Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Election Madness
The Good
The LA Times swooped into Southwest Riv County and outperformed all other papers in the election arena. David Kelley took a look at the strong conservative and Republican push in Temecula and Murrieta as compared to the rest of California. (you could make the case that those in southwest still don't get it) As someone who drives through both towns and was tired of the traffic caused by Prop. 8 supporters I found the story interesting.
The Not-So-Bad
The PE tried something new this year and quite frankly I thought it was better than what most papers do. It's impossible for reporters to know who is going to win the local seats because the ballots are never counted in time. So the PE did a quick snapshot of the races.
The Bad
I can't blame the Cal reporters. I'm sure it is not their choice to write 10 to 12 inch articles on elections where about 5 precincts have been counted. Nelsy Rodriguez did a story based on ten percent of the polls. Pretty damn ridiculous. Although is anything going to really change even though 90 percent of the votes haven't been counted.
At least she didn't do what Nicole Sack did and basically call the race at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday night. I am kind of hoping one of her "winners" gets knocked out. DON'T CALL A RACE IF THERE ARE STILL MORE THAN HALF VOTES STILL FLOATING AROUND AND THE DIFFERENCE IS LESS THAN A THOUSAND VOTES
The LA Times swooped into Southwest Riv County and outperformed all other papers in the election arena. David Kelley took a look at the strong conservative and Republican push in Temecula and Murrieta as compared to the rest of California. (you could make the case that those in southwest still don't get it) As someone who drives through both towns and was tired of the traffic caused by Prop. 8 supporters I found the story interesting.
The Not-So-Bad
The PE tried something new this year and quite frankly I thought it was better than what most papers do. It's impossible for reporters to know who is going to win the local seats because the ballots are never counted in time. So the PE did a quick snapshot of the races.
The Bad
I can't blame the Cal reporters. I'm sure it is not their choice to write 10 to 12 inch articles on elections where about 5 precincts have been counted. Nelsy Rodriguez did a story based on ten percent of the polls. Pretty damn ridiculous. Although is anything going to really change even though 90 percent of the votes haven't been counted.
At least she didn't do what Nicole Sack did and basically call the race at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday night. I am kind of hoping one of her "winners" gets knocked out. DON'T CALL A RACE IF THERE ARE STILL MORE THAN HALF VOTES STILL FLOATING AROUND AND THE DIFFERENCE IS LESS THAN A THOUSAND VOTES
Murder update
All three papers who covered the double homicide in French Valley all had updates when four Marines were arrested.
Let's dissect each one. Oh wait. They all read the same.
Tammy McCoy had a snafu in her lede calling the French Valley home near Temecula. It's more closely located to Murrieta. Also the PE put the news up on their Web site, but it was with an AP story. That to me is kind of shameful.
The Valley News continued their coverage with an Internet update. The story read similar to Ms. McCoy's, which is a plus for the Valley News. How does a weekly keep up with the big papers? Use the internet.
The Cal gets the award for best double homicide story. While nothing was really new in John Hall's story the Cal website had the information up first and Hall actually got quotes from a person. I can see how the Valley News might have trouble getting the ins with these investigators but how come the PE can't reach a live person. So what you want about Mr. Hall but the guy has great sourcing.
Let's dissect each one. Oh wait. They all read the same.
Tammy McCoy had a snafu in her lede calling the French Valley home near Temecula. It's more closely located to Murrieta. Also the PE put the news up on their Web site, but it was with an AP story. That to me is kind of shameful.
The Valley News continued their coverage with an Internet update. The story read similar to Ms. McCoy's, which is a plus for the Valley News. How does a weekly keep up with the big papers? Use the internet.
The Cal gets the award for best double homicide story. While nothing was really new in John Hall's story the Cal website had the information up first and Hall actually got quotes from a person. I can see how the Valley News might have trouble getting the ins with these investigators but how come the PE can't reach a live person. So what you want about Mr. Hall but the guy has great sourcing.
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