C-SPAN Records

Items

• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-04-28; 90274

  Dislikes that the network televised a Nation of Islam event because they found it offensive. Claims the program was a disgrace "to the image of Black people" and believes Black universities should celebrate Black achievements than focus on the past.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-04-05; 04841

  Complains about Claprood and Whitley, guests on C-SPAN.
• Letter to C-SPAN, n.d.; 88021

  Says news networks tell the public what to think and that networks are mean-spirited towards Clinton. Asks why the surgeon general is focused on issues concerning smoking and not AIDS or health care. Says the U.S. should not intervene with the war in Bosnia or side with "barbarians."
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-04-26; 98228

  Offers opinions about women in politics, healthcare, social security, and other topics.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-04-05

  Complains about a program relating to the news and says it was a weeklong advertisement for news magazines. Claims it was an excuse to continue bashing Bill and Hillary Clinton.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-04-30; 78218

  Responds angrily to a program regarding homosexuality and expresses their opinions that homosexuality is a choice and immoral, then request changing the language used to denote gay people and also the "radical right."
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-04-24; 60506

  Compares Clinton's administration to Hitler's regime in Germany. Believes the United Nations' army will be used to disarm U.S. citizens; claims the U.N. is totalitarian.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-04-30; 00683

  Asks questions concerning Congressmen's parties and the states represented. Asks about Congress' opinion on Puerto Rican statehood. Attached is information about the joining statehood, the commonwealth, or being independent.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-04-23; 66206

  Claims Louis Farrakhan's speech was bigoted towards Jewish people and other races. Asks how the network intends to fix the issue of giving Farrakhan a platform to speak hatred.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-04-25; 87102

  Names a list of journalists that could be considered "on the left" and claims every conservative Republican is a bigot. Later explains they are voting for Bill Clinton because of Hillary.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-04-15; 93108

  Claims the President, the Speaker of the House, and the majority leader owe apologies to businessmen. Says the "waxman" must be removed.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-04-25; 46901

  Suggests notifying viewers when speeches are being delivered to an empty chamber or discontinue televising the speeches. Attached is an article about Congress accepting close-up angles on speakers but not wide angles.
• Letter to C-SPAN, n.d.; 28601

  Shares their opinion concerning NAFTA not being about free-trade and why government intervention in health care is not beneficial.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-12-28; 63126

  Says the network should have invited two more guests for the program about U.S. policy in the Balkans because it was one-sided. Attached is an essay about the civil war in former Yugoslavia.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-26; 34616

  Dislikes the "leftist feminists" on the panel. States if "lefties" are to be invited then to choose attractive ones.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-31; 78667

  Enjoys the network and is attempting to get C-SPAN2. Recommends C-SPAN3 to focus on corruption in state governments.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-29; 46911

  Praises Armstrong Williams and says Mark Plotkin was rude. Expresses their dislike for Bill and Hillary Clinton.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-31; 17201

  Disagrees with a comment about how it would be bad for Bill Clinton to accept advice from Castro.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-09-01; 94123

  Praises Richard Feldman's stance on gun control and explains they are a retired cop who takes their gun everywhere.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-31; 91711

  Asks the network to not punish viewers by televising Elliott Abrams. Explains they dislike Abrams because they believe Abrams tells lies.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-05-16; 79699

  In regards to a program on Congress/Congressional offices, requests the contact information for Richard Shapiro and John Pontius.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-31; 48034

  Praises the network and Booknotes but says the call-in programs have been predominately anti-Clinton and extreme right wing.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-29; 53705

  Believes there is a conspiracy being orchestrated by conservatives to flood the network's phone lines. Claims all of the calls are anti-Clinton and says conservatives love war because it stimulates the economy.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-29; 59901

  Opposes the idea of Washington D.C. becoming a state. Says most media outlets are liberal and they would prefer to see Senators and Representatives discuss the issues.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-09-14; 21210

