My Debate Command Station
Some might be asking “What’s up with this post….” My PhD work is in the area of Journalism and live blogging debates is something that amateurs and pros alike have been doing this US Presidential Cycle. So, livin’ the anthropologist’s life, I thought I’d give it a try.
It’s not as easy as it looks. In fact, Twittering is much easier that trying to write anything substantive. This, believe it or not, was better than my first, unpublished attempt during the VP debate. Balancing watching, thinking, typing, and keeping watching is a lot harder than it seems. So without further adieu, my rather weak ramblings on the proceedings:
- 10.34 pm — Gotta love what happens when the candidates block the teleprompter. And we go to hand shaking…
- 10.24 pm — So much for yes or no. McCain’s “maybe” was the perfect response on that one. And we heard the audience on that one.
- 10.17 pm — For an interesting view on the debate, check out Intrade’s tracking page for the debate.
- 10.13 pm — Whelp, it’s official Brokaw should just get up and leave at this point.
- 10.11 pm — Twitter looks to be down from the traffic
- 10.03 pm — I want a doctrine! The Bernius Doctrine…
- 10.00 pm — Ok, Brokaw is absolutely toothless.
- 9.54 pm — I wonder if the audience is miked? McCain, whose cracked more jokes so far… But if there isn’t the sound of chuckles from the audience, it just sounds like the jokes are dying on the floor.
- 9.49 pm — Brokaw really needs to start cutting these guys off…
- 9.37 pm — Ballston Spa NY — Central NY Represents!
- 9.29 pm — Interesting production note — is it me or are both candidates wearing lapel mics? If so then why the hand helds? Are they even on? Or is it just for the look?
- 9.27 pm — The Hack the Vote live twittering is lagging way too far behind the debate. It’s interesting, especially since there’s a healthy amount of tweets from both sides of the aisle. But I think I’ve seen enough… let’s try some live blogging…