Comments on: C-Span Gold

By: Nobility Title

Nobility Title — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:57:25 +0000

Learned a few new things. Looking forward to an update soon.

By: Jonathan Holbert

Jonathan Holbert — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:06:42 +0000

Very neat. Check out Clinton discussing the Rethuglican government shutdown.

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Is Truly De-identified Data an Impossibility? « Law Blog 2.0 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:08:04 +0000

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By: C-Spun

C-Spun — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:22:03 +0000

Maybe now we can see exactly when Dick Cheney’s soul left his body. Maybe not – probably happened WAY before he was in congress.

By: ET

ET — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:29:53 +0000

I was wondering how long it would take before I would run across a political geek who wanted into the archives and nearly overindulged.

By: WereBear

WereBear — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:31:53 +0000

This is an amazing resource. It’s great that it’s coming out now. Sort of a large, yet subtle, refutation.

By: IndieTarheel

IndieTarheel — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:30:22 +0000

Awesome news, thanks for sharing it!

By: Batocchio

Batocchio — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:40:52 +0000

@Zach:

I was just looking for those! One of those was fantastic. I found about 4 Franken videos from the 90s I’ll look at tomorrow.

In any case, this is pretty cool – a good start by C-Span.

By: Yutsano

Yutsano — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:29:39 +0000

Why do I see you rubbing your hands and salivating like a Pavlovian hound? In all seriousness, this sounds like a fantastic resource that future historians (and present-day muckrakers) will be utilizing for decades if not centuries.

By: DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal)

DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:03:40 +0000

@Zach: Improving a search algorithm is a big deal, especially to those who desire openness and accessibility to information (not to mention the nerds who did it!). Being able to accurately search video archives can save a lot of time when someone is looking for specific information that they may not be aware of. I expect that the nerdier lefties amongst us are going to have some fun with this. I'm looking forward to a 'Greatest Hits' compilation of the various scandals and those involved.

By: YellowJournalism

YellowJournalism — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:46:37 +0000

@Kennedy: That was that loud hooting sound you heard coming from the East Coast.

By: Joseph Nobles

Joseph Nobles — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:29:36 +0000

OT: What are the chances we'll see this happen anytime soon? Jane, Jane! Probably never, right?

By: Kennedy

Kennedy — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:24:09 +0000

The Daily Show writers are rejoicing somewhere.

By: General Egali Tarian Stuck

General Egali Tarian Stuck — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:16:03 +0000

As a long time C Span junkie, this is fantabulous!!

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:58:41 +0000

Don’t construe my comment above to mean that this still isn’t awesome. Here’s Judd Gregg saying that Democrats are consigning black children in DC to a life of certain failure with no chance to become a Senator because they’re threatening to filibuster an appropriations bill that includes funding for DC charter schools – http://www.c-spanarchives.org/.....;end=19625

It would be a fun but pointless exercise to interpolate Gregg’s speech with health care reform talking points.