Just wanted to throw my two cents in about convention coverage.
Although this obviously applies to the DNC, I'm sure it will
be similiar for the RNC.

CSPAN totally rocked.  They had gavel to gavel coverage with
NO commentary.  They also listed the names and credentials of
who was speaking at the bottom of the screen.  You would be
surprised at how many other stations didn't do the latter.

CSPAN2 also totally rocked.  Highlights of historical
conventions, both dem and rep, going back to the 60's and all
the way up to 2000.

The networks (CBS, NBC, ABC) I think were totally pathetic.
About one hour of coverage a day from 10:00-11:00pm.  Some,
if not all, of them covered the convention only three of the
four days.

I save a critique of the cable news for later but they fell
somewhere in between CSPAN and the networks.

AN