On Monday, October 18th a group of four different candidates in the running for an open West Virginia Senate seat will be meeting in debate in the city of Morgantown. The debate will be between current Democratic Governor Joe Manchin, the Republican nominee John Raese, Jess Johnson who is a member of the Mountain Party, and a member of the Constitution Party by the name of Jesse Becker. It is thought that the debate will help Joe Manchin, because the debate is expected to continue to divide the followers of the other three candidates. This should be quite an interesting event for all viewers.
I believe that this is a strong example of a pseudo-event that the media put together. A pseudo event is something that is created by the media in order for them to cover it. A four person debate in a major city such as Morgantown is definitely something that a large majority of the attentive public would look to watch, or even attend. Furthermore, it also meets the necessities for a reasonable news cover, which are timeliness, proximity, conflict, impact, prominence, currency, and uniqueness. It is a smart idea for the media to have put together this pseudo event that meets the necessities for reasonable news coverage because I believe that a lot of people involved in West Virginia politics will tune in to the debate.
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