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To watch or not watch Television ! I have a few reliable sources for news etc ! None  really Include Tv on a regular basis ! http://www.scripting.com/politicsJunk/ http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage by rss feed http://firstlook.nytmies.com/index.php?cat=4 http://www.edelmandigital.com/blog/ I do watch at times Fox News and would watch Charlie Rose more but the Luddites on Detroit Public Tv have him on late a night since they are featuring " The Lawrence Welk Show in Prime Time ! Public TV In Michigan is a little out of step ! Local television stations are filling the Air Waves with Disease of the Day I have no problem

The WSJ reports that the Republicans will have press events in Denver during the Democratic Convention. They even say that the Republicans have found a loophole that allows them access to the floor of the convention. This is not cool. Here's the relevant quote from the WSJ piece: "Some Republicans will do interviews on the sets of television networks operating in the Pepsi Center, meaning they and the staff escorting them will have access to the site." At some point Obama and the Democrats are going to have to fight back, and it better be soon. McCain's involvement in corruption should be handled in a gloves-off way. Wes Clark's statement that being shot down and imprisoned, while sad is in fact not a qualification for President. The age issue ought to be brought up in a personal way -- related to McCain's stumbles and appearance. Question his mental ability, and how it's not going to get better as McCain ages. Question his health, he's a cancer survivor

Audiences are skipping TV spots with their DVRs and learning how to ignore ads on the web. Instead, they're talking (bluntly) about products and brands on Twitter, chatting about them on Facebook and searching for the reviews and opinions of other customers on Google before they buy. Armed with free, easy-to-use tools that allow them to ask trusted friends what they think or give an unsolicited opinion to hundreds in an instant - it's word of mouth on fire. The truth is, as people are increasingly empowered by social media, marketers are losing control. In a lot of ways these trends are great news for the world because more customers are getting the real story and finding out from each other which products and services have real value, and which ones don't. But where does this leave the people who've build honest businesses being experts in push strategies that used to work? A lot of them are scratching their heads wondering "How the hell are we going to make money now?"