(2003-11-18) Rosen Dumb Politics

Jay Rosen on Presidential Election dumbness. I don't think we should be surprised that ads (a) don't have meaningful content, and (b) get targeted at "markets" that are predicted to matter.

1. As Dave Winer points out, challenge to the incrementalist model has to come from someone who has little chance of winning under it. Sounds something like an Innovators Dilemma

2. Isn't it the job of the news media to make all local messages known at the national level? (So New Yorkers get told how many giveaways to swing states they'll be paying for...) And to push, through direct questioning and editorializing, on messages to get clarity? Given the chicken behavior of the Big Media who have the biggest reasons to suck up to the government, that's the biggest argument perhaps against Media Concentration...