Politico - Five things to look for in Indiana By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN | 5/6/08 4:22 AM EST
Hey TomDavie!
The media is changing now, it will be interesting to see the state it is in for the next cycle in four years. This campaign marks the beginning of the public providing more content than the established "media". Conversations like this one, Dailykos.com, mydd.com... these are the beginnings of what the Obama campaign has shown to be possible given the current proliferation of computers in homes and semi-evolved mechanisms on the Internet to support the public generation of media.
Four years ago was a whole 'nother world in communications. CNN was it for most people. Now, a huge part of the population has actively engaged in the conversation, and a large part of that group has spent a significant amount of time at it. Four years from now, this will be old hat to millions of people and the structure will have evolved in likely unknowable ways to further the impact of public media.
The days of the monopoly on information are over.
From this point forward various pieces of TV media will go through fractal gyrations trying to find their niche. Meanwhile, pubicly-generated media consolidates into well-worn patterns fit for mass consumption and broadens to cover more and more information more and more deeply.
All good stuff for economics, freedom and effective democracy.
Fun times!
-cheers!
-chris blask
tomdavieParty: IndependentReply #4Date: May. 6, 2008 - 5:19 AM EST
Here is something to save yourselves a lot of time.
Look for Clinton to win Indiana by 5 to 10
Look for Obama to win North Carolina by 5 to 10
Look for the vast majority of the media to tap dance the results to fit whatever they need to keep selling headlines.
I bet they are all on their knees tonight praying Clinton wins enough to stay in, but not enough to put the BELOVED meal ticket Obama in danger of losing the nomination.
That about sums it all up doesnt it ?
I have learned for more than a person WANTS to know about how the media works in this election cycle. The longer this cycle goes on, the more Obama and Clinton have to spend on TV ads. The more the ratings go up as they talk the nomination process in circles on and on ad infinutum ........ad nauseum. .
Its very sorry to watch Bill Oreilly sit on his show and SUCK UP thru the television BEGGING Obama to come on his stupid show. My God Bill. Apparently the spin DOESNT stop there.
All this is highly toxic to the american people. We need some kind of media reform in this country .
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