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
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"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"
Thanks for the formula, professor.
By the way, could you tone down the CAPS?
Professor. Nice.
How about DON'T POST A POLL THAT ONLY 13 PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED TO! Talk about lame.
The PE's endorsement of McCain seemed to sway their coverage about election news. TGFLATimes for news of this area. The Prop 8 supporters were heavily marching around Hemet as well, but PE never did much and was swooped by LA Times.
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