Annapolis Capital Punishment

This just in from The Washington Post:

I wanted to let you know that tomorrow, February 12th, starting when the Virginia polls close at 7:00pm ET, washingtonpost.com and Newsweek will join forces again to host a live video Web cast of Washington, DC, Virginia and Maryland’s “Potomac Primary.”

washingtonpost.com and Newsweek hope to create a unique election experience by combining online video with live discussions, coverage from distinguished Washington-based journalists, continuously updated maps detailing polls, results and delegate counts.

Anchor Jon Meacham, Editor of Newsweek, will be joined by Dan Balz, Chris Cillizza, Marc Fisher, Sally Quinn, Colbert King, Jon Cohen among other journalists, plus political figures including Elizabeth Cheney and Steve McMahon, offering the latest results and analysis from those that know the Potomac political environment best.

In addition, washingtonpost.com will offer readers immediate mobile phone alerts of updated results.

The live video will be available between 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm ET on washingtonpost.com/postpoliticstv and through washingtonpost.com and Newsweek.com’s homepages.

Let me know if you need any other information!

Molly

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Molly Gannon
Publicity Coordinator
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
(o) 703-469-2762
(m) 571-271-9515
molly.gannon@wpni.com

To Which CP Quickly Responded:

Dear Molly: You asked if I needed more information. Please tell me why I should care what "distinguished Washington-based journalists" have to say?

Paul Foer Annapolis

(NOTE: Why don't they just choose the president?)

On 2/11/08, Molly Gannon wrote:

Paul,

I have followed your blog and I thought you might be interested in tomorrow's live video since the web cast pertains to the Potomac Primary. MD, DC and VA have a role in the larger national political scene, but washingtonpost.com and Newsweek hope to provide comprehensive coverage to local voters as well. I apologize if my email caused you any inconvenience.

Best,
Molly

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Molly: It's not in the least inconvenient and I appreciate it, but seriously, why should anybody care what "distinguished Washington journalists" have to say? Especially since in the last few months, all these people have been wrong, wrong, wrong. And who needs their opinions? And why do we need them instantly? This is a distinct case of inside-the-beltway ism. They make a ton of money and go blah, blah, blah!

I did a poll about election coverage. Did you see what my readers thought about this? Are these folks going to tell us who to vote for and why and tell us who won before the election is over?

Regards Pmf aka CP
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