  Proposes a television program to explore moral and ethical issues.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-09-14; 45248

  Shares complaint concerning the network not answering the phone during call-ins.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-09-11; 32514

  Believes the issue of slavery could have been solved without a Civil War. Continues to discuss when schools were integrated, how they feel Black students lacked discipline because Black leaders complained about racism. Claims the lack of discipline for Black students is why White children began misbehaving.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-09-12; 46142

  Quotes Rush Limbaugh when referring to guest, Barbara Reynolds, as a "femi-nazi racist."
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-09-14; 19460

  Says the network did not give equal time to a third party candidate running for governor in Pennsylvania. Asserts new agencies should be fair to third parties.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-09-12; 48228

  Agrees with claims that the network screens calls because of the amount of callers that dislike the President. Claims Brian Lamb encourages people to speak negatively of Bill Clinton.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-26; 68874

  Thanks the network for including information about the crime bill on the screen but mentions it would be helpful to display the drawbacks such as wasteful spending.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-09-16; 61348

  Believes the network has become a tool for "radical Republican Clinton 'bashers.'" Explains theory that people who support Bill Clinton do not call because it is expensive and most are working.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-09-14; 02891

  Complains about a guest interrupting another guest and callers during a call-in program.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-09-13; 94928

  Thanks the moderator during a debate on gun control for remaining neutral. Mentions an attached letter that would clarify the intent of the second amendment.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-29; 59901

  Praises a program with Armstrong Williams for being gracious against a liberal opinion and criticizes past journalists on the Journalists' Roundtable program.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-30; 78381

  Disagrees with the stance of three educators against school discipline.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-29; 80477

  Explains anger is their motivation and they like that the network discusses topics that are anger-inducing. Praises the network and has written to their cable provider to keep C-SPAN.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-26; 34429

  Asks, in response to the crime bill, what will happen to the assault weapons imported from China.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-30; 32812

  Says they turned off a call-in program because the callers "bashed" Clinton. Asks for the network to promote more balance or it will lose moderate and liberal viewership.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-09-01; 11360

  Comments that the question and answers segment of the American Political Science meeting was not broadcast.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-21; 93402

  Explains they are an ex-Republican that laughs at conservatives because the author feels contemporary liberalism used to be considered "middle road politics" in the 60s.
• Letter to C-SPAN, n.d.; 32958

  Complains about the network continuously airing Orrin Hatch throughout the week.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-24; 24014

  Complains about Orrin Hatch being on C-SPAN because the author disagrees with Hatch's "extreme conservatives" and discusses the proposed assault weapons ban. Continues to discuss opinions on conservatives denying women rights and fighting segregation. Asks that liberals be given a chance to speak.
• Letter to C-SPAN, n.d.; 06355

  States a legally owned machine gun has never been used in a crime and disagrees with a guest's claim the second amendment does not support machine guns. Suggests a program re-enacting the history of the second amendment.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-24; 10950

  Explains how the network has been educational in understanding bill processes. Says the call-ins have been dominated by an organization that wants to defeat the health care bill and crime bill.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-22; 06260

  Claims Susan Swain displayed bias against Newt Gingrich.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-20; 98661

  Criticizes Bill Clinton by citing examples where he feels Clinton violated the U.S. Constitution, then mentions how income tax used to be a hidden tax.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-21

  Shares their opinion that journalists from outside the beltway provide concise answers compared to journalists in the beltway protecting the President. Explains how C-SPAN2 shares airtime with sports because cable company caters to an area with a high Latinx population.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-15; 96813

  States bi-partisan input should be incorporated in the crime bill and healthcare bill. Claims the bills are undergoing unconstitutional procedures from Bill Clinton and partisan committees.
• Letter to C-SPAN, 1994-08-19; 80303

  Says they laughed at callers claiming journalists were right leaning because they thought the journalists leaned left. The letter ends with praise for the network.