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How To Supplement Election Coverage?
An anonymous reader asks "What information sources and social networking sites will you be using to supplement the election coverage on TV next Tuesday? I am ready with a big HDTV with Comcast, a Mac mini, and and an Xbox 360. I also have two laptops (one good for websites and one for streaming video), an old-school Blackberry, a 'regular' cell phone, a Nokia N810, a Squeezebox, and finally Sirius Satellite Radio. Which websites should I watch for live county results? I already know about the Twitter Vote Report for tracking and reporting voting issues and I already watch 'CNN Reporters' on Friendfeed for the national flair. What other Twitter accounts should I follow? Which urgent ones should I send to my phones? Which YouTube accounts or keywords I should subscribe to in Miro? What are the most popular sites for posting 'on-scene' videos — iReport, Flickr, something else? I know most local Fox affiliates are great about streaming, but is there a page that lists all of the streams, in case I need to quickly focus on one city or area? Basically, how would you configure all those gadgets?" This reader might find some guidance in what to focus on from a video produced by reader (and data modeler) Bruce Nash that lays out a predicted timeline for when the media will call each state, depending on when the polls close and how tight each race is expected to be.
Who gives a shit? The whole thing is just a glorified punch and judy show designed to showcase the illusion that you can actually change anything by voting
Wrong twitter
You seem to think the more screens you watch the election results on, the better informed you will be. Actually, if you shut down all your electronic gadgets and read a good book (The Prince or Primary Colors spring to mind) you will wake up the next morning a better educated and wiser person. And whoever wins will still have won.
Toby Poynder
London, UK
Shut your limey jew mouth.
That's way too zen-like for me. I'm gonna get pissass drunk and beat my wife. That's the American Way!
This site is just as objective as Fox News, if not moreso.
Bill Clinton: Pimp we can believe in. - The Shirt!!!
Hahaha. Election.
Stupid gringos.
Seeing that people get paid to do this nonsense for you, why don't you just watch one channel and let them do the work?
They're paid to do it *to* you, not for you. Pull your head out of your ass and learn to think.. It's called being a citizen.
I mean, I'm a Republican in a Democratic state and heading out in this election is like the charge of the Light Brigade except that our bumbling nominee might not even get 600 votes.
This is my sig.