Although elections are not decided by television ratings it
absolutely shocked me that John McCain drew more viewers for his
speech than Barack Obama, even if only a few hundred
thousand more. Given all of the hype surrounding the Obama speech
before more than 80,000 people in a football stadium and the fact
that he's a far more gifted orator than McCain, I would have
thought Obama would absolutely bury him in the ratings by several
million. But apparently, for all the talk of Obama being a rock
star and McCain being an old dude, it turns out that a lot of
Americans want to hear from the war hero. Perhaps there's a certain
Pauline Kael effect in media reporting that
hasn't been fully accounted for.
topics:
John McCain, Barack Obama, Television
