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Where can I find streaming news videos with captions?

spaceman_spiff — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:13:06 -0800

Where can I find streaming news videos with captions? I want to watch the debate tonight on my laptop, but I need captions or subtitles. Does anyone know if any of the sites streaming it will have captions? And generally, if any major news organizations have begun putting captions on their streaming videos?

Beer & Debates

Sreiny — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:12:35 -0800

Bars that will be showing the Presidential Debate next Friday in Chicago. I'd like to have some friends out for my birthday next Friday, which happens to be the first presidential debate. I don't want to miss them, and I don't want to make people choose, does anyone know where we can drink and watch the debate? Thanks!

Any online sources of full resolution videos of the Democratic debates?

ranchocalamari — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:02:04 -0800

I'm gonna try to cut together a little political viral video and would love to get my hands on high quality video of the recent democratic debates. Does anyone know of a source on the net to download full resolution (720x480) quicktimes of the debates, or has anyone out there taped or tivo'ed the debates in the greater Los Angeles area who would let me either copy/borrow what you recorded? Thanks ahead of time for your help.

SC Debates

greta simone — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:49:04 -0800

How can I get into the SC debates? So I have Monday off. I realize it might be a little too late in the game, but I was wondering how one might go about getting in to watch the CNN YouTube Dem Pres debates in Charleston this coming Monday. I'm driving distance and I really want to go! Even if it is too late to go this coming Monday, how does one get into one of these events? Invite only? First come first serve? Ridiculously expensive tickets? I'm pretty ignorant because I've never considered going before. I've always watched at home with friends while playing drinking games.

Does anyone in the public eye use correct logic in arguments (anymore)?

geoff. — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:26:55 -0800

I have, per my Jesuit education, received too many logic courses. Many times I recognize people making the simplest of logical fallacies. Most often the slippery slope (if gays marry, then people will want to marry animals next) or the straw-man argument. I guess my question is, how valid is the medieval logic in our world today? I notice logical fallacies all over the op-ed and in everyday conversation to justify causes. I was beat over the head with the importance of using correct logic, but does it still hold validity? I've never seen the TV debates ever call each other out using logic. I'm not trying to ask a far out philosophical question, so more inside. I realize it is both impossible and not expected that everyone have an intimate knowledge of all logical fallacies, but I guess just because of how political the atmosphere has been around here and the media -- it begs the question if I'm the last person to have taken any logic courses. Seriously, has anyone seen someone in the media retort with "that's argument by consensus, a fallacy" or something similar? Maybe someone with news experience ever reject something based on illogical premises? Or is logic really not all it is said to be? I understand that most shows like "Crossfire" and columnists like Ann Coulter are mostly theater, but it would seem so easy to just shut them up by responding with simple logic. Why is this not done?

Debate Downloads

punishinglemur — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 08:41:58 -0800

Where can I download a somewhat high quality video of last night's debate?