I was on Facebook.com the other day, you know checking my notifications and messages. As I looked to the left of my page I saw one of my friend’s had updated their status. It had a link attached to it and it had to do with the election, so I decided to take a look at it. To my surprise it wasn’t a video but a recording from the Howard Stern radio show. As I started to listen to the absurd recording I became sick to my stomach.
The radio station sent people out into Harlem to interview people on what they thought about the election. They asked whom they were voting for and why they were voting for them. But the radio station added a little twist to the whole thing and asked them questions that didn’t really match up. For example, they asked, “ If Obama wins the election would you be okay with Sarah Palin being his vice president?” After hearing this I thought ‘alright this is so funny obviously they know that Palin is not running with Obama, but to my dismay the interviewees responded with a “No it doesn’t bother me at all that he is running with a woman.” You have got to be kidding me! Hearing this literally made me cringe.
It didn’t end there, oh no it didn’t, they went on to ask these people in Harlem “What views do you like that that Obama presents?” Now we have to remember that the interviews tricked the interviewees, by presenting all of McCain’s views as Obama’s. When the interviewees were asked about the Obama’s pro-life argument they replied with a “Yes I am all about pro-life.” This isn’t even what Obama believes or supports! If someone is going to vote they need to take it very seriously. Our nation lets people exercise their right to vote and this is definitely an important aspect of our nation, but when people vote and have no idea what points they are supporting or refuting it is so aggravating!
http://www.bpmdeejays.com/upload/hs_sal_in_Harlem_100108.mp3
7 comments:
I agree ! its so important to know the kind of person your supporting and what theyre plans are for the country. i think its kind of funny how they approched those individuals .. but you must understand they set that situation up for failure..... going to a community of minorities that might not be as educated as others....especially in the field of politics and trick them into sounding silly and ignorant. the only thing the people in that community are concerned with is that an african american president is up for election and they want someone they can relate to in office. because belive it or not obama understands the hard ship of being a minority in america and thats all the reason they feel is substatial for making him president. as for the radio station .. if they were trying to make a point.. they cheated their way to it. tell them to go into an area of middle or upper class well educated african americans and see if they get the same results...... highly doubt it!!!
I definitely agree with Kamau...On top of what they said I am sure that the radio station interviewed a ton of people and only showed the most extreme, ignorant responses to the questions. I bet if we were able to hear everyone that was interviewed, a big group would have atleast been somewhat educated on the issues.
I also agree with both of you, I know it is skewed. But I just wanted to put it out there to enforce the importance of being informed especially concerning such a big election.
I believe that the interview, although skewed, opened up the eyes of many people around and made them really take a look at all the issues and realize the importance of understanding what they are taking a stance on.
This video was brought up at a meeting I was at...just wanted to show the ignorance from the other side.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jr2TpMKpWk
I have seen this video and I was totally taken back by the results. Granted they set up the interviewees, yet the video brings up a great point. If you cannot understand the political view of who you are voting for, much less who your presidential candidate is running with, then it is obvious that your vote is not based on policies, but merely on race. Regardless of who you voted for, it is imperative to know what policies or beliefs your party holds. Race should play no difference in the vote, so long as the voter is concentrated on putting in office the person they feel will best run their country based on their policies.
It is amazing how far technology has come and how easy it is to get information about the candidates that are running for president but not a lot of people take advantage of the opportunity they have. Today's voters may watch the debates and follow their candidate on where they are going to campaign but do they really listen to what they are saying? Before the elections were televised, people had to listen to the candidates and the debates and that is one reason people believe Franklin Roosevelt was elected even though he was in a wheel chair. People had to listen to the candidates and understand their platforms before they voted for president and therefore were more educated about the candidates. If this election had happened at a time when things were not televised would the result be different?
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