No cooking these books:Whatch where the vote... I mean money goes.

The Federal Election Commission released the amount of money each news outlet spent on campaign coverage as Fox's Brit Hume reports http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=212323. The drastic slant towards President-elect Obama is hard to ignore. I do not thin we should be ignorant and believe journalists are robotic followers of today's events. They have passions, convictions, and values like normal human beings. What we can see from the money spent to cover each campaign is that there was the media following a trend not following news. In our class we discussed how the media covered Obama more because he was a novelty. A relative newcomer to the political arena, African-American decent, and charming, Mr. Obama caused the media to as Chris Matthews said ' feel shivers up {their}} legs'. Well, when their legs were shaking a lot of loose change feel out, about twice as much as fell out for Senator John McCain. You can account for some the difference because of the run off between Mr. Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton, more pit stops, and because of the Obama campaign charging up to $1500 for media outlets to cover his victory party. I can see more money for that reason , but twice as much. I think CBS really has some explaining to do. Am I overreacting? Is there good reason to spend twice as much on one candidate and not the other? How much was the vote swayed because of this? Shout it out and let me know below in the comments.

Watchdog to the Extreme! Politico 44

The website www.politico.com launched a new website at http://www.politico.com/politico44/ . The new website aims to cover the presidency of Barak Obama minute by minute. The website includes links to multiple stories surrounding the president-elect. It even includes a calendar with minute by minute updates as to what he is doing. In my opinion this is a beautiful resource for the media and public. Politico enages politcial analysts from all views to weigh in on the news of the day, and having a resource to gauge what our president does daily will be a wonderful way to keep government accoutable for its actions. I would love for every government official to have something similar. It may be viewed by some to be looking for mistakes and ways to jab at him, but as journalists aren't we supposed ot do all we can to make sure government does what it is suppsoed to? I do not condone witch hunts. I'll repeat myself, I do not condone witch hunts! I am of the firm belief that we should simply report the good and bad, and having close tabs like Politico 44 will enable everyone to do just that. As a public servant his time is our money, our lives, and our future. I want to praise him for his successes and hold him responsible for his failures, and get to know him as a person. Lastly, what do you think? Should we hold public servants to this level of scrutiny? Let me know and comment below!