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For political bloggers, CNN addicts, now what?


NPR has a nice report on that question.  Only 1152 days to the Iowa caucuses.

Cartoon from XKCD. Hattip to Ancient Mediterranean Musings and his post on political junkie recovery tactics.

And our own Cleveland Jewish News has a web exclusive written by Ellen Schur Brown called, “A journey of 12 steps, or getting over my CNN addiction.”

An excerpt:

My name is Ellen Brown, and I am addicted to CNN.

It started innocently enough – watching TV news – something everybody does. Right?

Because of my moral weakness, in the past few months, my addiction has spread to near-obsessive tuning in to debates, conventions and election news, pre-debate coverage, post-debate analysis, ad analysis, talk shows, talk radio, talking back to the TV.

I spend more time talking to political websites and bloggers than I do talking to my family. I know the CNN schedule better than the activities at my children’s middle school. I notice when CNN’s Wolf Blitzer changes his glasses. I know where Anderson Cooper is on any given day. I wonder why Larry King wears those ridiculous suspenders.

There. I admit I have a problem, and that’s the first step of my personal 12-step program to stop following election-related news.

According to my research into addiction and recovery, I must make a decision to change my life. I must give myself over to a higher power and take positive steps toward overcoming my election obsession. I must reset my homepage from CNN.com.

Tomorrow. Right after I check my e-mail.

Love it.  Ellen, thank you for writing that, so I don’t have to confess – I can just let you suffer withdrawal for me, nu?

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:50 am November 7th, 2008 in Blogging, Elections, Humor, Media, Politics, PostWH2008 

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2 Responses to “For political bloggers, CNN addicts, now what?”

  1. 1 Cynthia Samuels on November 7th, 2008 10:16 am

    WOW! I’m unrepentant and don’t want to recover. Got Politico on my homepage and MSNBC on in my office. AND read JMZ religiously even though I never lived in Ohio!

    Fie on recovery say I! How often is there a result this worth being addicted to? Sheesh!

  2. 2 Jill Miller Zimon on November 7th, 2008 10:17 am

    No fair, Cindy – you don’t have three school-aged kids at home. :)

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