Comments on: Stam-n-Berger’s number crunching: not ready for prime time http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/07/08/stam-n-bergers-number-crunching-not-ready-for-prime-time/ The Progressive Pulse is a blog about the issues, debates, and people that affect North Carolina public policy. As with the organization that sponsors it, NC Policy Watch, its ultimate objective is to improve the quality of life in the state, in this case by promoting the development of an informed, energetic and progressive online community. The Progressive Pulse welcomes the contributions of interested people of all points of view provided they are of a reasonable length, have some relevance to issues of North Carolina public policy and abide by the common rules of online etiquette (i.e., please avoid inappropriate language and show a measure of respect for others --even the John Locke Foundation). To post a comment, simply click the comment line then provide your name and email. Your email address will not be collected or shared. If you would like to be contributing writer, please send your post to info@ncpolicywatch.com with 'blog' in the subject line. If the post meets with our criteria (has a progressive perspective and is relative to our state), we will publish it. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:49:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: gregflynn http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/07/08/stam-n-bergers-number-crunching-not-ready-for-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-39404 gregflynn Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:52:15 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=7028#comment-39404 Here's an example of how mainstream news now researches stories. It actually arrived in my inbox at 6:24 PM <blockquote>To: Greg Flynn Subject: "Under the Dome" sent you a message on Facebook... Date: Jul 7, 2009 6:07 PM Ben Niolet sent a message to the members of Under the Dome. -------------------- Subject: tax proposal Hello all. We are working on a story about Gov. Beverly Perdue's $1.6 billion tax proposal. We are looking for some folks to give a telephone number so we can do a quick phone interview about their thoughts on this proposal. http://tinyurl.com/my96wr Can anyone get back to Mark Johnson mjohnson@******.com before 6:30 p.m.? Please provide your phone number and a quick, two or three word description of your take on the proposal (like it, love it, hate it).</blockquote> Here’s an example of how mainstream news now researches stories. It actually arrived in my inbox at 6:24 PM

To: Greg Flynn
Subject: “Under the Dome” sent you a message on Facebook…
Date: Jul 7, 2009 6:07 PM

Ben Niolet sent a message to the members of Under the Dome.

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Subject: tax proposal

Hello all.

We are working on a story about Gov. Beverly Perdue’s $1.6 billion tax proposal. We are looking for some folks to give a telephone number so we can do a quick phone interview about their thoughts on this proposal.

http://tinyurl.com/my96wr

Can anyone get back to Mark Johnson mjohnson@******.com before 6:30 p.m.?

Please provide your phone number and a quick, two or three word description of your take on the proposal (like it, love it, hate it).

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]]> By: Adam Linker http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/07/08/stam-n-bergers-number-crunching-not-ready-for-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-39399 Adam Linker Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:20:06 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=7028#comment-39399 Yikes, they might not want to hit the debate circuit just yet. Yikes, they might not want to hit the debate circuit just yet.

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