Media coverage of election criticized, especially online
Steve Safran November 27th, 2006
The Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism took a look at mainstream media coverage of the November 7th national elections and found use of the web seriously lacking. For newspaper websites “… finding the balance between speed and offering a rich narrative still has to be reconciled…They are still struggling with the possibilities and risks of real-time news, something television has more experience with.” Broadcast network viewers watched “programs still largely built on a model developed 40 years ago.” TV Sites did better: “While they varied in design and ease of use, the sites set up by some TV news operations represented some of the strongest destinations of the night, coupling speed, organization and depth.” The survey was unimpressed with blogs: “Bloggers were caught somewhat empty-handed by the relatively error-free election of 2006,” writes the survey. “Some, such as Wonkette, got downright cranky that no one was leaking examples of fraud and abuse. Others got nasty about who was winning and losing.”
3 Comments Add your own
1. thewashingtonchannel | November 27th, 2006 at 8:27 am
“…Others (bloggers) got nasty about who was winning and losing.”
Leave it to the Project for Excellence in Journalism to take a swipe at the unwashed… did they mention the towering excellence displayed on cnn by wolf blitzer??? his constant chiding of jeff greenfield in regards to where he was standing on the set at any given time was about as excellence in journalism as i’ve witnesses in some time.
LePew
2. Vinny | November 27th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
Bloggers were caught empty-handed?
What about the MSM who reported fraud all day long and parroted every accusation of intimidation that was made regardless of its voracity only to ignore all of it when the Dems won?
Empty-handed indeed. For all the upheaval the devastating disenfranchisement was going to cause, we sure didn’t hear a whole lot about it afterward.
3. Ratboy | January 19th, 2008 at 5:33 am
Wow, thanks for the excellent information!
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