when I am spending the night there, but I could view all the old shows, but I did not see if I could view anything live. More investigation, but eighty bucks a month to get local stations, my HBO, and the bulls and White Sox games......cannot beat it. I guess I could put two antennas on the flagpole and get Rockford and the Quad cities, but I am in the middle of nowhere and cannot get local stations. I do have a switching CO with fiber across the street so I can get huge bandwidth if I go without direct tv, but two bucks a day at this point in my life is nothing.

I'm in the middle of nowhere too and use dishnetwork. I can simply select the program I want and stream to mobile.