Attention policy and political geeks. You can now consume C-SPAN video archives online “here”:1. Can you say FINALLY!! And as a BIG bonus it looks like they are phasing out the paragon of evil software (aka Real Player) in favor of less-evil highly-locked-down Flash. Embedded video? Well, you can’t have everything.

bq.. Posted on 12/13/2007 at 14:47:23

We are pleased to announce a new streaming video service on the Video Library. You will now be able to watch video directly on the site through the new C-SPAN Video Player (requires Adobe Flash Player 9). Programs which have this video available will have a button in the “Watch” box. The player also introduces a clipping feature that allows you to pick a start and stop time within a program and then link directly to the clip from any website. We hope you enjoy the new player and please let us know if you encounter any problems.

C-SPAN Archives Technical Staff

p.. Wanna go actually learn something? Try this on for size: “Discovery!: The Search for Arabian Oil”:2

Of course, those of you who like to consume information in a yummy, polemically-flavored lowest-common-denominator form factor… please don’t change your channels from CNN or Fox.

[1(C-SPAN video archive home)]http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=index

[2(C-SPAN - Discovery The Search for Arabian Oil)]http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=202659-1