Media insiders, experts criticize emphasis on political distractions in media’s election coverage | The Hill Times - Canada's Politics and Government Newsweekly

Media insiders, experts criticize emphasis on political distractions in media’s election coverage | The Hill Times - Canada's Politics and Government Newsweekly

These journalists must have been watching some other election, not #elxn41. The Twitterverse during #elxn41 was not about what politicians said, and the focus was not on "distractions." It was about the sharing of information and perspectives by journalists and ordinary concerned citizens. And assuming social media was going to pump up voter turnout is just that: an assumption. That failure is not social media's. The weak turnout has the same root cause it did in 2008: indifferent, apathetic, uninformed Canadians. (Is Hebert losing her edge? This is the fourth or fifth time in a month she's been out to lunch. ) #cdnpoli