POLITICAL CONVENTIONS ARE NEWS.
POLITICAL CONVENTIONS ARE NEWS. At the beginning of the year, I expressed my frustration here with the refusal of the networks to show the political conventions directly. I have resolved to post only once on the subject during the conventions, and this is the post. This article describes how the major networks did not give Nancy Pelosi’s speech any significant air time. When the Speaker of the House gives an address at a convention that is held every four years, giving arguments for her candidate, that is news. Chatting among journalists is not news.
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:10 pm
I watched some of the Democratic Convention, and I think if more of these were publicized Americans would be appalled at how terrible our politicians are at public speaking. I was embarrassed for a few of them. They’re like elementary school children who have been called on in class to read something they don’t understand or enjoy.