What If They Held an Election Without the Media

January 4th, 2008 3:03 PM
In science, it’s called the “observer effect” — the very act of observing a phenomenon changes the phenomenon. And if journalists are simply supposed to “observe” and report on our presidential elections, they are in fact exerting a tremendous effect over the entire process.For example, imagine two small states, both holding caucuses to pick their delegates to the presidential nominating…