Jon Stewart Named Most Trusted In News

Posted by Jill Harness in Everything Else, Funny, Media, Politics on July 26, 2009 at 11:16 pm

Now that Walter Cronkite passed, Time decided to ask Americans who their most trusted newsperson was. The results were overwhelmingly in favor of Jon Stewart.

It’s a sad statement that the most trusted name in news is actually a comedian. I’m not sure if it speaks badly about Americans in general or about the state of our news media.

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'National' Sues 'Naughty' American University

Posted by Urbanist in Advertising, Crime & Law, Odd News on June 16, 2009 at 7:50 pm

Well, the headline pretty much sums this one up -  disgruntled university is suing an adult content site for treading on their trademarks. Unfortunately for National American University, however, the similarities mostly end at the same-sounding names starting with the same letters. One of the more hilarious claims of the former of the two NAU’s is that students, faculty and others may begin confusing one for the other. When folks affiliated with a school begin to confuse their campus for a pornography production set, however, it might just mean something is missing from the curriculum.

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First Political Campaign Television Ad Ever

Posted by Queuebot in Advertising, Politics, Video Clips on January 29, 2009 at 10:06 pm


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1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) v. Adlai E. Stevenson (D)

This campaign was very unique. The two candidates used radio and television ads effectively and fought a long hard campaign . Ike or Eisenhower (R) was a war hero (Supreme Commander of Allied Forces WWII), so Stevenson was reluctant to attack him directly, and the Republicans had a difficult time attacking Stevenson because he had not been part of the previous Democratic administrations. Eisenhower went out and traveled over 33,000 miles during this campaign.

The campaign's television ads were most effectively used by Eisenhower, who used short ads to promote his popularity. In contrast, his opponent Stevenson used 30 minute speeches as a way to capitalize on the television market.

Eisenhower's short ads:
  •  were substantially easier to remember
  • more likely to be watched by viewers
  • played more often.
  • Political ads were defined by these first ads on television.

- via dotellme

From the Upcoming Queue, submitted by seth1492.

 
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