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5th of February, 2008

20:09 - Super Tuesday question...

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Everyone else is talking about the election itself. So, I have a different question...

Poll #1133874 Super Tuesday
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Where did you get your Super Tuesday news?

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American network news-only station (CNN, Fox News, MS/NBC)
16 (28.6%)

American network, not a news-only station (ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, Fox, Cartoon Network, Spice)
9 (16.1%)

Non-American news-only station (BBC News 24, ITN, Sky News, Deutsche Welle, al-Jazeera)
8 (14.3%)

Non-American network, not a news-only station (BBC One-Four, CTV, Televisa)
2 (3.6%)

Internet news site (cnn.com, nytimes.com, news.bbc.com)
33 (58.9%)

Internet blog sites (livejournal.com, Matt Drudge, splogs)
18 (32.1%)

Secretaries of state websites (sos.ca.gov, etc.)
3 (5.4%)

Radio (AM, FM, Satellite, Shortwave)
20 (35.7%)

Newspapers, the morning after the election.
5 (8.9%)

Other (grapevine of friends, working for the Sec. State, telepathy)
11 (19.6%)

I refuse to listen to Super Tuesday news.
6 (10.7%)

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From:[info]beetiger
Date:2008-Feb-6 04:19 am (UTC)
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My girlfriend who is obsessively watching dozens of blogs and CNNHD.
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From:[info]foxhack
Date:2008-Feb-6 04:32 am (UTC)
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If anyone starts to say anything about that on TV, I flip the channel.

American politics bore me, but I really hope Hillary loses. :P
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From:[info]wbwolf
Date:2008-Feb-6 04:41 am (UTC)
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I chose "Non-American nonnews channels" and "radio", but in truth, I get my Super Tuesday news (in fact most broadcast news) from news podcasts from CBC and BBC.

Besides, for TV, the only real choice is C-SPAN.
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From:[info]kensan_oni
Date:2008-Feb-6 04:56 am (UTC)
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Although the BBC has a wonderful little video on how the Primaries work.
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From:[info]merle_
Date:2008-Feb-6 05:43 am (UTC)
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I check in now and then, but disbelieve -- even after voting is done on the west coast today, just over half of the states have voted, and not all votes are counted. So it is just a bit of ambient data, skewed by the coastal preferences.

Besides, if Huckabee wins well enough, [info]28bytes might slap me, and I'd rather not have that to look forward to...
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From:[info]kinnerc
Date:2008-Feb-6 05:59 am (UTC)
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Great poll!
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From:[info]oliver_otter
Date:2008-Feb-6 06:25 am (UTC)
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I probably wouldn't have checked radio, but for the fact that browsing the web while driving home is likely to be fatal.
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From:[info]centauress
Date:2008-Feb-6 08:03 am (UTC)
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Today I spent on blogs... And a few news (non-network) sites.

Also, Drudge isn't even an honest website. Shouldn't it be listed as 'partisan'?

Normally I only view the ss.ca.gov site. I didn't today. Probably tomorrow.
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From:[info]chipuni
Date:2008-Feb-6 04:51 pm (UTC)
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Also, Drudge isn't even an honest website. Shouldn't it be listed as 'partisan'?

...and splogs are spam blogs (blogs that steal content from other blogs, but add lots of links to what they're trying to promote.)

...and I would be curious what kind of Super Tuesday coverage Spice Network would give. Or, maybe, un-coverage.



Edited at 2008-02-06 04:53 pm (UTC)
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From:[info]wbwolf
Date:2008-Feb-6 11:26 pm (UTC)

Naked News Network

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They would just air the Naked News.
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From:[info]jaffa_tamarin
Date:2008-Feb-6 02:58 pm (UTC)
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Does BBC America count as an American or non-American network?
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From:[info]chipuni
Date:2008-Feb-6 04:52 pm (UTC)
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Yes, it does.
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From:[info]hastka
Date:2008-Feb-6 05:51 pm (UTC)
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I guess it's telling of how much I pay attention to election coverage that the first time I ever even heard the phrase "super tuesday" was on this poll....
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From:[info]illogicalvulcan
Date:2008-Feb-10 05:04 am (UTC)

Not as awesome of the Secretary of State...

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...but I work for Advance Publications. It was also Mardi Gras, and we have <a href="http://www.mardigras.com>MardiGras.com</a>. And Tuesday was the Giants' victory parade. Go ahead, ask me how my Tuesday was. Oops, I was just supposed to explain why I answered "Other". I got carried away. I'll show myself out.
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