Hanging Chads

Once this election is over, the media will do what the media does best: Talk about the media. Here’s a take from Brian Beutler: The press blew this election, with potentially horrifying consequences. The biggest media affront was the coverage of the email garbage over the last two weeks. I examined that issue here: The First Rough Draft of History is Too Rough.

+ Ben Thompson: Why Twitter Must Be Saved.

+ Pacific Standard: Your friends’ unhinged political Facebook rants may actually make a difference in the election. (This assumes you haven’t already unfollowed all your irritating friends.)

+ The future of the death penalty is on the ballot. California’s really weird proposition to create an army of condom vigilantes. And Hillary and Donald will be holding their election night events a few blocks from one another. (In other words, you can expect some bipartisan surge pricing from Uber.)