Comments on: These are the kind of stories Wikinews should be doing http://ragesoss.com/blog/2008/10/22/these-are-the-kind-of-stories-wikinews-should-be-doing/ assorted blogging by Sage Ross Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:26:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sage http://ragesoss.com/blog/2008/10/22/these-are-the-kind-of-stories-wikinews-should-be-doing/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Sage Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:01:00 +0000 http://ragesoss.com/blog/?p=120#comment-101 I definitely get where you're coming from, but I think there are some kinds of election stories that the mainstream media doesn't, and maybe can't, do effectively.<br/><br/>I think there could be a lot of interesting stories where a whole bunch of people report on the local dimension of a national issue, in which the sum is much more than just a bunch of local (and only locally interesting) news. I definitely get where you’re coming from, but I think there are some kinds of election stories that the mainstream media doesn’t, and maybe can’t, do effectively.

I think there could be a lot of interesting stories where a whole bunch of people report on the local dimension of a national issue, in which the sum is much more than just a bunch of local (and only locally interesting) news.

]]> By: Jason Safoutin http://ragesoss.com/blog/2008/10/22/these-are-the-kind-of-stories-wikinews-should-be-doing/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Jason Safoutin Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:23:00 +0000 http://ragesoss.com/blog/?p=120#comment-100 Honestly, I do a lot of local reporting, but I see enough about the election on every TV channel there is. In my opinion, people, especially an international audience, are sick or get sick of excessive election news. I know I do. The US presidential election is not the only thing going on in the world...and mainstream media focuses too much on it. If Palin takes a crap, I don't really care. Honestly, I do a lot of local reporting, but I see enough about the election on every TV channel there is. In my opinion, people, especially an international audience, are sick or get sick of excessive election news. I know I do. The US presidential election is not the only thing going on in the world…and mainstream media focuses too much on it. If Palin takes a crap, I don’t really care.

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