Hello, May I Take Your Order?

Imagine you walk into a fast food restaurant where employees pride themselves on giving the customer want you want fast and easy.  This morning there are five options on the menu. Each has its own loyal fans who rely on that meal for their all their sustenance, while others opt for a combo. Depending on what [...]

Crashing Tea Party Crashers

In my ongoing personal investigation into the Media and the Tea Party, I have to admit I was looking forward to see what would happen this past Thursday. As everyone knows, April 15 is tax day, and last year it was the day of the largest simultaneous, yet non-coordinated protests of the Tea Party movement. This [...]

The New York Times feature highlights power of new media

The New York Times has taken an interesting new media approach to polticial coverage today with a feature devoted to the new Tea Party movement, featured on the front page of the website. The feature shows the power of new media and citizen journalism to connect the reader directly with trendsetters. Much has been made of [...]

Tea Party Popularity

Last week when we discussed the tea party movement, there seemed to be a bit of skepticism about its viability. But since that class, Rasmussen released a new poll with surprising results.
Rasmussen, who have been the most accurate pollsters for predicting election results (check their results if you don’t believe me), has recently conducted a poll [...]