B-Man Posted July 22, 2017 Posted July 22, 2017 Media overplaying its anti-Trump hand – statistics and an anecdote about a lifelong Democrat Posted by William A. Jacobson Friday, July 21, 2017 Media Russia-mania disconnected from people’s reality, and turning off at least one lifelong Democrat. There has been a lot of attention in the past couple of days to the statistical disconnect between what is of importance to the media versus what is important to the public. Not surprisingly, the media is all Russia, Russia, Russia. The public not so much. Jon Gabriel at Ricochet originated the analysis, though many outlets ran with it, What Americans Care About vs. What the Media Cares About: Not surprisingly, health care tops the list of concerns, followed by jobs and security issues. These findings are pretty typical, though the collapse of Obamacare and the GOP bills to fix it have caused health care to surge higher than usual. But look toward the center of the list. Russia, the issue that has dominated press coverage since the November election, scores a paltry 6 percent on Americans’ top concerns. This lack of interest reminded me of a June 27 Media Research Center survey in which they calculated the amount of network news coverage of major issues. The results were radically different than the Bloomberg chart above …. Despite the American people caring far more about health care than any other issue, the media has swamped the airwaves with Trump/Russia conspiracies to the detriment of nearly everything else. The difference between the people and the press was so jarring, I created a chart comparing the two studies. Granted, these studies were conducted by two different organizations using very different methods, but the juxtaposition was remarkable. Jon then compiled the stats in a chart: This analysis came to my mind when I had a conversation today that anecdotally supports how out of touch the media is. The conversation was with someone I’ve known for almost 20 years. He’s a lifelong Rhode Islander and Democrat who has expressed strong hostility to me toward Trump in the past. We speak every couple of months, and I’ve never heard him say a good word about Trump. The political part of the conversation started by him asking me how the blog was going, and how we must be busy with all the Trump stuff. I was non-committal, something along the lines of “sure, things are always busy.” I fully expected a truck load of anti-Trump stuff to be dumped on me next. But that didn’t happen. He then volunteered how frustrated he was with the media, and how they “won’t let Trump do his job.” He said he still doesn’t like Trump, but was very angry at the media particularly the Russia coverage. He said (paraphrasing), give me a break with that meeting, if someone offered any campaign dirt on their opponent, of course they’d take it. The conversation continued for several minutes along the same lines, but he kept coming back to Trump not being permitted to “do his job.” It’s just an anecdote. But it’s meaningful to me because this friend was the last person I would have expected to have such a reaction to media coverage of Trump. Between the statistical disconnect between media coverage and what matters to people, and this anecdote, I think 2018 may not be the Democrat romp many people are predicting. The media is so obsessed, and Democrats are so much a part of that obsession, they may be overplaying their hand. If nothing else, their voters may stay home in 2018 out of disgust.
row_33 Posted July 22, 2017 Posted July 22, 2017 Read one article about how the New York Times editors make the narrative up and then tell reporters to write to support the narrative. Nearly every other paper moves from reporting up to the editors to present news. Explains tons to me.
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted July 23, 2017 Posted July 23, 2017 Read one article about how the New York Times editors make the narrative up and then tell reporters to write to support the narrative. Nearly every other paper moves from reporting up to the editors to present news. Explains tons to me. The emulation of Fox News.
Chef Jim Posted July 23, 2017 Posted July 23, 2017 The emulation of Fox News. I don't watch Fox News so you'll have to give me an example.
Doc Brown Posted July 23, 2017 Posted July 23, 2017 Wow, CNN is really getting to the bottom of this.
/dev/null Posted July 23, 2017 Posted July 23, 2017 Wow, CNN is really getting to the bottom of this. I'm waiting for somebody to tie closed door meetings of the heads of state at the G20 as Trump's secret link to a former Communist
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 23, 2017 Posted July 23, 2017 I'm waiting for somebody to tie closed door meetings of the heads of state at the G20 as Trump's secret link to a former Communist I am waiting to see his taxes and business dealings and figure out why The Trumpster is throwing around the PP-Word (Presidental Pardon) so early into a first term.
