Television Still Important Factor In Campaign Season

Like the silent film or vinyl record, newspapers might soon become a thing of the past, reserved only for purists who seek them out specifically. Despite the decline of news in print largely as a result of online publishing, most believe that this election season has been defined more by the television than the always increasing power of the internet. While it can be argued that the internet's role in the 2008 campaign season has been crucial thanks to websites like youtube.com, its most powerful material has been clips from the small screen. As a result of candidates television appearances, debates, and subsequent spoofs, The LA Times (and many others, for that matter) that "Not since the Kennedy-Nixon race has television played such a significant role in a presidential election." What the world wide web has done is make it so that television's best moments are archived and accessible to all those searching for them. It's hard for candidates to escape things they might have regretably said or done when it's available right at the constituent's fingertips.