May 4th, 2009 
joel Last week’s poll generated the greatest response since we started the blog. We asked, “Who is the most influential person in Erie media?” and I must admit the results were surprising with Mike Richwalsky of ErieBlogs.com getting 26% of the votes, followed by WJET/WFXP anchor Sean Lafferty with 18%. Brian Lilly was third with 12%, with a tie for fourth with ETN’s Ed Palattella and his boss Pat Howard at 11%. Certainly trying to measure influence is an inexact science, but it was interesting to see that reporters and anchors outperformed the managers who write their checks.
Last week we had the countdown to and then the celebration of the 100th day of President Obama’s administration. Considering the challenging times in which we live, the President’s poll numbers continue to be significantly strong. Perhaps part of that standing comes from his strong use of the media.
What do you think?
From a scale from 1 to 5, how well is President Obama using the media to advance his goals?
- 5: The Obama administration is playing the media like a virtuoso, in near total control of its message and media coverage (56%, 15 Votes)
- 4: the administration is doing a good job in controlling its message and managing positive media coverage (33%, 9 Votes)
- 3: the President’s control of his message is about average for young administrations (7%, 2 Votes)
- 1: the administration is managing the media poorly (4%, 1 Votes)
- 2: the President is having some trouble getting his message out (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 27
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