A blog about television by TIME’s TV critic James Poniewozik.

JPTV: What I'm Watching Tonight

I'll admit, I have not watched Dan Rather much since he went to HDNet for his post-CBS gig. (For that matter, I didn't watch Dan Rather much at CBS.) But tonight, he offers up a Dan Rather Reports longform investigation of problems with electronic touch-screen voting machines; including reports of machines being hustled off the line in overseas factories with little quality control, it may be pretty disturbing even to the non-conspiracy-minded. (Speaking of which: yes, memos are involved.) You can see a lengthy preview of the report here; but really, news looks truthier in HD, doesn't it?

Speaking of online video, I'm also going to try to iCatch ABC's iCaught, because the premise--"news" reports giving the back story on popular viral videos--is so sadly funny. Dan Rather must be broken-hearted that he had to leave the world of serious major network news divisions.

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