Hillary Busis | Mediaite
Want to know more about Christine O’Donnell, Delaware’s newly-anointed Republican senatorial candidate?
Well, you could comb the internet for videos of O’Donnell appearing on various morning shows–excluding Morning Joe, of course–yesterday. Or you could just plug her name into Google; since the primary, websites (including this one) have been abuzz about O’Donnell, writing about the various controversial statements she’s made to the media over the years.
O’Donnell’s own website, however, won’t be much help.
That’s because, as Think Progress’s Alex Seitz-Wald noticed yesterday, O’Donnell’s site has been stripped of everything but a button encouraging visitors to donate to her campaign.
Google’s cache shows that as of Tuesday night, the site had a lot more to it–tabs called “About Christine,” “Endorsements,” and “Why Christine?” as well as links to O’Donnell’s social media pages and contact information.
It seems that as O’Donnell has come under increased scrutiny, she and her campaign have decided to overhaul the site–perhaps they intend to make it more comprehensive, or more elaborate. Or maybe they’ve stripped the site to its bare bones in an attempt to make sure their opponents have less ammunition to use against O’Donnell.
Is this a good move for O’Donnell, or does the site clearance allow the rest of the media to control the conversation about her?
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