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Why C-SPAN is the best.

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Chris Cillizza
Mar 26, 2024
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The first time I was ever on TV, I was on C-SPAN.

It was 2002. I was 26-ish. A newbie political reporter at Roll Call newspaper. It was early in the morning. I was nervous. And thrilled. (You can watch the segment here.)

This is what I looked like:

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