A few media items on their way here today…We’ll start with the easy one. Finally found ABC News Now on my digital dial (Channel 190 for Los Angelenos in the Adelphia digital ‘hood). That would be their new Online and/or Digital Only news operation that began during the Conventions when the Entertainment division thought that Americans were better served by watching “According to Jim” on the free public airwaves instead of learning about the two parties who would be leading the “Free” World for the next four years.

Haven’t gotten to watch a whole lot yet, but after the hour or so I did see at 2am last night, so far I can say it a delight! Being able to watch real journalists (well, okay, Sam Donaldson and Jonathan Karl, but you get the idea) talk politics all night long without commercial interruption other than for a few ABC Entertainment plugs was awesome.

I don’t think many folks yet get this refreshing alternative to the Cable News spews, but so far, I’m thrilled to have an alternative to the boredom, laziness and Adminstration brown-nosing of CNN, the pedantic schizophrenia of MSNBC, and the out and out Republican Infomercial that is Fox News.

From what I’ve seen so far, it’s a charming mix of the free-form take-all-the-time-ya-need pacing of C-SPAN with the full resources of an actual major news organization that seem to be enjoying themselves without all the pressures of commercial television. We’ll see how long it lasts that way…But check it out for yourself if you’re lucky enough to pick it up where you are (and lucky enough to be able to figure out where the hell it is! Here’s some help!)