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Time For The Spin Cycle

It’s always interesting to see how the media and the politicians try to spin a story. Let’s take a look today at the Massachusetts victory of Republican Scott Brown over Martha Coakley in the bluest of blue states. Here’s what they are saying about it:

Boston Globe

That Dog Will Bite You

Some of you may remember the old, rude joke with the punch line: that dog will bite you. Well, it appears that the willing lapdog media has already begun to sink its teeth into the new President. James Taranto, a superbly talented writer and columnist for the Wall Street Journal, shared this media story in his column,

Media Bias?

OK, by now you know that I believe the media is biased beyond belief and that is a primary reason that print journalism is in the tank from a circulation perspective. The last time I brought this up, the liberals came out of the woodwork to skewer me. That’s OK. I’m a big boy. But don’t just take it from me.

Self Destruct Sequence Underway

A new Rasmussen poll bears ill for the mainstream media. It’s not bad enough that the MSM – newspapers in particular – already are struggling financially.  Tribune – under a load of debt – is selling another piece of its share of CareerBuilder to help lighten the load. Our local Charlotte Observer is making another round of cuts. This trend will continue for a a number of reasons, including that the media is seen by a large portion of the populace as showing its bias. Says Rasmussen,

Reputation Management

Back to Eliot Spitzer for a moment, since he is such a good example of poor reputation management. Joshua Stylman has an excellent article on personal reputation management that points out what Spitzer has done wrong during his recent public drubbing. Says Stylman,

Bad Rep

As we’ve seen recently with the self-inflicted wounding of Eliot Spitzer, reputations take years to build but only seconds to destroy. It is particularly so now that digital technology has given us a minute-to-minute news cycle. DC (digital colleague) Rodger Johnson has an interesting piece on reputation management in the digital age.

Web Trumping Old Media For Campaign Info

According to eMarketer,

…the percentage of Americans relying on traditional news sources has remained static or declined slightly since the last presidential campaign, according to the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

Strange Bedfellows

Politics and the web – a combination that should be perfect – have not really consummated their relationship. We’re starting to see some signs, however, that things are heating up.

Consider this story about Mitt Romney’s campaign:

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Top Presidential Candidate 2008 Websites

Hitwise gives us an update on which presidential candidate websites are getting the most traffic. Top Presidential Candidate 2008 Websites

Ron Paul, the Libertarian turned almost Republican, leads the way. This is no surprise. Paul has taken aim at the Internet like no other candidate, and is raising a ton of money online.