ItsTime
12-02-2008, 07:25 PM
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/chi-081202koprowski_briefs,0,915628.story
"Pathological" media counts down until Obama
December 2, 2008
The Chicago Tribune's daily ticker on "days until the Obama inaugural" on the front page of the paper is a real annoyance. I'm sorry; I don't recall a daily ticker when George W. Bush won in 2000. Don't recall a daily ticker when G. H.W. Bush won in 1988; nor when Ronald W. Reagan won in 1980. This mania the media has is quite fascinating, if not pathological.
Perhaps the Tribune will post a counter-ticker online at after Obama's inaugural. "Only 1,459 days to go until Obama is gone..."
-Nancy Koprowski
Chicago
"Pathological" media counts down until Obama
December 2, 2008
The Chicago Tribune's daily ticker on "days until the Obama inaugural" on the front page of the paper is a real annoyance. I'm sorry; I don't recall a daily ticker when George W. Bush won in 2000. Don't recall a daily ticker when G. H.W. Bush won in 1988; nor when Ronald W. Reagan won in 1980. This mania the media has is quite fascinating, if not pathological.
Perhaps the Tribune will post a counter-ticker online at after Obama's inaugural. "Only 1,459 days to go until Obama is gone..."
-Nancy Koprowski
Chicago