Click 'em all: Vote on the debate

Even before the debate is over tonight, the pundits will have decided who "won" the debate between Bush and Kerry. Rather than being merely irritated by the inevitably shallow and ignorant reaction of the mainstream media, make your opinion known via the following sites, which will have online polls going:

ABC News
CBS News
CNN
Fox News
MSNBC
USA Today

Meanwhile, Oliver Willis has set up a "Rapid Reblogging" network for live debunking of Bush's debate statements.

And after the link, the 'Union' has a mega-list of media emails to cut-and-paste...

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Lame and Balanced

Joshuah Bearman of the L.A. Weekly nails the mainstream news media for its facile and shallow notions of what constitutes "balanced" journalism:

"Contrary to the dogma of J[ournalism] schools across the country, there are not always two sides to a story. ... Just because you can always find a counter quote, or an 'expert' who will say that evolution is a disputed science, or some guy who will tell you that Kerry didn’t go to Cambodia doesn’t mean you should repeat it. Here’s a new principle they might add to the J-School dogma: don’t quote people who are lying just to have 'both sides' represented."

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