Friday, October 31, 2008

Plans For Election Night? There's Really Only One Choice... But Then What?

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I love the PR spin that everyone turns. Everyone will be using the best technology they can find or afford to bring the fastest, biggest headlines possible of who won the marathon. I don't think it matters that 'John is at the desk, Jane is at the wall, Joe with the candidates, etc." LOL... 18 months after the campaign, I think it's safe to say that it's time that two things end: the election and the mad, silly, ridiculous election coverage.
Meantime, what in the world will the cable networks do without partisan political coverage? From The Hollywood Reporter:
Cable news, meanwhile, is increasingly polarized, and the election will only widen the gulf. Fox News' most successful shows -- led by O'Reilly's "The O'Reilly Factor" and Hannity's "Hannity & Colmes" -- are also two of its more conservative shows (though Colmes provides a counterbalance), while MSNBC has taken a sharp turn to the left with Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow and, to a lesser extent, Chris Matthews.An election that lifts either the left or right to power will provide a boost to the network imbued with the ideology of the other side. Given Obama's lead at the polls, an MSNBC comeback -- Olbermann's ratings continue to be strong and Maddow's upstart show is an unlikely second-place challenger to CNN's Larry King -- could stall if the Illinois senator ascends to the Oval Office.

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