Hailee+K's+Election+Activity

After the vice presidential debate, I looked at news coverage from MSNBC as well as ABC. MSNBC focused on the fact that Biden did what Democrats wanted him to do in this debate. Democrats felt that he restored what Obama lost in the previous debate while ABC emphasized how often "Laughing Joe" came out during the debate. Republicans had a problem with his laughs, though. I noticed that talked much about Biden versus Ryan. I found it quite interesting that so many articles from ABC also mentioned the "malarkey" comment. It seems that Biden was the main focus while Ryan simply didn't jeopardize the strides that Romney made the previous week. A poll from NBC said that 44.7% of people were more likely to vote for the Obama-Biden ticket after the debate, 38.3% of people were more likely to vote for the Romney-Ryan ticket, and 17% of people felt the same way they did before the debate. After this debate, I tuned into ABC where they argued that Obama was the winner of this debate because he was aggressive firm, and assertive. They also made reference to the fact that both candidates tiptoed up to rude throughout this debate. There were also several reasons Obama was said to have memorable moments in this debate, unlike the first debate. For example, his line about his pension being smaller than Romney's, his line on the Benghazi attack in which Candy Crowley, the moderator, stepped in on the side of President Obama, and his line about Romney's "47 percent" comment in his closing statement all helped him have a stronger attack. MSNBC had a poll on their website that nearly 10,000 people took. Out of those 10,000 people, over 75% agreed that President Obama won the debate. MSNBC hosts point out that President Obama was in a different element during this debate, calling his performance the best in his career. It is important to be an informed citizen, but many of these news stations are extremely biased. I found it very interesting to look at stations that may have conflicting views on the debates. Overall, the coverage seemed to focus on one candidate over the other. It was definitely eye opening to see how each station perceived the debate, often depending on their political views.
 * Vice Presidential Debate October 11, 2012**
 * Presidential Debate October 16, 2012**
 * My Opinion**