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Newsvine Announces New Barack Obama Section on Front Page, Replaces Science

Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:40 PM EST
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By chill

Is Obama anti Science?

SexVine Founder Calvin Tang at the recent Newsvine Drinking Contest

Collette: One of Cash's Ace Science Reporters

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SEATTLE -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Feb. 13, 2007 -- Newsvine , the popular Social News website, announced today that they would be adding a Font Page section dedicated solely to Presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

Calvin Tang, Newsvine co-founder: "Over the past week, 80% of all articles and seeds at Newsvine have been about Mr. Obama, he deserves his own section."

"Many people seem excited about him and want to talk about him," Tang - also the founder of SexVine - continued. "Others are ready to pounce on any mistake he makes. Either way he is a comment magnet."

The Obama section will replace the little used Science section on the front page. "Not many people use the science section, especially now that Global Warming has been confirmed. Sure Cash posts the occasionally science article, but the Hot-Chicks tag should suffice for most of his journalism." Cash, currently working on his Girls of Science Calendar, could not be reached or comment.

When asked if Hillary Clinton and other Presidential candidates would also receive their own section, Mr Tang
refused to comment.

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chill

Please note the use of the hot-guys tag

  • 14 votes
Reply#1 - Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:42 PM EST
Calvin Tang

I hope you used that tag because of me, and not Obama :)

Not to nitpick, but would you mind adding 'satire' somewhere in the headline. Readers skim tag pages and sometimes don't read the articles or tags. Why? I don't know, but we have to accommodate them.

  • 17 votes
#1.1 - Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:58 PM EST
chill

yes and yes ;-)

  • 8 votes
#1.2 - Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:00 PM EST
chill

oops I meant yes and no I dont mind

  • 7 votes
#1.3 - Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:32 PM EST
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Mykola Bilokonsky

Haha I was just thinking of writing this article. Good work.

  • 8 votes
Reply#2 - Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:19 PM EST
Cash

This sucks for me. I have a hard time getting any attention with science articles already - sometimes I have to make an Al Gore joke to get anyone to read an article on supernovae and such.

Maybe I should switch to Obama.

Nice use of the Colleen picture. She lives for science!

  • 7 votes
Reply#3 - Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:39 PM EST
Jason Ford

She lives for science!

Are you sure a scientist doesn't live for her?

  • 5 votes
#3.1 - Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:53 PM EST
chill

Nice use of the Colleen picture

Cash her name is Collette, she wants to be considered a serious scientist, don't oppress her

  • 6 votes
#3.2 - Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:45 PM EST
Cash

Oops. And her name is right there in the picture too. Now you know why I am wrong on global warming. I meant to say global sexiness all those times I talked about it.

  • 4 votes
#3.3 - Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:50 PM EST
Dr Juice

With Collette on the case I feel safer already, and maybe we can finally get some flying cars now.

  • 5 votes
#3.4 - Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:47 PM EST
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Paddy Ryan

announced today that they would be adding a Font Page section dedicated solely to Presidential hopeful Barack Obama

Chill, I love typography, but I haven't found the font page here at Newsvine yet -- mustn't be looking properly.

Humour aside, enjoyed your humorous article :-)

Cheers.

  • 7 votes
Reply#4 - Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:53 PM EST
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bmvaughn

Currently 9 instances of Obama on the Front Page. This would make 10.

  • 4 votes
Reply#6 - Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:07 PM EST
chill

yes and most of them have forgotten to add themselves to the new Obama section!

  • 4 votes
#6.1 - Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:08 PM EST
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Sectim42

This cracked me up.

  • 3 votes
Reply#7 - Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:18 PM EST
Forest Browne

Thanks for this Chill.....Insightful to the point of repetition.....ad nauseum, ad nauseum, ad nauseum....When will people understand that this type of coverage for an election is ridiculous at this point. I'm up for listening to anyone, but even in the heat of the battle in our last election I had John Kerry as #5 on my list of probables...and voila the battle changes and the underdog wins...blah...blah...blah...way to early to even hardly give a @!$%#.

As a side bar it's awfully reassuring to know that Calvin drinks something....and all scientists worship at the altar of "Colette".

Thanks again,

Forest

  • 4 votes
Reply#8 - Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:14 PM EST
Celestina

Dammit, Forest, if you had come to the drinking contest as I had planned, you would know that Calvine drinks. *sigh*
That said, I am completely guilty of adding to the Obama madness in the past week, and as with most of my sins I am not sorry at all. Loved that article, though, and it wasn't even for Collette. Not altogether, anyway...(she will note that I spelled her name right, I am sure).

  • 6 votes
#8.1 - Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:01 PM EST
Forest Browne

Dammit, Forest, if you had come to the drinking contest as I had planned, you would know that Calvine drinks. *sigh*

My doctors are a surly group of guys who never had any fun in college, and my family, didn't know I had so many concerned members have, all turned into spies, not that I'm paranoid.....anymore....at least we sort of missed the Anna Nichole debacle....next up Giuliani....

Perhaps we could share Collette?

Forest

  • 4 votes
#8.2 - Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:16 AM EST
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Corey Spring

Newsvine , the popular Social News website, announced today that they would be adding a Font Page section dedicated solely to Presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

I will have to add this new Font Page area to my bookmarks.

=P

  • 4 votes
Reply#9 - Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:17 PM EST
Alex Neckelmann

The third picture kinda took my attention away from the article. What can I say? I like pictures.

  • 3 votes
Reply#10 - Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:03 PM EST
JoeGrinD

Mmmmmmmm, science.

  • 3 votes
Reply#11 - Fri Feb 16, 2007 12:22 AM EST
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