As primarily a television station, MSNBC's coverage of the State of the Union address on Tuesday (and after) night was exceptional. As a national news outlet, MSNBC has a responsibility to cover news all around the country. What is unusual about a broadcast station's website is that, while the network has local stations around the country, the website has to cater to every one of those news markets as a whole.
Along with typical analysis stories that synthesized some of the president's major talking points, MSNBC thoroughly covered reactions from state governments and constituents from all over the country.
Many San Diego residents had conflicting views on Obama's speech. An Army lieutenant from Miami who will soon deploy to Afghanistan attended the address as a guest of her Congressional representative. Tech-savvy readers can learn what the president has to say about how technology will affect Americans in the near future. Minnesotans can read reactions from multiple of their state's representatives to Obama's address.
We live in a country that, while geographically widespread and vast, can be made tiny with the click of a mouse. I love that I can sit in Wisconsin and read relevant news from Oregon, from Florida, from Texas, from Washington, D.C. I commend national news outlets like MSNBC for recognizing their diverse and curious readership and catering to the wants and needs of every visitor to the site.
Along with typical analysis stories that synthesized some of the president's major talking points, MSNBC thoroughly covered reactions from state governments and constituents from all over the country.
Many San Diego residents had conflicting views on Obama's speech. An Army lieutenant from Miami who will soon deploy to Afghanistan attended the address as a guest of her Congressional representative. Tech-savvy readers can learn what the president has to say about how technology will affect Americans in the near future. Minnesotans can read reactions from multiple of their state's representatives to Obama's address.
We live in a country that, while geographically widespread and vast, can be made tiny with the click of a mouse. I love that I can sit in Wisconsin and read relevant news from Oregon, from Florida, from Texas, from Washington, D.C. I commend national news outlets like MSNBC for recognizing their diverse and curious readership and catering to the wants and needs of every visitor to the site.
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