Streaming Election Night Broadcast TV?

kakapo writes "A couple of years ago, we dumped our cable TV, and don't have much luck getting old-fashioned broadcast where we live. That's fine — we can download or netflix almost anything we want to see, and it is great not to pay the Comcast tax every month. Problem is, now I want to watch the election live, complete with talking heads, pundits, glitzy graphics and all the rest, rather than reading about it on a website. So, is there any way to download network TV / CNN / MSNBC in real time — I don't mind paying. And yes, we could visit friends, but ideally our kids would watch the first part and then go to bed — and a sitter would be expensive if we have to wait until late for the result."

Comments

Re:Listen instead

[Obfuscant]

He suggested that it was the erroneous claim from Fox that Bush had beat Gore,

Pssst. Here's a free clue: Bush did beat Gore. Even after all of Gore's judicial attempts at getting pro-Bush absentee ballots thrown out. Yeah, all anyone seems to remember is the SCOTUS decision overturning the Fla. Supremes for judicial activisism, but forget that it was Gore who was behind all the other court cases that lost.

But you are right in the long run, listening to the mainstream coverage will not help anything. They do what they can to mislead people and create "news". If Obama wins in the east, they will fall all over themselves issuing checkmarks to O', just to try to keep Reps from turning out in the west. If McCain is ahead anywhere, they'll delay calling the result until after all the polls close.

Don't bother listening that night. Wait until the morning. You won't miss anything.

Re:Yes

[megamerican]

No matter who wins we all lose.

Do you really think the corporations who really run this country would allow an independent person be in charge of trillions of dollars? Not very likely.

On the big issues there isn't much difference between the two. They both supported the bailout. Both candidates top contributors are investment banks like Goldman Sachs. They both support more war, although they bicker over who can best protect you from Al-Qaeda! They both support redistribution of wealth, one to people who are already rich and don't deserve it and the other to people who simply don't deserve it.

Please see my signature for a simple analogy most slashdot readers can understand.

Re:Anything for non americans?

[LWATCDR]

Okay for one thing Bush isn't a retard. I don't think he is a great or even a very good president but he is far from a retard. You don't go to Yale if you are retard and you don't fly F-102s and live being a retard.
Second I find Palin too conservative for my tastes. Heck my wife who is a registered Democrat and very Pro-Life finds her too conservative. But she is just going to be Vice President. The person you send when the former prime minister of Pango Pango dies.
The fear that McCain is going to croak I find amusing. Talk about FUD.
Your as bad as the idiot at my office that keeps saying Obama is a terrorist.
Frankly I am still undecided but I am leaning too McCain because in think both candidates are actually a lot more liberal they they are presenting in the campaign. Plus I like McCain's energy policy. But whom ever wins I wish them a lot of luck. Unlike a lot of people I don't treat this as a game. I am no cheerleader. I am a boss conducting a job interview. At this point I wish I could just put out a new ad. The two that showed up this time just don't thrill me.