Monday, October 18, 2010
Witch or No Witch?
The article I chose to read was from CNN.com. The article is titled Collegians on O'Donnell and Coons: What debate? What witch? This article is all about the political race to fill the Delaware seat in the Senate that Joe Biden had formerly held. The race is between Christine O'Donnell and Chris Coons. In the past, O'Donnell in a television clip stated that she dabbled in witch craft. Now, that has come out during the political race and it is all anyone is focusing on. There were many students, on the campus where the debate was held, that were carrying signs about their feelings towards O'Donnell and her past statement. This just goes to show that even though some college students do not follow politics there is still media coverage that catches their attention about any candidate. Many of the students knew O'Donnell's name and knew something about her, but others did not know anything about her opponent. This brings in the earned and free media that we talked about in class. The old saying of any media is good media, is present int his article, because even though some students have not been following the race, they still knew something about at least one candidate.
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I think it is so awesome that media backs a person (who is 3d, persae) seem sooo 1-D. They do it all the time, and especially in politics with O'Donnell. The free media that she is receiving, although extremely negative, seems to be pushing her well along to winning if kids do not even know who her opponent is. So while they may be outraged about something she said, they are actually still helping her win.
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