I have been completely swimming in news since the election started. I find myself reading news constantly. All. The Time. I am reading feeds on my iPhone before I'm even out of bed. Yes, I have asked myself if this is unhealthy. I mean, how many people need the AP wire or Maureen Dowd before they need coffee? The name Rachel Maddow was also tossed my way as someone to provide a fix. Since I am tv-less and on the edge of radio signals, I think this will be another vid-cast watched in bed.
Anyway, the latest sign of the times is Obama's plan to provide video versions of his weekly address. I first heard this on NPR where the reporter closed the story by saying, "YouTube did not exist when President Bush was elected." Yes, and the fact that it came into being, became a huge piece of the cultural and informational landscape and that he still wasn't including video at the end of his reign of terror is yet another example of how quick he was to adapt to new ideas.
January 20th cannot come soon enough for me.
Monday, November 17, 2008
A New Age
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No TV is no excuse! The Maddow is too wonderful to be missed. (First out Rhodes scholar? Where's the love?!) I was at a rally this weekend, and a woman had a sign that said "We should all have the right to marry...Rachel Maddow." Word UP!
RM has had, for the past two weeks or so, the #1 podcast on iTunes. Check it out.
My only regret is not finding the podcast sooner. I can only get the most recent vid-cast, unfortunately.
Let's not even talk about how my classes have suffered since the election. Oddly enough, I could focus on work better pre-voting.
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