THE CAMPAIGN, IT BEGINS ...
Jun. 13th, 2008 01:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogNow that the general election is underway, you’ll be seeing a lot more stuff like this:
More evidence (if you really needed any) that the real battleground this election will be on the Interwubs. It’ll be ExposeObama.com (started by the guy who gave you the Willie Horton ad) vs Fight The Smears. Opening match: Obama Girl vs Incredible McCain Girl.
No, really.
Seriously, though, I doubt Obama’s “truth” site will be all that effective, because the anti-Obama crowd can just say, “Oh, like you can believe anything a guy named Hussein says.” Team Obama would be better off directing people to a third-party site like FactCheck.
Or maybe not. People believe whatever they want to believe, and the Internet is currently designed to feed that. Whether yr spending all yr time on Newsmax or Daily Kos, all news can be tailored to yr narrow worldview. On sites like those, any rumor will do nicely. It’s not that hard to start a rumor, after all. Watch:
See? I can do it too. So can you. Weekly World News did it all the time. And don’t get me started on Fox News and their weird “terrorist fist jab” ponderings. Truth is always a casualty in politics, but this year we may see it taken to the next level via the Web. And if it actually works, then all bets are off for the future.
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Obama campaign: Wife never used the word 'Whitey'
WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama's campaign said Thursday that Michelle Obama never used the word "whitey" in a speech from the church pulpit as it launched a Web site to debunk rumors about him and his wife.
More evidence (if you really needed any) that the real battleground this election will be on the Interwubs. It’ll be ExposeObama.com (started by the guy who gave you the Willie Horton ad) vs Fight The Smears. Opening match: Obama Girl vs Incredible McCain Girl.
No, really.
Seriously, though, I doubt Obama’s “truth” site will be all that effective, because the anti-Obama crowd can just say, “Oh, like you can believe anything a guy named Hussein says.” Team Obama would be better off directing people to a third-party site like FactCheck.
Or maybe not. People believe whatever they want to believe, and the Internet is currently designed to feed that. Whether yr spending all yr time on Newsmax or Daily Kos, all news can be tailored to yr narrow worldview. On sites like those, any rumor will do nicely. It’s not that hard to start a rumor, after all. Watch:
Obama once fondled a white nun while wearing a keffiya with a “72 Virgins? Not for long!” button tacked on it.
McCain has a wireless chip implanted in his brain. It was originally put there to give him on-demand erections, but is now being used by Karl Rove to control him by remote using cell phone towers via warrantless wiretap links authorized by the DOJ.
See? I can do it too. So can you. Weekly World News did it all the time. And don’t get me started on Fox News and their weird “terrorist fist jab” ponderings. Truth is always a casualty in politics, but this year we may see it taken to the next level via the Web. And if it actually works, then all bets are off for the future.
Say anything,
This is dF
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on 2008-06-13 03:14 pm (UTC)