Red Chuck

Back to the Newsstand

So everybody's talking about the new How He Did It Newsweek. And if you didn't know already, this is the exclusive coverage. They enlisted a special team of reporters and everything for this tall tale... I mean, big story.

For my money, in the post election wrapup game, I thought The Economist did a good job summing things up. They kept their analysis short and unsweetened.

And if there's anybody that can learn from all this, its MoveOn. Don't get me wrong. I'm all for MoveOn. But as the Economist points out, the RNC did a great job at the polls. They had their list and they were checking it twice. MoveOn did a great job in the email department. But they sent me so many emails, I stopped reading them. And what we really needed, in the end, was voters at the polls, not emails.

Obviously there's a lot more to it. The country has turned to the right since 9/11. And big media is keeping people scared. Which is why we desperately need MoveOn. But we also need organization on the street. In the future, I would like to see MoveOn in my RSS reader and a DNC representative at the polls. Hopefully someone will suggest that. Because MoveOn really did a suberb job of getting the word out on the important issues. But getting the word out and getting people to the polls, as we have learned, are two very distinct things.

Which brings us back to corporate sponsored media outlets. So what really happened this election? How did he do it? If you want the soap opera... I mean the Newsweek slant on the campaign — McCain's weird wooing, Carville's tearful plea for organization, Theresa's migranes and sore eyes — then head to the newsstand. (Don't forget to pickup an October Vanity Fair while you're there. A much better read, I wager.)

I'm just surprised no one has mentioned the Time cover. To me they've really gotten to the heart of the matter, don't you think?

Posted by Red Chuck at November 5, 2004 11:57 AM