Making choices…
It’s just not possible to follow all, or even most, of the convention bloggers. So here’s my strategy: Check in with Feedster first, then read Jay Rosen. Hey, we j-profs have to stick together. Plus, I suspect his commentary will be among of smartest of the bunch (and run counter to my earlier pessimism). From his first entry (following technical difficulties):
But this has given me time to reflect on what Rebecca Blood said in her advisory to those blogging the convention: decide what role you want to play. I am going to try to make sense of this event by accepting none of the given interpretations, none of which make sense unless we’re are prepared to declare the proceedings absurd and pointless. Some are. I’m not.
I hope many reporters are paying attention.
I’m watching the convention on CNN (and will watch with CNN for the Republicans, too). I will not offer any experiential analyses as did for the primary debates. Instead, I’ll do rhetorical analyses of the Kerry and Bush acceptance speeches.
