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At the risk of calling it too soon, I think the Republicans will retain control of the Senate. Before I sign off however, a few thoughts. . . . Blogs are not only here to stay, but have found their place in election coverage, and American media. Think about this . . . imagine if CNN, CBS News, ABC News, NBC News, and Fox News all covered the election from the same room? In a way that was what tonight was like for me. Bloggers admitted they were much more civil toward each other in person than online. I witnessed healthy discussions and a multitude of perspectives. Also, while CNN went above and beyond in their organization of tonight’s event (did I say the food was amazing?), I applaud them for their hands-off approach. They encouraged us to watch whatever network we wanted and even appreciated feedback about their own coverage. Could it be that mainstream media is finally going to lead us in discussions, rather than sell us on opposing points of view? We can only hope.
November 7th, 2006
Just a moment ago, one of the CNN IT guys came over to me asking if I was looking for a firewire for my camera, so I could download my photos. I didn’t ask for one and then I remembered I posted something earlier about it. Well CNN read it and and got one of their guys on the case. Lets just say, the CNN IT guys have been unbelievable. They are not your average IT guys. They actually get the job done and are happy to do it! I feel like I’m in a Jetblue commercial. (By the way, I’m holding off in photos until tomorrow.)
November 7th, 2006
After an evening of coffeehouse din, there were more cheers than jeers when CNN announced that the Democrats won control of the House.
November 7th, 2006
SPOILER ALERT - YOU MAY FIND OUT WHO IS WINNING THE ELECTION: Giving it his own twist, Jon Stewart is now up live with the Daily Show/Colbert Report joint effort “Midterm Midtacular.” Jon is calling the losers in each race. The one exception? “Rick Santorum has been raptured!” Colbert has his own version of the MNSBC Democracy Dashboard, the “Catastrophometer.” (The more the Democrats win, the more the dial leans toward bin Laden.) Meantime, the Comedy Central Indecider is liveblogging the election. Dan Rather’s appearance was great. Stewart’s tried to get Dan to use some Dan-isms to describe close races. Dan played along. The best one? “If you ain’t got the yolk, you can’t emulsify the hollandaise.”
November 7th, 2006
In a post on the National Journal’s Tech Daily Dose, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark comments on the role of the web in tonight’s election, “What’s different about this election is the role of the ‘net. People are connecting online to work together to defeat bad guys. My experience tells me that this is sustainable, in a way that’ll break the cycles of corruption and house cleaning.”
November 7th, 2006
In no order: Top Technorati search right now is “Exit Poll.” At Flickr there are currently 3,468 photos tagged “election day” and 29,402 tagged “election.” YouTube comes up with 1,716 videos tagged with “election 2006” and 10,937 tagged with “voting.”
November 7th, 2006
OK, I’ve just watched the first 10 minutes of Katie’s first Election Night broadcast at CBS. I have to say the broadcast doesn’t look much different than when Dan Rather was doing it. Thoughts?
November 7th, 2006
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In a first for local affiliates in New York, both WNBC and WABC are providing election coverage on air, online, and on their digital channels. WNBC is providing extended coverage on its digital channel with an hour-special hosted by Chuck Scarborough and Lynda Baquero. WABC is just updating full-screen graphics on its digital channel. I know there is even more innovative coverage going on out there tonight. LR readers would love to hear about it!
November 7th, 2006
I’ve been trying to visit Digg for the last half hour and the site has been down. They have a message up stating, “We’ll be back shortly” along with a list of suggested sites to visit. Never saw that before. Strange on such a big night or is Election Night no big deal for sites like Digg?
November 7th, 2006
I’m a dingbat and forgot to bring my camera cable to download my pics onto my computer. However, my fellow blogger Ann Althouse has posted a series of photos from tonight’s CNN blogger party on her blog at Althouse.
November 7th, 2006
Ah, life in a TV newsroom on election night. It’s nonstop excitement. So exciting, in fact, that I had time to walk around with an iCam and put together this behind-the-scenes video about just how exciting it is. Join me, won’t you, for the world premiere of “Glamour! Election 2006 in Boston.” I think you’ll agree that it is, indeed, 2006.
Obviously, Warley is the night’s big winner as he feasts on gourmet food at the CNN blogger fest…
November 7th, 2006
Check out MSNBC’s very cool “Democracy Dashboard” on the front of its politics section. Live results, and a car dashboard-style bar that is keeping track of the balance of the House and Senate. You can search local results within the dashboard, and clicking on the “Live Results” button brings up a map with rollover state-by-state numbers.
November 7th, 2006
CNN is now serving up a spread you don’t often see in TV land, acorn squash stuffed with risotto, stuffed pork loin, poached salmon, and even alcohol is being served. What’s going to keep your newsroom going through the night? Any unusual munchies?
November 7th, 2006
At the end of the day, what matters is how our tax dollars are spent, right? In the age of the Internet, I’ve longed for an easy way to monitor how the federal government spends our money. ED Morrissey of Caption’s Quarters just told me about FedSpending.org. You can check out the top 100 contractors or the top 100 recipients of grants. There’s a lot of data to poor over!
November 7th, 2006
In addition to Digg, check out the most popular tags on Technorati or Flickr as well to gauge what’s on the minds of web users this evening. Thanks to “Tag Man” for this suggestion! Check out his “Election Poetry - Fun with Web 2.0 Tags”.
November 7th, 2006
Thought I’d start an evening of videoblogging our election coverage with a tour of our news set. In case you think every local newsroom is like CNN… watch:
(Nice freeze frame of me, no?)
November 7th, 2006
This is the first major election for social networking news website Digg.com. It will be fun to monitor stories on its homepage as the night wears on. I can wait to see what’s on the minds of Digg users at 10pmEST when the networks suspend their regular programming to cover returns. Top story on Digg right now is “Exit-Poll Secrecy Measures Aim to Plug Leaks to Blogs”.
November 7th, 2006
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