I am most familiar with John McCain and Hillary Clinton. Know about Rudy G. but, the fact is, all the media coverage so far only seems to be headline and emotional pandering. I blame the media, myself. Media has an immense capability of keeping us informed about the candidates. They are not stupid, the omissions are no accident. They insult the ordinary people's intelligence and vital needs to be informed voters. You opinion?
2007-12-17 06:15:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
I don't blame you.
Almost all coverage of the election is "horse race" coverage. That is "will this help or hurt [candidate]" and nearly nothing that tells us the kinds of things we need to know to decide.
Furthermore, they don't talk at all about most of the candidates, only the "front-runners" -- meaning that those not so designated are all but invisible.
There has been a series of Q&A on CBS with many candidates (though they don't include all). You can find the clips on CBS's news site.
Yes, they could and should tell us who these people are, what they've done, and what they say they'd do if elected.
But the Internet does provide a lot of ways to learn what you need to know. You can read all their positions on their web sites, and follow news and get analysis from blogs.
2007-12-17 07:19:34 · answer #1 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of ways of catching up with the various candidates. Really, you only have yourself to blame if you can't learn more about a particular person.
Does the media worry too much about the front-runners? Does it spend too much time thinking about the horse race? Yes and yes. But sometimes you have to do a little of the work for yourself. For example, Mitt Romney was on Meet the Press for quite a while on Sunday. There have been several debates this year featuring all the candidates.
2007-12-17 18:43:27 · answer #2 · answered by wdx2bb 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree with you on that one. The media does a terrible job at informing us of anything. I do not think it's an accident that we see what we see. We must all do the extra homework and research the candidates to supplement what they want us to see.
2007-12-17 19:08:40 · answer #3 · answered by Mildred S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
go to each candidate's website and read their views on subjects maybe then you will be more informed
2007-12-17 14:19:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