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This could not get funnier, sadder or more accurate. You. Must. Watch.

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Tags: election

The amazing Rebecca Traister has a great article about the politicizing of daytime TV during this election cycle.

The timing of this article was great, because just yesterday I was telling Jessica about the how the The View has been a hotbed of political debate and amazing interviews–including the now-infamous grilling of Sen. John McCain. Jess gave me a look of, “huh?” Today I’m like, “See, See!”

Jezebel also makes a key point about this phenomenon:

Obviously, a huge part of the appeal of The View is that the women on the panel are much more accessible to the viewing public than a wonky news anchor on CNN or even the more partisan MSNBC and Fox News. The one danger — and this is a criticism I’ve heard aimed at satirical shows like The Colbert Report and The Daily Show — is the possibility that a show like The View is a person’s only source of political news. However, I’d imagine that anyone who looks to Babs and the team for their sole political fix probably wouldn’t be reading anything about the election otherwise, so perhaps it’s better that they get information in a less than serious way than not at all.

Here are two different type of video news pieces to get your morning started off on an introspective foot. Now what I want you to think about is not just the news being conveyed, but how its being conveyed. The medium, the tone, the look, the breadth of information packed in a short time period…

MobLogic.tv is one of my favorite online news destinations. Each episode is less than 10 minutes (I can watch in one sitting), it’s fun, funky and snarky without trying too hard, it’s high quality video coupled with great news and analysis and the host Lindsay Campbell is smart, funny and easy to relate to (she’s cool like me!).
Funny and smart without saying a word…
Oh hell, let’s throw another one in so you can see her combo of personality and news reporting. I might have a girl news crush–but can you blame me?
Via, Jack and Jill, I found This Week in Blackness, a video site combining race reporting and analysis with a high dose of black (pun sorta intended) humor. There are some versions that are not safe for work, but check this one out.

And one more for the road… This video touches on the subject of the Obama Waffles reported on both by the American News Project and also reported on The Media Consortium’s own Adele Stan.

What do you think of these two different media products? Is there any progressive media doing anything remotely similar to this?

Jon Stewart had a biting and funny “report” on the DNC committee rules meeting that decided on how to divvy up the Michigan and Florida delegate count. But to make it even better, Stewart videochecked progressive blog favorite, firedoglake.com. Check it out, it’s about 4:30 in. (Hint-it’s a wacky lady.)