January 29, 2013 – Delaware Liberal

Late Night Video — The Daily Show Investigates the Death of Investigative Journalism

By cassandra_m January 29, 20136 Comments

This is so much awesome -- John Oliver doing the Daily Show investigative report into why investigative reporting is dying in American newsrooms. Once more -- The Daily Show commits an act of news that neither the news networks or newspeople could manage (approx. 6 minutes):

Tuesday Open Thread [1.29.2013]

By cassandra_m January 29, 20137 Comments

Yesterday, the wingnutoverse was on fire about Sunday's interview by 60 Minutes with President Obama and Hilary Clinton. They thought it was awful, too soft, too cute and in the main tried to use it to frame Hillary as the Worst Secretary of State ever. (Your agenda is showing, Roger Ailes. Besides, I think that history has already written in Condi Rice as the worst Secretary of State in contemporary memory.) In a few liberal circles, this interview is being seen as Obama's endorsement of Hillary in 2016. What did you think of this interview? (I confess I haven't seen it yet.) You can watch it here:

President Obama in Las Vegas Today Talking About Immigration

By cassandra_m January 29, 20137 Comments

This is scheduled for 3PM Eastern. President Obama will be in Las Vegas today to speak on his plan for reforming the immigration system. I imagine this will be covered just everywhere, but right now, you can count on CSPAN and the White House site for live streaming if you are at work. The media preview of this is fairly thin, but here's the WaPo: