HW 17B: Cox Wins Me Over ;-)

After reading “Blogging the Presidency: An Interview with Markos Moulitsas Zuniga” and “Sex, Lies, and Political Scrapes: An Interview with Ana Marie Cox” by Kline and Burstein, it wasn’t hard to side with which blog would be more likely to influence the way I would vote in a coming election. Now even though Markos Moulitsas interview was very professional and informative…It didn’t really catch my attention. I wasn’t interested. This is why I decided to side with the interview with Ana Marie Cox. Admittedly, her responses were short, however they were to the point. Furthermore, they gave the reader her, “badass” look. After all, it seemed like she was trying to give off this aura that she didn’t want to fit in, she didn’t want to be the typical journalist. By contrast, Cox wanted to be herself and anyone who didn’t like it, could take a hike for all she cared. In conclusion, her interview compared to Zuniga’s interview was more enticing and enjoyable to read. I felt that Zuniga’s was too lengthy, too formal. And maybe that’s what some people like, and would choose to read his blog and be influenced to vote for an election over Cox’s. Maybe his blog should be the blog that influences me to side with him…but I don’t. Ultimately Cox caught my attention and I enjoyed reading her interview, and would side with her any day.