Elections in the Age of the Internet

**Finn** · 4th November 08, 08:21 PM

I usually cannot abide watching TV on Election Night.
However, keeping informed on the Internet is really working for me. The results are almost as fast and there are no pundits!

**JRB** · 4th November 08, 08:27 PM

I'm watching "Indecision '08" with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. That's all the news I need tonight.

**GDub** · 4th November 08, 08:52 PM

I haven't watched TV for most of the past 25 years. The internet definitely good enough for me, and, IMHO, is the perfect medium for election coverage.

**Carolina Kiltman** · 5th November 08, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by GDub

I haven't watched TV for most of the past 25 years. The internet definitely good enough for me, and, IMHO, is the perfect medium for election coverage.

I agree! PBS isn't quite as bad, but is still too "talking head" for my taste. I remember going to a local hotel ball-room and watching the results being read from a ticker tape and then written buy hand on a large chalk board. (I'm giving away my age here). But I rather miss that.

Seems to me that the internet, while a wunnerful tool, also continues the alienation of the population one from another. There was a marvelous sense of community then that seems to have largely been lost.