Small Towns Get Their 15 Minutes
January 8th, 2008 by
Editor: Scott
New Hampshire state law allows towns with populations of less than 100 to start voting at midnight and close the polls as soon as everyone votes. This gives the minute by minute news coverage -well- something to cover, while the votes of significance take place later today. It also allows the creation of misleading headlines like “McCain Takes 100% of Vote!” (never mind it was 8 votes in one town). Ah yes, journalistic integrity. And to think that some suggest that the new media (read internet) needs government regulation to protect the news product.
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