They should just start picking up the conventional news channels; an custom one would instantly make them enemies who thought it was either too conservative or too liberal.<p>At some point the channels will realize that cable carriers are a dead end and start selling to online companies like Netflix. Why should Netflix <i>replace</i> cable when it could <i>become</i> cable (less the exorbitant pricing and punch-a-hole-in-the-wall customer service)?