Wow, so I was sitting at my desk today and I had a 5 minute spurt of quietness and I started to think about how excited I was to watch the US election debate tonight.
It's the first one between Obama and McCain, on foreign policy. I was just thinking about how it would feel to settle down on my carpet with a beer to watch the back and forth "political sparring" as they call it when I figured I would go to a website to see what the pundits had to say about it.
What happened? In my excitement, I typed in the address of my favourite Montreal Canadiens website: www.habsinsideout.com, THE place where I go to read whats being said about my team, in the hours before the games, when I am really excited about them.
So what does that tell me? The media has effectively built up these "political debates" to seem like boxing matchs. "Heavyweight bouts" of word twisting and overconceptualization, have been made to seem just as exciting as a match between two rival teams.
Hence, prior to the debate I felt the same feelings that I would if the Montreal Canadiens - Toronto Maple Leafs, triple overtime, game 7, stanley cup final were on tv.
So, in what scientists would call "muscle memory recall" my fingers typed what they usually type when I have rush of adrenaline.
The lesson here? Media is effective.
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