Saturday, August 28, 2010
In Today's World - Trackers
Be on guard.
Everything you say and do is likely to be filmed and/or recorded by someone...
Everything you say and do is likely to be filmed and/or recorded by someone...
Maggie Haberman has the story at Politico.com:
"Trackers have become the essential campaign tool, exploding in number in part because of the dwindling press corps. News outlets of all sizes have fewer and fewer bodies to send to cover events, meaning campaigns need to gather their own footage of what the opposition is saying and doing on the campaign trail.
But trackers are also now considered as indispensable as pollsters for campaigns ranging from presidential contests all the way down to city council races. Their value reaches well beyond the research and intel they provide — they also record footage that might one day turn out to be a viral video, the modern campaign equivalent of a silver bullet."
