Some moments to remember from the media’s coverage of the historic Election in 2008.
NBC calls Pennsylvania for Obama
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Some famous political commercials
October 29th, 2008 
joel So next week at this time we “should” know who the president-elect is and we will be able to watch Dancing With The Stars or a football game without seeing the guy with the protruding ears, or the protruding cheek.
But there’s still a good full week of political commercials to go, so I thought I’d exasperate the issue by showing famous political ads from days gone by.
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Times-News picks Obama, Dahlkemper
October 28th, 2008 joel This is not Grandpa Mead’s newspaper anymore.
Though it’s not unheard of for the Erie Times-News to endorse a Democrat for president, the paper’s Editorial Board has historically leaned conservative with their national picks.
That’s why it is a little shocking that the paper, which continues to be owned by the very pro-business Mead family, not only endorsed Barack Obama for President, but also Kathy Dahlkemper for Congress in the 3rd District.
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Tags: Erie, Erie Times-News, Kathy Dahlkemper, McCain, Obama, Phil English 
12 Comments »Poll: has election coverage been biased?
October 27th, 2008 joel Last week we asked about your next technology purchase. The largest percentage said they would be buying a flat-screen HDTV. The next two most popular purchases were a gaming console and Blueray DVD player.
This week, I want to get your opinion about the media coverage of the presidential race. On Wednesday the Pew Research Center released an analysis of how the press reported the 2008 campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain. Their opening statement says it all:
“The media coverage of the race for president has not so much cast Barack Obama in a favorable light as it has portrayed John McCain in a substantially negative one, according to a new study of the media since the two national political conventions ended.”
What do you think? Has the press been down the middle or biased either way.
Has the presidential election media coverage been biased?
- Yes...the media has favored Barack Obama. (76%, 35 Votes)
- No...the media is playing it right down the middle. (15%, 7 Votes)
- Yes...the media has favored John McCain. (9%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 46
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October 24th, 2008 joel Editor’s note: Sound off, give a shout out on “Deep Background,” our totally-random open discussion of all things Erie media.
- GoErie scores with Joyce trial posts: it may not be the OJ trial, but the mail fraud and money laundering case against former state Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce has many of the elements of an engaging trial. That plays right to the strengths of the new media, and GoErie.com is staying in the game with periodic posts as the trial unfolds. Erie Times News reporter Lisa Thompson is in Pittsburgh, giving the reader excellent coverage of the testimony in near real time on GoErie and a thorough retelling for the morning paper. (more…)
Posted in The Feed Tags: Advertising Age, AP, Conde Nast, Erie, Erie Bayhawks, Erie Times-News, ESPN, Gawker Media, Investors Business Daily, Lisa Thompson, McCain, MLB, NBA, NBC Universal, NFL, Obama, Pew Research, RealClearPolitics, Time Warner Cable, Tullio Arena, WFXP, WSEE No Comments »The Feed for Friday, October 10th
October 10th, 2008 joel Editor’s note: Sound off, give a shout out on “Deep Background,” our totally-random open discussion of all things Erie media.
Confirm as a friend: Striving to use all avenues available to communicate with the viewing public, Dwight Miller, President of WQLN-TV tells P&T that there is a Facebook fan page now available with the latest news about the station’s antenna situation. The latest news is the climbers were on the tower Friday (10/10) morning installing a temporary digital antenna at about 300 feet. Previously we reported that when the Q goes back to full power, it will be broadcasting only in digital. UPDATED: The Q is back on-the-air in digital only, using a temporary antenna at 300 feet reaching a portion of their normal viewing base. Full power will be up around Thanksgiving.
Posted in The Feed Tags: ABC, blogging, CBS, CNN, Dwight Miller, Erie Media Go Round, ErieBlogs.com, ESPN, Facebook, Fox, Fox News Channel, GlobalErie.com, HDTV, Jack Tirak, Joe Biden, McCain, NBC, New York Times, NFL, Obama, Peter Panepento, Sarah Palin, Time Warner Cable, WFXP, WICU, WQLN, WSEE No Comments »The American President…on YouTube
September 25th, 2008 joel Perhaps in prior election years, you may have had an odd video tribute to a presidential candidate end up on a random website here or there.
But in this era of YouTube, which didn’t exist in the last election cycle, you have the new media of homemade political ads. Of course you have probably heard of the Obama Girl videos, the original appearing in June 2007 (I Got a Crush…on Obama) and at this writing has reach over 9.7 million views.
An ad for Obama uses an historical perspective to make its case:
A homemade ad created by a McCain voter has received some strong media attention recently:
Posted in New Media Tags: commercials, McCain, Obama, Obama Girl, political ads, Rick Astley, rickrolled, YouTube No Comments »
