Constant name-calling, yelling and open hostility led many to tune in to livestreaming of Nebraska’s legislative session as a form of must-see TV. As one viewer said, it’s “like watching the worst train wreck that won’t end.'
One of several cameras set up to capture live debate in the chamber of the Nebraska Legislature is shown, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Lincoln, Neb. State lawmakers say their emails and phone contacts this session revealed a growing number of people who watched the Nebraska Legislature's debates this year either on public television or on their computers, phones and tablets. Some even streamed the debate in their cars.
LINCOLN, Neb. — Mention televised legislative debates, and what may come to mind are stuffy, policy-wonk discussions broadcast by C-SPAN. This year’s Nebraska Legislature was more like a reality TV show, with culture-war rhetoric, open hostility among lawmakers, name-calling, yelling and more.“It was addictive,” said Jamie Bonkiewicz, 41, of Omaha. “If I wasn’t there, I was streaming it every day, just to hear what would come out of those senators’ mouths.
Watching on television, streaming on computers and phones, following along in their cars, Nebraskans seemed captivated by what was easily one of the body’s
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