Comments on: Hair’s to the chief? http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/prezfight/2007/11/02/hairs-to-the-chief/ The latest on the race for the presidency Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:42:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Sean http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/prezfight/2007/11/02/hairs-to-the-chief/#comment-92 Sean Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:15:27 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/prezfight/2007/11/02/hairs-to-the-chief/#comment-92 I don't think the presence of these stories indicate what you think it does. The media has been obsessed with nonsense since the very beginning of this campaign (and for several others). Witness the study that came out last week that said that less that 1% of the stories on 2008 evaluated the candidate's records and past histories, and over 60% were about "process", like fundraising and strategy. Only 15% of stories talked about the actual platforms candidates were running on, and only 12% of stories talked about the impact of candidate's platforms on the lives of real people. The media has taken to trying to entertain itself during the interminably long campaign instead of informing us. (Of course, it's the media that in large part is to blame for the long campaign season by stoking the fires of the next campaign immediately after the end of one election cycle.) I don’t think the presence of these stories indicate what you think it does. The media has been obsessed with nonsense since the very beginning of this campaign (and for several others). Witness the study that came out last week that said that less that 1% of the stories on 2008 evaluated the candidate’s records and past histories, and over 60% were about “process”, like fundraising and strategy. Only 15% of stories talked about the actual platforms candidates were running on, and only 12% of stories talked about the impact of candidate’s platforms on the lives of real people.

The media has taken to trying to entertain itself during the interminably long campaign instead of informing us. (Of course, it’s the media that in large part is to blame for the long campaign season by stoking the fires of the next campaign immediately after the end of one election cycle.)

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