Monday, November 5, 2007

WEB ELECTION

CNMG and The Express carried updates of the election results, but there were some fundamental differences.
CNMG had streaming video with a two minute delay, as well as up to the minute results from the various polling stations. Their in studio panel also had lap top computers so they could also access the results without the piles of paper that were evident at TV6 and CNC3.

Express on the other hand had updates but they were not quick enough. (But we also have to ask the station's management why TV6 did not have an interactive website as well, but their newspaper was left the task of doing election updates.)
But there were no results at all for some constituencies, like Diego Martin North East and D'Abadie. And the new party was not represented at all in the Tobago constituencies.

And the spelling was off on most of them as well. "Deigo Martin", Nadra Nathai-Gyan is studying "Botony", Mr Vasant Bharat, and where are "St. Anne's West" and "St. Anne's East" located? Then there was "Princess Town North", "Princess Town South/Tableland", "Chaugunas East", "Chaugunas West", "Point-A-Pierre", "Toco/Sande Grande". No one checked these things before they were posted?