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Howard Dean and Internet Politics: The Next Dot-Com Bomb?
The Internet gets credit for bringing Howard Dean out of nowhere in this year-s presidential campaign. What FDR did for radio and JFK for TV, Dean had done for cyberspace. But then came Dean's third-place finish in Iowa and his over-the-top concession speech, which was played and re-played on national TV. Skeptics say John Kerry-s victory proves a technology-driven, post-broadcast era just hasn-t arrived yet. Nevertheless, Kerry and other leading candidates have web sites, blogs, fundraising links and meet-ups to connect cyberspace to the real world. Is the Internet revolutionizing American politics? Did coverage of Dean-s post-election diatribe prove that television still rules? We talk with Dean-s web-master and with skeptics about what works and what doesn-t when it comes to getting the votes. Making News: More Indications of Corruption at Halliburton The Wall Street Journal reports the Halliburton Company has told the Pentagon that two employees took kickbacks worth $6 million. The money was a reward from a Kuwaiti firm for lucrative work supplying US troops in Iraq. The money was a reward from a Kuwaiti firm for lucrative work supplying US troops in Iraq. Neil King, Jr., who wrote today's story, expects the revelation to produce intense scrutiny and heated debate on Capitol Hill. Reporter's Notebook: Just How Golden are the Globes? This weekend-s Golden Globes could mean big money for movie stars and producers. The awards are the subject of a new documentary, subtitled" Hollywood-s Dirty Little Secret." Newsday movie critic John Anderson, who says people watch the awards to see -lots of famous people act like chimps,- turns his acerbic wit on the Golden Globes and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization that hands them out.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe Internet gets credit for bringing Howard Dean out of nowhere in this year-s presidential campaign. What FDR did for radio and JFK for TV, Dean had done for cyberspace. But then came Dean's third-place finish in Iowa and his over-the-top concession speech, which was played and re-played on national TV. Skeptics say John Kerry-s victory proves a technology-driven, post-broadcast era just hasn-t arrived yet. Nevertheless, Kerry and other leading candidates have web sites, blogs, fundraising links and meet-ups to connect cyberspace to the real world. Is the Internet revolutionizing American politics? Did coverage of Dean-s post-election diatribe prove that television still rules? We talk with Dean-s web-master and with skeptics about what works and what doesn-t when it comes to getting the votes.
More Indications of Corruption at Halliburton
The Wall Street Journal reports the Halliburton Company has told the Pentagon that two employees took kickbacks worth $6 million. The money was a reward from a Kuwaiti firm for lucrative work supplying US troops in Iraq. The money was a reward from a Kuwaiti firm for lucrative work supplying US troops in Iraq. Neil King, Jr., who wrote today's story, expects the revelation to produce intense scrutiny and heated debate on Capitol Hill.
Just How Golden are the Globes?
This weekend-s Golden Globes could mean big money for movie stars and producers. The awards are the subject of a new documentary, subtitled" Hollywood-s Dirty Little Secret." Newsday movie critic John Anderson, who says people watch the awards to see -lots of famous people act like chimps,- turns his acerbic wit on the Golden Globes and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization that hands them out.