I would like to thank all of those who voted
Here and there I will catch up on the general idea of what is going on in politics, usually by default of having watched the evening news. I suppose the reason is because broadcasts tend to be biased, whether they are slightly or extremely biased is a debate in itself, and the fact is I am not that interested. Live blogging is an interactive way of seeing political coverage. See: New York Times. Those feeding the updates are including comments, reactions and other pieces of information that make things multi-faceted, exponentially so. The best part of this is that the presentation effectively helps those who are newly exploring the subject or have missed something, understand what is happening, in context. Television networks don’t have “time” for this kind of thing. Consumers should recognize though that there are ways to access both formats, even simultaneously, and with a little effort, for free.
Via, this New York Times site, you can see a breakdown of the speakers and what was discussed. This is the equivalent of chewing for the consumer so things are easier to swallow, but just because the smaller pieces have names doesn’t mean the consumer knows what they ate.
On a side note, when did the Democratic Convention become an awards show?
4 responses so far ↓
Vivian // Sep 11th 2012 at 8:29 pm
I agree that the live feed is a great guide to those who haven’t been following along to politics in an election year.
In regards to when the DNC became an award show, I don’t really get what you mean. The DNC was a three day event filled with thought-provoking speeches whether you lean right or left and to reduce it to something that can equate the VMAs is taking the issues discussed way too lightly. I think that there is a celebrity facet of all conventions that can be rightly categorized as a publicity stunt to draw in a greater number of views, but compared to the 3-4 days of speeches they only take up a total (at most) of like 4 hours all together.
Brooklyn Brit // Sep 11th 2012 at 8:41 pm
Loved the picture choice. I have to say that I thought the DNC had a number of amazing speakers, Elizabeth Warren was particular favorite of mine.
It’s hard sometimes to read and watch a lot of stuff on politics when you are really turned off by the whole deal, but I’m learning that taking a bit of time to get the bare bones of it all can be really useful, even in just forming a deeper opinion on what exactly it is you don’t like about the whole thing.
Juliya Madorskaya // Sep 11th 2012 at 10:35 pm
@Emmy . I am not sure if your post is at me, a general statement or something you gathered from my post…
@ Vivian. I guess I just don’t appreciate yet another level of fake layering and sensationalism. The numerous tear jerking irrelevant thank you’s and I love you’s trying to “humanize” and make everyone into a “regular” person are not special if every person who comes up behaves like they’re accepting an Oscar. I do have a deeper opinion which is not part of my post, or the point of it, and I am certainly far from under a rock. Even if all of this is somewhat part of politics by nature, I suppose I don’t appreciate the “hybridization of presentation” so to speak. It is a look at something I noticed and in no way meant to take away from the importance of any issues addressed or discussed. Never did I say that based on style presentation that the serious issues were somehow less significant. Can you see what I am trying to say?
Yessenia Gutierrez-Symby // Dec 13th 2012 at 10:43 am
I love the picture choice. I honestly have to say I found myself more involved in the DMC this year than 4 years ago.
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