Post-ABC Poll: Bush Ignoring Public Concerns
By Richard Morin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 7, 2005; 12:03 PM
Very interesting... so it would appear that there are more Americans in the middle than at the extreme ends? Get out of town...never would have guessed (he says knowingly).
Yet, these people continue to be overlooked.
It will be interesting to see how those of us in the middle will take advantage of new technologies and mediums to gain attention.
For example, protesters in Cairo used IM and text message to organize anti-war rallies and then were able to report on the event instantly with digital cameras and cell phones.
Such technology allows citizen activists to cut out the middle man.
The Americans in the middle are overlooked because there is no conflict in consensus and where there is no conflict there is no "news."
The rise of blogging, IM, digital cameras, ect., are allowing the people themselves to not only decide what is or isn't news, but to make the news themselves.
By Richard Morin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 7, 2005; 12:03 PM
"A clear majority of Americans say President Bush is ignoring the public's concerns and instead has become distracted by issues that most people say they care little about, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
The survey found that 58 percent of those interviewed said Bush is mainly concentrating in his second term on problems and partisan squabbles that these respondents said were unimportant to them.
Very interesting... so it would appear that there are more Americans in the middle than at the extreme ends? Get out of town...never would have guessed (he says knowingly).
Yet, these people continue to be overlooked.
It will be interesting to see how those of us in the middle will take advantage of new technologies and mediums to gain attention.
For example, protesters in Cairo used IM and text message to organize anti-war rallies and then were able to report on the event instantly with digital cameras and cell phones.
Such technology allows citizen activists to cut out the middle man.
The Americans in the middle are overlooked because there is no conflict in consensus and where there is no conflict there is no "news."
The rise of blogging, IM, digital cameras, ect., are allowing the people themselves to not only decide what is or isn't news, but to make the news themselves.
3 Comments:
Americans are in the middle because they do not want to chose between the two. The lack of options in terms of political parties hurts Americans more then it helps them. Why pick between two evils? As Ron Fauchex puts it, all we have is a choice, not the representatives that we think will do the best job. "Either Or" creates dichomtmus choices that do not allow for more solutions, just compromise.
By Outside Damage, at 6:42 PM
This is a comment on Wednesday morning, June 8, to test automatic reporting.
Damien, please go ahead and delete it.
By Emilienne Ireland, at 8:25 AM
Middle Americans!! Finally!! As a Schwarzenegger Republican, I find myself in the middle on several issues and am glad to see that a more unified approach to centrists is taking form. I think it is important to have a middle ground in ever debate, something we are missing in Congress. To blame for this lack of middle ground is gerrymandering. States must move to redistricting by independent panels of retired judges, not the majority party. Independent boards will allow for competitive districts and more middle ground candidates!!!
By BWS, at 2:33 PM
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