DC Tom Posted July 23, 2017 Posted July 23, 2017 ...and figure out why The Trumpster is throwing around the PP-Word (Presidental Pardon) so early into a first term. Because the left has been throwing around the "impeachment" word since before he was even inaugurated?
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 24, 2017 Posted July 24, 2017 Because the left has been throwing around the "impeachment" word since before he was even inaugurated? Don't be an enabler.
unbillievable Posted July 24, 2017 Posted July 24, 2017 (edited) What will we see first, Obama's real birth certificate, or evidence of Russia hacking the election? Edited July 24, 2017 by unbillievable
/dev/null Posted July 24, 2017 Posted July 24, 2017 What will we see first, Obama's real birth certificate, or evidence of Russia hacking the election?
Doc Brown Posted July 24, 2017 Posted July 24, 2017 What will we see first, Obama's real birth certificate, or evidence of Russia hacking the election?
B-Man Posted July 24, 2017 Posted July 24, 2017 (edited) National correspondent for MSNBC........... Joy ReidVerified account @JoyAnnReidFollow More How is it that in 2017 we don't have universal wifi when so many people depend on their phones, in some cases as their only internet access? 1:24 PM - 24 Jul 2017 36 million Americans will DIE if there's no universal interwebs... I mean it Edited July 24, 2017 by B-Man
DC Tom Posted July 24, 2017 Posted July 24, 2017 National correspondent for MSNBC........... 36 million Americans will DIE if there's no universal interwebs... I mean it We're a big !@#$ing country with lots of open space that's difficult and expensive to cover. We're not Belgium.
Chef Jim Posted July 25, 2017 Posted July 25, 2017 We're a big !@#$ing country with lots of open space that's difficult and expensive to cover. We're not Belgium. Thank God!
B-Man Posted July 25, 2017 Posted July 25, 2017 Trump drives DNC-MSM (further) insane by appearing earlier tonight at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. because of Trump’s appearance tonight, our totally objective, unbiased media is comparing the Boy Scouts to the Hitler Youth, and MSNBC’s Chris Hayes of all people (and all networks) is tweeting, “Everything is culture war. Everything.” Which side started the culture war? Who kept advancing the front lines until they reached all the way into the pizza parlor, cake baker, and the lady’s room? If we’re going to talk about a culture war involving kids, just as a reminder, MSNBC ran an ad that said (speaking of partying like it’s 1939) that children belong the government – a commercial that aired with the goal of increasing its audience size by saying something that would flatter “Progressive” sensibilities – in 2013: Here’s a shocker: Trump managed to drive the media crazy during his appearance, both by delving into politics and by insisting the news networks wouldn’t show the massive crowd. Of course, they did pan across the audience; they were pretty much compelled to, right? In a swipe at his predecessor, Pres Trump asks rhetorically, "Did President Obama ever come to a Jamboree? The answer’s no,"
HappyDays Posted July 25, 2017 Posted July 25, 2017 So B-Man do you condone his speech to the Boy Scouts? Do you have any problems with it? For once I am curious about YOUR thoughts. You literally copy and paste other people's thoughts more than you say your own. Any individual agency left in that brain? Is there some kind of political ground to be gained from treating Trump as infallible and turning everything into him vs. the media? That's the only reason I can think anyone would write something as stupid as "the networks were compelled to show the big crowds because of Trump bringing it up."
4merper4mer Posted July 25, 2017 Posted July 25, 2017 The emulation of Fox News. Commie NYT has been doing this since before Fox News existed. It can be argued that they created the market niche that Fox occupies.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted July 25, 2017 Posted July 25, 2017 So B-Man do you condone his speech to the Boy Scouts? Do you have any problems with it? For once I am curious about YOUR thoughts. You literally copy and paste other people's thoughts more than you say your own. Any individual agency left in that brain? Is there some kind of political ground to be gained from treating Trump as infallible and turning everything into him vs. the media? That's the only reason I can think anyone would write something as stupid as "the networks were compelled to show the big crowds because of Trump bringing it up." No, I have none. There is NOTHING wrong with pointing out that Obama was generally anti-America.
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