{"id":2870,"date":"2006-05-24T13:33:48","date_gmt":"2006-05-24T17:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=2870"},"modified":"2006-06-14T23:25:30","modified_gmt":"2006-06-15T06:25:30","slug":"diebold-disaster-newsweeks-steven-levy-interviewed-by-the-young-turks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=2870","title":{"rendered":"DIEBOLD DISASTER: NEWSWEEK’S Steven Levy Interviewed by The Young Turks…"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>The Young Turks<\/a> had NEWSWEEK’s<\/i> Steven Levy as a guest on their show yesterday to discuss his article<\/a> on the Diebold disaster from this week’s issue. (See our item discussing his article here<\/a>, including an update with a response from Levy concerning our coverage.)<\/p>\n

Says host Cenk Uyger during the interview: “The bloggers have apparently been right about this all along.”<\/p>\n

Other items that jumped out at us: When asked how many states have “reliable systems”, Levy said, “26 states have instituted some sort of paper trail.”<\/p>\n

We’ll give him the benefit of the doubt that he understands that a “paper trail” law, particularly when it’s never actually counted, and it almost never is, means nothing (as we pointed out in our piece covering his article a few days ago.)<\/p>\n

And this from Levy, who does, I think, generally “get it” — even if he may somewhat underestimate the full gravity that this issue deserves, as it underscores our entire democracy: “The big thing would be to take the election system out of the private sector, and put it into the public sector.”<\/p>\n

On that score, of course, he’s right on the money.<\/p>\n

One more note: They discuss the “blogosphere” several times in several ways in relation to this issue. No names mentioned (can’t imagine who they may be referring to.) And co-host Ben Mankiewicz — who I’ve sat in for once or twice while he was gone, so haven’t gotten to speak with him much on this — seems to be the most skeptical of the bunch. I’ve told Cenk this morning that I’d be delighted<\/i> to go back on the show to answer any and all of Ben’s (or his) questions, skepticisms, concerns or anything else on this matter. Hopefully, we’ll be able to arrange something along those lines soon.<\/p>\n

— Watch\/Listen to the complete interview with Steven Levy here…<\/a><\/p>\n

(Thanks for the heads up, Cenk!)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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