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Washingtonpost.com and Newsweek to host live Super Tuesday election coverage

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In an unprecedented endeavor on Super Tuesday (February 5th), washingtonpost.com and Newsweek, national leaders in political news, will offer six hours of continuous live video coverage of the election returns alongside the most comprehensive online reporting from every primary state. washingtonpost.com and Newsweek are combining the best of video and political journalism to create a unique interactive experience.

Enhancing the video experience, users will be able to interact in a live discussion forum that the video hosts will draw upon for questions. In-depth, comprehensive analysis and continuously updated blog posts from Washington Post reporters on “The Trail” will be available on the Post Politics page, in addition to interactive U.S. maps with polls, results and delegate counts. washingtonpost.com will also offer mobile alerts for people to receive immediate updates on individual primaries and candidates on their phones.

The live video will be available between 6:00 pm – Midnight ET on washingtonpost.com/postpoliticstv and through washingtonpost.com and Newsweek.com’s homepages.

Originally posted on January 31, 2008 @ 6:01 pm

Political contest plays out on mobile phones with Gameloft’s ‘Battle for the White House’

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Political in-fighting goes mobile as Gameloft introduced ‘Battle for the White House’, a new mobile game that spoofs the current 2008 presidential elections.

‘Battle for the White House’ allows players to assume the roles of the leading candidates: Democrats Hillary Clinton; Barack Obama, John Edwards, and Republicans Rudolph Giuliani and Mitt Romney, as they square off against one another in completely re-imagined ways.

2008’s presidential hopefuls face such daunting challenges as: Boxing, Debate, Sabotage, Parade, Ballot Ball, Sneak In, Touch the Sky, and Crow Breaker.

‘Battle for the White House’ will be available on all major mobile carrier decks in February 2008. To check the game’s availability with your carrier, text “WHITE” to 82174 on your mobile phone.

Originally posted on January 31, 2008 @ 1:23 pm

TechCrunch President Primaries: readers express disgust against Michael Arrington

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techcrunch.gifTechCrunch readers cannot hide their disdain against Michael Arrington for his seemingly manipulative act in the segment Tech President Primaries to find the “pro-tech candidate (1 for each party) based on the popular results of reader voting and blog input from our community of technology leaders and entrepreneurs”.

Although Barack Obama claimed victory on the Democrat side and Ron Paul for Republican based on votes, Michael Arrington decided to alter the rules by adding his own analysis in the equation. In the end, Obama and John McCain emerged as the endorsed candidates.

This blatant disregard of voters’ opinion forced the community to retaliate with hateful yet very intelligent comments about the mockery of the voting system and how this once objective platform turned out to be the “election of personal opinions.”

Unfortunately, this whole fiasco undermines the objective of this platform to gauge the sentiment of the online community and educate readers of the candidates’ policies.

Originally posted on January 29, 2008 @ 1:03 pm

Scripps launches interactive forum for diverse political, cultural views

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redblue.pngRedBlueAmerica, a fully interactive forum for diverse political and cultural ideas and opinion, was launched today to tap the country’s intense interest in the democratic process and to encourage vigorous public discourse during the 2008 national election campaigns and beyond.

The innovative social networking site was created by The E. W. Scripps Company and is designed to appeal to the significant percentage of Americans who are engaged in the political process and have a deep interest in the diversity of opinion in American society.

The site will serve as an ongoing public forum for a full array of user-generated content, including blogs, personal profiles, videos and more. While focusing at the outset on the 2008 election campaigns, RedBlueAmerica intends to provide the public with an open forum for a wide
range of cultural and political views long after the votes have been counted.

The public debate on RedBlueAmerica will be moderated by two experienced online journalists, each providing perspective on either the conservative (Red) or liberal (Blue) viewpoint.

Originally posted on January 16, 2008 @ 2:08 pm