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Re: Best Political News?

Russ Henry — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:21:49 -0000

Transparent to a fault. ; )

Re: Best Political News?

Russ Henry — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:21:10 -0000

Local GOP headquarters and celebration party.
Where else?

Re: Best Political News?

Ed Cone — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:02:11 -0000

I was most interested in local and state races, and I found my county elections site and the Raleigh N&O the best resources. I used them to update my blog for readers in our area.

Nationally, I read a lot of bloggers, but mostly as filters for major media. As such, they did OK...but they were too nationally-focused to be useful sometimes. For example, Josh Marshall's TPM was following contested House races, but he was still showing a CNN projection on NC 11 long after the Asheville paper had reported a concession speech. Lesson there: listen to your readers and let them feed you info, don't just pass along big media reports.

Re: Best Political News?

billg — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:57:00 -0000

I liked the Reuters site last night: Fast results with minimal analysis. (I'll do my own analyzing, thank you. It's not rocket science.) Didn't watch any TV. Talking heads talking to each other is not news and it's seldom analysis.

Reuters supplemented their own reports with a live-updating headline box to collect reports from other sources, i.e., projected calls from the networks, concession speechs, etc. Sure beat tracking multiple sites. Offical results were broken down on multiple page, with drill-down access via maps, etc.

The NYT also did well. More news, less filler. Khoi Vinh and his design team set the stage by cranking out some nice work.

Re: Best Political News?

Vincent — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:42:24 -0000

The Daily Show with Jon Edwards. And the BBC... but I'm not american ;)

Re: Best Political News?

Kevin Burton — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:54:52 -0000

For FAST BREAKING news most memetrackers will fall down on the job I think.

Re: Best Political News?

Andrew Hitchcock — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:32:14 -0000

http://www.thestranger.com/...

Re: Best Political News?

Can't stop laughing — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:26:26 -0000

@ 11 - Podesta...OMG, I can't stop laughing. Mainstream media "analytical, substantive, timely"...you're a riot.

Re: Best Political News?

The country has gone crazy — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:22:10 -0000

I go hide under my covers and weep. We are so lost in this country. I just want to cry. Democrats, Republicans...all are completely without leaders or strategy. Now all I have to hope for is that Manuel Rosales defeats Hugo Chavez and the world will have some sort of hope in it.

Re: Best Political News?

John Dowdell — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:19:38 -0000

"Where you going tonight for online political news and views?"

Tomorrow. :-)

Re: Best Political News?

Podesta — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:18:52 -0000

I agree with Kevin and LayZ. Nothing beats the best of mainstream media when it comes to the kind of analytical, substantive and timely reportage elections merit. Makes me miss my days (and nights, many nights) in newsrooms.

Re: Best Political News?

daniela barbosa — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:17:21 -0000

CNN has a well designed interactive site for the various races and you can drill down by zip code for local races and key ballot measures. I wouldn't go so far as to say the best political views but the interactive site is useful.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION...

i do have the TV on- Chris Mathews -MSNBC whaaaatching the Governator acceptance speech right now. urgh.

Re: Best Political News?

LayZ — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:51:36 -0000

The LAST place I go is the internet. Not enough talent to do quality analysis there.

Re: Best Political News?

James Clark — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:27:15 -0000

CNN, thinkprogress.org and local am radio.

Re: Best Political News?

Nathaniel Payne — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:13:02 -0000

Oddly enough, I'm just watching the local news (CBS affiliate). It's good enough for me, and it's updated frequently. Plus you get all that great speculation that's okay for television once every couple of years, but is viciously derided on the internet. :D