**edit, 8/8/07 at 5:04 am: A hat tip is in order to The Hippie Perspective, although, to my defense, I didn't read his entry before I posted this one.**
As seen on today's BBC News online, Giuliani's daughter is supporting a Democrat for President.
According to the article, 17-year-old Caroline's Facebook profile said that she is a liberal and was in the group "One Million Strong for Barack."
Although I find this quite entertaining, I'm a bit skeptical as to how much Facebook profiles really do say who you are supporting in actuality. People will join any and all groups just to get information about a campaign, put down Very Conservative when they're actually Sierra Club enthusiasts, say they are married to Bobby Kennedy, pretend they are Chancellor Wiley, etc. Even I myself am in a smattering of groups that I really shouldn't be in (except to build my APIA Caucus): College Democrats of New York, College Democrats of Tennessee, Maine College Democrats, and so on. Why? Because I can. It's the magic of Facebook; no one asks you to prove anything. You could say that the whole system is built on trust. And if a curious journalist were to rely on solely Facebook profile information for a scoop or expose', he/she could potentially be dead wrong.
I'm not saying that in this case it is not true - it probably is, and it is hilarious. However, Facebook profile information should always be taken with a grain of salt.
As should Wikipedia entries.
As seen on today's BBC News online, Giuliani's daughter is supporting a Democrat for President.
According to the article, 17-year-old Caroline's Facebook profile said that she is a liberal and was in the group "One Million Strong for Barack."
Although I find this quite entertaining, I'm a bit skeptical as to how much Facebook profiles really do say who you are supporting in actuality. People will join any and all groups just to get information about a campaign, put down Very Conservative when they're actually Sierra Club enthusiasts, say they are married to Bobby Kennedy, pretend they are Chancellor Wiley, etc. Even I myself am in a smattering of groups that I really shouldn't be in (except to build my APIA Caucus): College Democrats of New York, College Democrats of Tennessee, Maine College Democrats, and so on. Why? Because I can. It's the magic of Facebook; no one asks you to prove anything. You could say that the whole system is built on trust. And if a curious journalist were to rely on solely Facebook profile information for a scoop or expose', he/she could potentially be dead wrong.
I'm not saying that in this case it is not true - it probably is, and it is hilarious. However, Facebook profile information should always be taken with a grain of salt.
As should Wikipedia entries.
Labels: 2008
4 Comments:
No hat tip Such? You need to learn the ethics of blogging I think.
Haha...well I didn't know that Such. I thought you just ignored me. You can take that off now.
Then again she is completely estranged from her father and her mother also hates Rudy. Her brother Andrew Giuliani defended her right to have different political views (which he presumably knows she has). Slate contacted her about it and she immediately left the 1 million strong for Obama group but didn't deny anything. Evidence seems pretty overwhelming...
But yeah I totally get your point, that almost everyone is in embarrassing groups and the media probably won't be able to figure out if it's tongue-in-cheek or not. More embarrassingly, she's also a fan of the underage drinking! (http://wonkette.com/politics/caroline%2C-no-dept%27/lil-giuliani-loves-barack-obama-seagrams-coolers-286864.php)
So... what I'm hearing is that facebook is not always the absolute truth? (Maybe it's time to stop spending so many hours a week facebook stalking then.)
As far as her being a fan of underage drinking... well for at least the next two months (and the last 4 years)I would have to say I'm a fan too.
On a serious note however this is a great example of how something so stupid and small can make such a big difference.
The problem is that things like this can actually cost someone an election. A persons ability to lead a country does not depend on the views of his daughter, or how much he paid for a haircut. I enjoy useless trivia about people as much as anyone,(Bill Clinton is allegic to Dairy Products... I hope that cost him at least a few votes in Wisconsin) but perhaps it is time to make decisions based on the bigger issues?
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