You might want to develop your search skills. A simple search of the candidates name would tell you where he is from, what district he represents, and what party he belongs to. Its really simple, and when you are done, you will be a better informed citizen.
None of us can be expected to know each of the current members of Congress or to know the particulars of their individual races, but its so easy these days to become an expert. After a simple Google search on the name, go to the Cook Political report and learn about his district. Before long, you will know more than anyone in your neighborhood.
I am proud to say that I knew exactly who Maelstorm's title was about, without having to Google it.
TOTALLY disagree with your scold. Why make someone waste their time on Google when a simple parenthetical WV CD in the headline would convey the information?
My pet peeve here are those who post info like "Murder in Greenville" only to find that it is a TV station with no state identifiers. Do a Google search on how many Greenvilles there are in the US, since you like to waste your own time.
Or --- the person posting the thread could simply include the most basic, and relevant details in their post to begin with, so that the hundreds of readers who open the thread have a fundamental understanding of what it's about.
Naw.....let 'em all Google it.
I knew exactly where this race was, after all it was on Hannity at the same time this thread came up. I was trying to make a point that a thread is pretty worthless when you have to do a Google search to figure out the meaning of a thread.
You might want to develop your search skills. A simple search of the candidates name would tell you where he is from, what district he represents, and what party he belongs to. Its really simple, and when you are done, you will be a better informed citizen.
A simple search? I looked all over my desk and can’t find a thing. Coould you be more specific. Use pictures please,
good point about the ease of search — but I must add that it’s (imho) always a more useful thread when there is some basic info presented right up front.
For all of us who don’t *live* online we are often scanning over many different headlines and threads rapidly, on FR and other sites, and the posters here who provide a little info to indicate why the topic of a thread matters are greatly appreciated.
I happened to be well aware of who the bozo Mollohan is so it didn’t affect me in this case, but I think it’s desirable for all FR threads to provide some initial info b/c few of us want to do searches on every topic represented every day on FR.
Gotta call BS on you. The person who opened the thread had a responsibility to post what state and district, who these people are, and a little background on the race.
If the reader is curious to know more than that, then yes, the reader can do his own research at that point. It’s totally unreasonable to expect that at the outset of the thread. There is no excuse for the sloppiness the opening poster demonstrated.