Olbermann recieved 1570 emails last night re: "Electronic Voting Angst"

[G_j]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6368819/

November 9, 2004 | 12:55 a.m. ET

Electronic Voting Angst (Keith Olbermann)



NEW YORK - Bev Harris, the Blackbox lady, was apparently quoted in a number of venues during the day Monday as having written “I was tipped off by a person very high up in TV that the news has been locked down tight, and there will be no TV coverage of the real problems with voting on Nov. 2… My source said they’ve also been forbidden to talk about it even on their own time.”

I didn’t get the memo.

<snip>

It may be different elsewhere, but there was no struggle to get this story on the air, and evidently I should be washing the feet of my bosses this morning in thanks. Because your reaction was a little different than mine. By actual rough count, between the 8 PM ET start of the program and 10:30 PM ET last night, we received 1570 emails (none of them duplicates or forms, as near as I can tell). 1508 were positive, 62 negative.

Well the volume is startling to begin with. I know some of the overtly liberal sites encouraged readers to write - but that’s still a hunk of mail, and a decisive margin (hell, 150 to 62 is considered a decisive margin). Writing this, I know I’m inviting negative comment, but so be it. I read a large number of the missives, skimmed all others, appreciate all -- and all since -- deeply.

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**edit**
watch:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2646372

Email:
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[annabanana]

1. only 1570?

I hope people get a chance to respond as more people see this show. It was magnificent!

[RBHam]

2. What were the ratings?

Did he beat Chris Matthews?

Has he been?

If not...

Let's make it so...

[leftchick]

4. tweety's show is on before his on MSRNC....

I believe Keith's show run's opposite O'Reilly's on faux and paula zahn on CNN.

[bklyncowgirl]

3. Excellent, Keep up the good work, Keith n/t

[cthrumatrix]

5. I think it's awesome..sounds like he will continue to investigate !

[Gothic Sponge]

6. I sent a thank you.

[RamboLiberal]

20. Same here - and since I'm in IT added I know how easy

it is to hack these damn machines. I've spent days every month cleaning co-worker's PCs of adware, spyware, trojans, etc.

[Walt Starr]

7. Here is the most important line in that entry

"Which offers one way bloggers can help guide the mainstream at times like this: source your stuff like crazy, and the stuffier the source the better."

Folks, this is why I've been so anal in the BBV threads. I learned this shit the hard way.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

9. You betcha.

Blind items and rumors work for gossip columnists and repuke political advisors, but they suck for hard news. Source stuff. 2 is good. 3 is great. More is paradise.

Sources. Sources. Sources. Get people on the record.

[SoCalDem]

15. Exactly.. don't ever use "other blogs" as a single source

the more mainstream, the better..and multiple sources on the same article is best..

Also, Look for "balanced" articles if possible.. Lots of time, they include "unintended nuggets" of information whithou probably even realizing it.:)

[wicket]

8. Go keith Go!

[dbt]

10. FWIW: Old radio maxim

We useta figure that for every one person who heard something and called about it, there were 100 who heard it and did not call about it. For every person who heard something and wrote a snail-mail about it, there were 1000 who heard it and did not write about it.

I don't know what the ratios would work out to in the Era of Instant Gratification, but Olbermann got a pretty healthy response IMO for a show on a third-rate cable net--in the face of some very formidable competition.

:smoke:
dbt

[in_cog_ni_to]

11. Thank You, Keith!

That was a SUPERB show! :bounce:

[G_j]

12. if you haven't written yet,

Keith's Email:
[email protected]

[Crankie Avalon]

13. DONE!

"Thank you for your coverage of the "Electronic Voting Angst" story.

Please keep up the great work---you are by far the best American news show, the only one that actually investigates and questions. The rest of our national media has become so bad and uninformative (even misinformative), that I've had to turn to foreign news shows for information about so much of what is going on in the world.

You are doing a great service to our country by keeping alive the spirit of a free and independent media. We NEED your show, now more than ever.

Thanks again!"

[G_j]

19. nice! n/t

[City Lights]

14. More email addresses:

[email protected]
[email protected]

[G_j]

18. great , thanks! n/t

[Oilwellian]

16. Emailed him

:kick:

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. I wonder how long he will pursue this story. Until

it is resolved?

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[progressivebydesign]

21. I like that he "gets it" about emails..

I like that he understands that even if a site suggests we write to a media outlet, it does NOT take away from the fact that WE FEEL THAT WAY! We may have been given his email address, but we are NOT making up the emails.. they are deeply felt. I'm so glad that he "gets it", about a lot of things.

[Robert Oak]

22. you saw it folks, source it, source it 2x, get originals, prove it

Interesting lesson for us to make sure we're accurate...the democratization of news and opinion will grow as we keep credibility
...lose it...the blogosphere will mire in confusion.