Showing posts with label usa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label usa. Show all posts
Monday, December 29, 2008

Internet Overtakes Newspapers as News Source in US

From Pew Research comes the unsurprising, err, news, that the internet is preferred over newspapers as a US source of national and international news.
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It’s amazing to me how high TV is on that question - especially after the appalling US network and cable news reporting over the last 10 years. I’ve essentially switched TV news off for over 10 years. Ok - over 20 years.
Indeed right now, for under 30’s, 59% say they get most of their news online, and only 59% say they use TV as a news source at all.
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Look at the internet jump from 2007 to 2008 - amazing, but look at the TV slide. I wonder how much of that was due to the US election, and the appalling network coverage versus the internet, radio and newspapers.
Thursday, November 6, 2008

Yahoo logo -- US Election

11月4日,2008年美国总统大选的投票日,最终民主党候选人奥巴马率先赢得足够的选举人票(270票),战胜共和党候选人麦凯恩,取得本届美国总统大选的胜利。这是美国第44任总统,也是美国首位黑人总统。
Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Google logo -- US Election

(Require US IP to see the logo)

Today is the 56th consecutive quadrennial United States presidential election and will select the President and the Vice President of the United States. Can Democrat Barack Obama beat Republican John McCain and step towards becoming the first African-American US president today? 还是用中文表达真切:让我们拭目以待吧......