Clinton Appeals to Blogs rather than Mainstream Media

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/us/politics/20web-seelye.html?hp


Senator Clinton has recently blamed the mainstream media for ruining her chances of being the Democratic nominee. Personally, I think that that is a big claim to make and puts a lot of blame on the media. I think that they do have an affect, but they are not the reason she is not going to be the nominee--Obama is the reason, and the fact that people like him more. Therefore, Clinton has turned to the internet and blogs. On Friday, she held her first blogger-only conference call with about forty bloggers from the campaign trail going on in Oregon. The campaign has also started using Twitter a lot more. The article from the NY Times that I got this information from says that Clinton's actions are due to the fact that she is getting less and less attention these days. It is becoming clear to people that she's old news, everyone but her that is. The article also explained that techpresident.com reported that "according to the blog search tool Technorati, Mrs. Clinton is being mentioned less than half as often as Senator Barack Obama in teh blogosphere and that mentions of her have even slipped below those of Senator John McCain." Parallel to what we learned after writing our papers analyzing the three candidates' websites, the article said that Obama has been credited with using the internet much better than Clinton, especially for organizing and social networking. I think the decline in attention on Clinton in both the mainstream media and even more so in the blogosphere, shows that Obama is our guy. Sorry Hillary, I really wanted a woman president, but the numbers don't lie.