Conservative Roundtable
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Conservative Roundtable, hosted by Howard Phillips, is a weekly political television program
Television program
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 produced by The Conservative Caucus
The Conservative Caucus
The Conservative Caucus, or TCC, is an American public policy organization and lobbying group emphasizing grassroots citizen activism and headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1974 by Howard Phillips, who continues to lead it today...

. Howard Phillips is the founder and chairman of The Conservative Caucus. The U.S. Taxpayers Party
Constitution Party (United States)
The Constitution Party is a paleoconservative political party in the United States. It was founded as the U.S. Taxpayers' Party by Howard Philips in 1991. Phillips was the party's candidate in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 presidential elections...

 was founded during the show's second season.

It is aired weekly on over 100 channels
Television channel
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 nationwide, mostly on Public, educational, and government access
Public, educational, and government access
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 (PEG) cable TV channels.

The show seeks to provide in-depth and critical analysis of important political issues, striving to be like Meet the Press
Meet the Press
Meet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program produced by NBC. It is the longest-running television series in American broadcasting history, despite bearing little resemblance to the original format of the program seen in its television debut on November 6, 1947. It has been...

but without what it sees as that program's liberal bias. Conservative Roundtable discusses what it perceives as liberal
Liberalism
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...

 threats to freedom and highlights conservative
Conservatism
Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism...

 values and solutions.

A spin-off
Spin-off (media)
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 program, Face The Truth, was hosted by Stephen Peroutka from March 2003-2005 (32 episodes). Peroutka, a member of the Board of Directors of The Conservative Caucus at the time, focused exclusively on pro-life
Pro-life
Opposition to the legalization of abortion is centered around the pro-life, or anti-abortion, movement, a social and political movement opposing elective abortion on moral grounds and supporting its legal prohibition or restriction...

 and family values
Family values
Family values are political and social beliefs that hold the nuclear family to be the essential ethical and moral unit of society. Familialism is the ideology that promotes the family and its values as an institution....

 issues, and featured some of the top activists and leaders promoting an end to abortion.

Conservative Roundtable may be placed on local Public-access television
Public-access television
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channels without charge by local residents, and is available for broadcast on any television or radio broadcast station or cable/satellite network.

The program is also available on YouTube, Google Video, Qubetv.tv and Yahoo Video for on-line viewing.

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