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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe News and its New Silent Majority: Clinton Supporters - Jeff Jarvis
This is a must read. He absolutely shows the problem.
https://medium.com/whither-news/the-news-and-its-new-silent-majority-clinton-supporters-65dc5e0a4d76#.pevq3eds0hither-news/the-news-and-its-new-silent-majority-clinton-supporters-65dc5e0a4d76#.pevq3eds0
I dont see myself in any of the coverage of the campaign. All I ever hear from media is that nobody likes or trusts the one candidate who has an 89 percent chance of winning the presidency. In media, I never hear from voters like me who are enthusiastic supporters. I never see reporters wading among eager backers at Clinton rallies to ask them how much they like her and why. I dont even hear her surrogates (what a ridiculous beltway/TV invention that is, by the way) asked about their support of Clinton, only their defense of her. In media, I never hear echoes of the voices I heard last week when I met people on the porches of West Philly, who told me their families were all in to vote for Hillary. (Only when I continued the conversation did they also agree we must defeat Trump. Like me, they are voting for, not against.
When I read this paragraph (read the whole thing, please, it is worth it), I realized the problem with this "do you find the candidate trustworthy" question? NEVER do polls ask the question "Which of these two candidates do you trust more?" and "by how much?"
I am absolutely certain that, if those questions were asked, the result would be obvious. Yes, people do not trust politicians in general, hence the answer to the question asked by polls, but I am sure they trust Hillary Clinton A LOT MORE than they trust Trump. But the media are not asking.
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The News and its New Silent Majority: Clinton Supporters - Jeff Jarvis (Original Post)
Mass
Sep 2016
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Hey Mass. Your link is broken. It has an extra https:.....at the start of the link.
Cerridwen
Sep 2016
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Cerridwen
(13,260 posts)1. Hey Mass. Your link is broken. It has an extra https:.....at the start of the link.
https://medium.com/whttps://medium.com/whither-news/the-news-and-its-new-silent-majority-clinton-supporters-65dc5e0a4d76#.pevq3eds0hither-news/the-news-and-its-new-silent-majority-clinton-supporters-65dc5e0a4d76#.pevq3eds0
The bolded part needs a delete.
Here's the corrected.
https://medium.com/whither-news/the-news-and-its-new-silent-majority-clinton-supporters-65dc5e0a4d76#.pevq3eds0hither-news/the-news-and-its-new-silent-majority-clinton-supporters-65dc5e0a4d76#.pevq3eds0
Seems like a decent article. I'm still reading but wanted to let you know about the link so others can read, too.
Hope you're having a great day.
The bolded part needs a delete.
Here's the corrected.
https://medium.com/whither-news/the-news-and-its-new-silent-majority-clinton-supporters-65dc5e0a4d76#.pevq3eds0hither-news/the-news-and-its-new-silent-majority-clinton-supporters-65dc5e0a4d76#.pevq3eds0
Seems like a decent article. I'm still reading but wanted to let you know about the link so others can read, too.
Hope you're having a great day.
Mass
(27,315 posts)2. Thanks. Corrected.