Young people are tech savvy but don't vote...

Young people are tech savvy. You get online and make things happen. But, you don't vote. That's what this article is saying. It takes good, old-fashioned face-to-face meetings with people to get New Hampshireites to respond. Take a look at:

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9846506-7.html?tag=newsmap

Journalists endorsing candidates?

Brian said he thought print journalists were more likely to be non-biased than broadcasters. While that might have been true in the college ranks, I have always thought the opposite. Print folks can publish just about anything they want. I have never seen a tv newscaster endorse a candidate, but has been common for newspapers for a long time.
Newspapers typically have a slant, either liberal or conservative and that is usually known by it's readers. Since broadcasters are using the public airwaves they are supposed to be non-biased.
The interwebnet however opens up a whole new playing ground. I am guessing the print rules will be followed and should be assumed by readers.
Heres a blog that has more on endorsements:
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=135278

Responsibility of Information

More then ever before in American politics raw information and data is available to the public. We no longer have to rely on media outlets as a source of our information. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Can the public be responsible with this information as much as journalist are? This reminds me of another time in history when the Catholic Church would not put the Bible in the language of the commoner. Instead it was only in Latin and only Priest were allowed to have a Bible. It was feared that the public would miss interpret the bible because they lacked the proper training that the priest had. This gave the priest even more power over their congregations, leading to corruption and abuse of that power. In the end Martin Luther gave the bible to the people and one of his translations became the first book published on a printing press.

I think a growing number of people want more information then what the journalist are able to give us. News is compressed into short 1 or 2 min summaries and one of the few outlets to get more of a complete story is on the internet. There is a place for the journalist and a place for the internet. Because in the end the individual is responsible to seek out the information that is required to make a decision on a candidate.

Kyle

Just for fun....

I thought this would be a nice way to start the semester:
Here is a selection of games that have something to do with the 2008 Election (found on addictinggames.com)
ENJOY!

Election Balls:
http://www.addictinggames.com/electionballs.html

Dress up Barack
http://www.addictinggames.com/dressupbarack.html

Dress up Hillary
http://www.addictinggames.com/dressuphillary.html

Dancing Hillary
http://www.addictinggames.com/dancinghillary.html


......and just because I like the grosseness of it:
http://www.addictinggames.com/fallingbush.html