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[Note from Matthew Gaylor: I've been an Internet freedom activist for years. In the course of my activism and communications with individuals around the world, I'm constantly amazed about the power the Internet brings to the average individual. I read with interest Declan McCullagh's announcement that Lycos launched a Vote 2000 political site. Upon visiting the site I was disappointed to find that the site didn't list any Libertarian [Harry Browne's site http://www.HarryBrowne2000.org/ ], Natural Law, Green, or any other third parties other than a small mention of a couple of Reform party candidates. On the right side of the Lycos Vote 2000 political web page are the party mascots of the Democratic Donkey and the Republican Elephant. How can this be interpreted as anything other than a not too subliminal message endorsing only bi-partisanship. If you think this need remedied, I encourage you to contact Lycos, Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> and John Milne <editor@primarydiner.com> and ask them to cover all third parties and to at least not engage in bi-partisan deck stacking.]
Subject: FC: Lycos launches Vote 2000 political site
Posted to the Polittech mailing list by Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Politech is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/
Subject: FC: Lycos launches Vote 2000 political site
Posted to the Polittech mailing list by Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Politech is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/
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[I will be involved with Lycos' vote2000, which is a sponsor of the New Hampshire presidential debates. Our first events will be this Wednesday and Thursday (more info below). --Declan]
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LYCOS ANNOUNCES VOTE 2000, THE WEB'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE
POLITICAL NEWS DESTINATION
WALTHAM, Mass.--January 3, 2000--Lycos, Inc. (NASDAQ LCOS), one of the most visited Web destinations in the world, today announced the launch of Vote 2000, a comprehensive Web destination for all things politics in the year 2000. Located in Lycos News (http://vote2000.lycos.com), Vote 2000 offers 24 hour news feeds from Wired News and Reuters, providing local, state and national election information, plus election 2000 coverage and in-depth news and analysis from Slate.com, a leading online magazine. Lycos will also host and moderate chats during and immediately following the Democratic and Republican New Hampshire primary debates.
Users can pose questions to political journalists Declan McCullagh, chief Washington correspondent for Lycos, Inc.'s Wired News and John Milne, senior editor of PrimaryDiner.com, and continue interactive debates online with other users at http://chat.lycos.com/guests/debate.html. Lycos Vote 2000 will also provide links to Aprisma Management Technology, allowing Lycos users to watch the New Hampshire presidential primary debates via RealAudio/Video Webcasts and participate in real-time polling, during the debates on WiredVote.com, a Sirius Media product.
Lycos News Vote 2000 is a sponsor of the New Hampshire Democratic and Republican presidential debates. Peter Jennings, anchor and senior editor of ABC's "World News Tonight," will moderate the New Hampshire Democratic primary debate between Bill Bradley and Al Gore on Wednesday, January 5, 2000 at 7 p.m. (EST). Political reporter Tim Russert, of "Meet the Press," and Washington bureau chief of NBC News, will moderate the New Hampshire Republican primary debate featuring Republican presidential candidates Gary Bauer, George W. Bush, Steve Forbes, Orrin Hatch, Alan Keyes and John McCain, on Thursday, January 6, 2000, at 7 p.m. (EST). Both debates will feature questions from a panel of journalists and open discussions among the candidates.
Lycos News Vote 2000 also includes links to candidate profiles and political issues at the forefront of the U.S. presidential election, as well as links to congressional, state and local government officials and representatives. From Lycos News Vote 2000, users will have access to political chats, clubs and message boards throughout the Lycos Network, allowing them to discuss political issues, news and commentary with other online users.
"Obviously, the Internet is playing an increasingly important role in campaign politics--if not for the candidates themselves, then certainly for the growing number of "Net-connected voters," said veteran print journalist George Shirk, editor in chief of Lycos Network News and Lycos' Wired News. "As a major portal whose home is the Internet itself, Lycos News, Wired News and Vote 2000 pledge to maintain an informative and useful campaign resource throughout the campaigns."
About Lycos Founded in 1995, Lycos, Inc. is a leading Web media company and owner of the Lycos Network, one of the most visited hubs on the Internet reaching nearly one out of every two Web users. The Lycos Network is a unified set of Web sites that attracts a diverse audience by offering a variety of services, including leading Web navigation resources, homepage building and other Web community services and a comprehensive shopping center. The Lycos Network is composed of premium sites Lycos.com, Tripod, WhoWhere, Angelfire, MailCity, HotBot, HotWired, Wired News, Webmonkey, Suck.com, Sonique, Quote.com and Gamesville.com. Lycos.com (http://www.lycos.com), "Your Personal Internet Guide," is dedicated to helping each individual user locate, retrieve and manage information tailored to his or her personal interests. Headquartered near Boston in Waltham, Mass., Lycos, Inc. is a global Internet leader with a major presence throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America.
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