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My questions are who made these 50 million hits at CNN? And what were their
motivations? 

A little more than 100 million people voted. Clearly, many of the hits must be
from non-voters.

As for motivations: my point relates to how we interpret some number such as
50 million.  On it's face it is numbing, considering the number of people who
have access to the internet after 9 p.m. at night.

Another point (related to the AJR article "Net Gain"): what does this say
about the idea that everyone is a journalist?  Not everyone has CNNs ability
to collect so much information, synthesize and make it available. 

 
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