Last night, President Barak Obama delivered his third State of the Union with a confidence and vigor last seen during his 2008 campaign. It excited many of the national news sites into a stupor of live-Tweets and podcasts, yet many regional papers, including Philly.com, were less interested in covering the annual speech.
The Philadelphia news outlet covered the speech in detail the next day, with many AP stories and blogs. Yet the night of, the site was rather quiet, with rare updates and a delayed report after the fact.
Other sites, like the New York Times and the Washington Post did a much better job of reporting while the speech was taking place. I found myself following their Tweets and updates more than Philly.com's, although The Huffington Post truly dominated my
Twitter feed.
I am impressed after watching President Obama deliver the nearly hour and a half long speech. He was incredibly charismatic, his emphasis was defiant and he played party lines to his advantage, at one point even getting a smile out of House Majority Whip Eric Cantor when he told Congress to "pass the payroll tax cut without delay."
The Philadelphia news outlet covered the speech in detail the next day, with many AP stories and blogs. Yet the night of, the site was rather quiet, with rare updates and a delayed report after the fact.
Other sites, like the New York Times and the Washington Post did a much better job of reporting while the speech was taking place. I found myself following their Tweets and updates more than Philly.com's, although The Huffington Post truly dominated my
Twitter feed.
I am impressed after watching President Obama deliver the nearly hour and a half long speech. He was incredibly charismatic, his emphasis was defiant and he played party lines to his advantage, at one point even getting a smile out of House Majority Whip Eric Cantor when he told Congress to "pass the payroll tax cut without delay."
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