Election Coverage is good but scattered

Find out how Campaign 2008 is being covered by mainstream online media, and other off-the-beaten path online publications. Blog (i) common trends in the coverage and (ii) what in the coverage is/are uniquely OJ stuff:

Each of the websites for News like Time Magazine and CNN.com, that take viewers directly to links about the three candidates and how the primaries are running.

Editorializing. Pollsters have been screwing up on the numbers, so the commentary people have stepped in to tell us how we are going to vote. There are even more vlogging and talking heads than there were during the 2004 election, and its not just Stephen Colbert only though it makes you wish it was.

One trend is, Ditch the Dinosaur named John McCain. I am a democrat but I think that more coverage besides Fox news should also go to John McCain. It's because the primary is running so fiercely and it probably wont end any time soon. Maybe by the start of summer if one of them gets enough electoral votes.

Never Ending primary is another trend. This should be known because what is uniquely journalist about it is how they travel around from state to state, in search of the never ending primary. Election coverage has never been like this. It has given local news a nationalistic pride and parts of the country are given a platform to speak on they have not been offered in years. Suddenly tiny states in the caucus and primary are important. This will be the election of the never ending primary and right now it is anyones guess who will come out on top.

One of the trends is black people vrs. white women. An enigmatic mixed race man and a former first lady and white woman are much more interesting to see duke out and force their country to think about change, an angle the media got out early. I like this trend the least, and I can only see it continuing as their pasts come to light or if they or one of their PR people slip up in a comment. It doesnt aid the election or issues but it does keep people interested.

Of all these I think the most journalistic and newsy is actually Yahoo. It gives clear definitions on all the candidates and how their campaigns have changed or made the news that day. It has a political dashboard, and refuses to take sides.

It is the most unbiased easily accessible spreadsheet on the net, and my source for online election coverage.