Election Essay

When tracking the results of the election, I chose to follow one issue in particular; Proposition 19. Now, don't get me wrong, I watched as Republicans took control of the House and Dems remaining in control of the Senate. I followed this mainly on the various TV stations such as CNN, FOX, MSNBC, and CNBC; however, I also checked their political websites (CNN,FOX,MSNBC, and CNBC. I found it easier to watch the election results instead of sifting through all the online post and mumbo-jumbo. I still like getting my election news from a variety of sources on TV. I find it more entertaining and easier to digest. The major news stations basically are saying the same thing because the results are the results; however, the difference is FOX commentary is Conservative basis and hopeful for their agenda, CNBC is focusing on the financial aspect of the results and how they will affect the stocks and how politics needs to change for better business, and CNN has a more democratic plug.

I'm not a person who likes reading blogs or twitter because I really don't care about what most of the authors have to say. I apologize Maura, but that's just how I feel. I rather get my news from other sources than a blog or a tweet... but that could change; who knows..

When finding out information on the results of Proposition 19, I mainly used CNN's political website because of it's ease of use compared to another site on the internet. I could get real-time updates on Prop 19 which was hard to get on another site. When I searched the internet and other sites, such as FOX or MSNBC, I found it virtually impossible to follow this issue in real-time. Since CNN was reporting the results as they came in, and the fact I could not find the information any easier elsewhere, I ended up just following CNN to follow Proposition 19.

I followed the major news stations when the results were coming in but when doing research on the issue of Prop 19, I ventured out to sites such as The Huffington Post, YouTube (mainly for TV ads on Proposition 19), techcrunch.com, High Times, fastcompany.com, LAtimes.com, csmonitor.com, google fast flips and wikipedia.org. See Blog post "Election Day: Proposition 19."