On 11-Sep-2008, at 08:31, Jared Earle wrote: > On 11 Sep 2008, at 14:50, David Cake wrote: >> Basically, McCain won the news cycle, but Obama made good >> traction on negating the whole Rovian smear tactics, and claiming the >> high ground. If they repeat this with a few more news cycles, McCain >> will win a few more news cycles and lose himself an election. > > Is it just me or did the concept of the news cycle only really > become part of the public consciousness thanks to The West Wing?
Hmm.. could be. > My Missus says that if it weren't for the West Wing, she wouldn't > understand the US news. I watched all of West Wing and I don't understand the US news, which is why I get my news from non-US sources. Mostly the BBC, Times, and Telegraph. I mean, I don't think there IS US news, unless you consider People Magazine to be 'news', and I don't. Actual journalism at a national level? Not outside of the web. OK, I lied, I have recently started reading HuffingtonPost too. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/olbermann-slams-republica_n_125525.html > <http://tw3.it/5O> "As promised, a Special Comment about our sad anniversary tomorrow. Or, more correctly, what our sad anniversary tomorrow has been turned into by the presidential administration, and the current Republican candidates for President and Vice President. This is supposed to be a day of remembrance. Remembrance of the attack, remembrance of the national unity which followed it. Most important of all, remembrance of the dead. But 9/11 has become a brand name. A Republican campaign slogan. Propaganda of the lowest form. 9/11 has become 9/11 with a trademark logo. 9/11 (TM) has sustained a president who long ago should have been dismissed, or impeached. It has kept him and his gang of financial and constitutional crooks in office without -- literally -- any visible means of support." Go Keith, Go! -- "Katrina, $4 gas, a trillion dollar war, rising unemployment, deregulated housing market, global warming...NO MORE!" http://is.gd/2mxY _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
