Watch Chris Matthews exposing Kevin James' ignorance
Next time, when you don’t know what you’re talking about, just say “I don’t know”, especially if you’re appearing on live television. By the way, this advice applies to everyone, political or not.
How to make a great video player
(Or “Why the MSNBC video player is great”)
1- It just works
I’m a GNU/Linux user (ubuntu!), so I probably should not say this, but I don’t care: It is in “full Adobe Flash”, so it’s really simple: Either you have a Flash player installed and everything is fine; either you don’t.
Yesterday night, I wanted to watch the Indiana and North Carolina Democratic Primaries live coverage, and MSNBC was the only place I could; And I think it has something to do with the fact their player isn’t a strange mix of Javascript, Flash and WMV streams, like CNN live for example.
2- The good video quality
This screenshot speak for itself I think (click to enlarge):
3- The playlist
You can navigate through all categories and put videos into a playlist while watching a video, which is very useful.
4- The advertising
The ads are non-repetitive, so you won’t get crazy watching the same ad over and over again, every two of three videos, like at comedycentral’s dailyshow or colbertreport.
”PS: This post wasn’t sponsored by MSNBC”
