I thought you voted for the candidate who's all about unification, reconciliation, and reaching across party lines .

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Tom voted for McCain?!?

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Michael, I think Jason was trying to be funny, not snide. Just my opinion.

Although I'm more inclined to agree with the pundits on MSNBC, my issue with FOX is that more often than not, they regurgitate conservative talking points and are essentially a political mouth piece, whereas MSNBC is certainly left-skewing but I never get the impression their pundits are not giving their actual, non-corporate-massaged views.

So you don't think the commentators on Fox believe what they say?  Besides the report that Hammer linked to is really about an editorial decision -- which stories does a given organization emphasize and report.  I'm not certain that political commentary is included in such an analysis.

Edited to change Bruce to "Hammer."

I told ya, Geoff - I'm the Blind Squirrel!

But you are right - I think this was more about the types of stories that get reported, rather than the editorial commentary.

That's one thing I learned from my 10 years in the news business. Journalists have a tremendous amount of influence in deciding which stories get covered and which stories get emphasized.

This really came home to me after I had written an article on a local school board meeting where several issues were covered. A competing paper covered the same meeting and if you read both stories, you would have no idea they came from the same meeting. And it's not that either one of us were right or wrong - just that we chose to write about completely different aspects of that meeting.

In this case, Fox is choosing stories that paint Republicans in a favorable light, while MSNBC is choosing stories that reflect favorably on the Democrats.

Marcio:

Its people engaged in an election, many of whom having never felt a part of the political process before.  It is a very, very good thing.  Anyone in line before polls close will be able to vote.

Elections aren't run by Domino's Pizza. You don't have a guarantee to get to vote in 30 minutes or less.

As we have heard here, the time spent in line to vote varies greatly, depending on where you live and what time you vote.

Besides, people routinely wait in much longer lines to buy concert tickets or the newest video game. I do hope accomodations are being made for the elderly, but, like Geoff, I see this heavy turnout as a great thing.