Does the internet or TechCrunch reflect the will of the people
The truth is starting to be revealed over on the primaries that TC is hosting. Quite interesting to see that the readers of TechCrunch would have Dennis Kucinich as the Democratic nominee and Ron Paul as the Republican nominee.
I guess the real question of the moment is: How much pull will TechCrunch have on the actual voting public of America? Will TechCrunch, which is still just a blog for those not paying attention, sway the American people to vote what the tech community feels is the valid candidate of our time?
Another interesting point so far is: Why is it becoming apparent (to me at least) that the majority of the mainstream media seems to ignore any coverage of Dennis Kucinich or Ron Paul? The only coverage seems to be of Obama, Hillary on the Democratic side and Giuliani, Romney, McCain on the Republican side. It’s almost as if the media is trying to pick who we have next November. The media is trying to have a circus of power over the will of the people.
Now I’m not saying that the will of the people is truly reflected in this TechCrunch experiment, but I am saying that I find it very interesting to see how really uninformed the offline public is. It’s almost like an education on our education system we have here in America. I can bet that a good majority of the people I went to Jr. High and High School with think that the only people running for President (and making it their only choices) are the above handpicked mainstream media darlings on both sides of the political aisle.
Even though I am still lacking my bank card at this time, I’ll keep an eye on this to see if the TC candidates that TC ultimately endorses has any reflection on reality. An interesting experiment so far. I’m more interested in seeing the final results, but what is a bit concerning (to me at least) is that I don’t see as many politically motivated TC readers at this time.
I watched Mike’s ABC news live interview, and with him asserting himself (and rightly so) to tell the uninformed mainstream reporter that he has millions of readers vs 100’s of thousands, I just don’t see the equivalent number of TechCrunch votes/voters. Another lesson in voter apathy perhaps? That could very well be.
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