Published: March 17, 2010
Op-Ed Contributor
Yawn: C-Span Puts Full Archives Online
By Robert Paul Reyes
"Researchers, political satirists and partisan mudslingers, take note: C-Span has uploaded virtually every minute of its video archives to the Internet. Read More
Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Rachel Maddow and the rest of the TV talking heads will have plenty of fodder to embarrass their guests.
Political operatives will have plenty of dirt on their opponents, every senator and congressperson has uttered something stupid at one point or another that has been captured by the omnipresent C-Span cameras.
But for normal people this isn't exactly exhilarating news, watching grass grow or watching Rosie O'Donnel stuff her face would be more entertaining that viewing bloviating politicians.
A YouTube video of a grandmother getting a pedicure while she croons "You Light Up My Life" will garner more hits than the C-Span Video Library.
I think we've finally arrived at the point where there is just too much information available online.
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Robert Paul Reyes is a NewsBlaze writer on Politics, Pop Culture and Pointless Pontificating. Contact him by writing to NewsBlaze.
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