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One of the funniest twists to come out of the GOP debate in Milwaukee was the fact the Republican National Committee forced reporters to type "StopHillary" if they wanted to use Wi-Fi to send their dispatches from the UWM Panther Arena. Come to think of it, it was kind of a microaggression.
Usually you see such subliminal messaging in advertising, and sometimes it works. For example, way back in 1957, an advertising man claimed he snuck words like "drink Coca-Cola" into movies at a New Jersey theater to see if it would make more people buy Coca-Cola at the concession stand. It did.
So, this got me thinking. Although "StopHillary" was an inspired choice, what could the RNC force the media to type next time? And what should the DNC make the media type?
Put your suggestions in the comment thread. Here are my top 10 suggestions for RNC and DNC media W-iFi passwords:
RNC
1. BenghaziBenghaziBenghazi
2. AdmitItYou’
3. LetJebTalkMore
4. ReinceisaStrategicGenius
5. PleaseDestroyTrumpForUsRightNo
6. ReaganForever
7. FoxNewsKochBrothersAlec
8. Don’tStopBernie
9. PresidentRubio
10. HillaryLiedPeopleDied
DNC
1. FreeStuff
2. Don’tFeelTheBurn
3. WarOnWomen
4. NotThatYouAreNowButDon’
5. CarsonHitHisMotherWithaHammer
6. PresidentTrump
7. LotsandLotsofFreeStuff
8. What’sWrongWithSocialismAnyway
9. RepublicansAreEvilRacistsWhoHa
10. FreeStuffFreeStuff
Jessica McBride spent a decade as an investigative, crime, and general assignment reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and is a former City Hall reporter/current columnist for the Waukesha Freeman.
She is the recipient of national and state journalism awards in topics that include short feature writing, investigative journalism, spot news reporting, magazine writing, blogging, web journalism, column writing, and background/interpretive reporting. McBride, a senior journalism lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has taught journalism courses since 2000.
Her journalistic and opinion work has also appeared in broadcast, newspaper, magazine, and online formats, including Patch.com, Milwaukee Magazine, Wisconsin Public Radio, El Conquistador Latino newspaper, Investigation Discovery Channel, History Channel, WMCS 1290 AM, WTMJ 620 AM, and Wispolitics.com. She is the recipient of the 2008 UWM Alumni Foundation teaching excellence award for academic staff for her work in media diversity and innovative media formats and is the co-founder of Media Milwaukee.com, the UWM journalism department's award-winning online news site. McBride comes from a long-time Milwaukee journalism family. Her grandparents, Raymond and Marian McBride, were reporters for the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel.
Her opinions reflect her own not the institution where she works.
