Hillary Clinton

DeepModem Mom

(38,402 posts) Mon Jul 20, 2015, 08:48 PM Jul 2015

Media Matters: The Press has a double standard for Hillary's polling:

"Last week, the Associated Press helped dictate campaign coverage for a news cycle when it emphasized how its latest poll showed Hillary Clinton's favorable ratings falling.

'The survey offers a series of warning signs for the leading Democratic candidate,' the AP warned, suggesting its survey results were 'troubling' for the Democratic frontrunner. Despite the fact that the AP's own poll found that a vast majority of Democratic voters view Clinton favorably, the article included interviews with three Democratic voters, all of whom gave Clinton negative reviews.

The excited AP dispatch set off a new round of Clinton-in-trouble coverage by news organizations that reprinted the AP's survey results....

There's no real mystery why the press downplays polling results that show Clinton with a commanding lead and hypes surveys that show that gap closing, or her popularity supposedly slumping. 'Coronations are boring,' noted Nate Silver, as he recently highlighted deficiencies in the media's polling coverage. Journalists would 'rather see a competitive Democratic primary, which means more to talk about and analyze.'

The problem for the press is that, the AP survey notwithstanding, Clinton has enjoyed a nice run of polling results in recent days and weeks.

Currently, Clinton:

Enjoys a 64-27 lead over Bush among Hispanic voters, and a 73-3 lead over Democratic primary opponent Bernie Sanders. (Univision)
Leads Sanders nationally among Democratic and Democratic-leaning independent voters, 59-14. (USA Today).
Leads Republican contenders nationally by between 4 and 17 points. (USA Today)
Leads Republican contenders in Virginia by between 4 and 12 points. (Public Policy Polling)
Leads Republican contenders in Nevada by between 5 and 12 points. (Public Policy Polling)
Is ahead of Sanders by 44 points in Florida. (Gravis Marketing)
Has a 43-point lead in Iowa over Sanders. (KBUR-AM poll)...

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Media Matters: The Press has a double standard for Hillary's polling: (Original Post) DeepModem Mom Jul 2015 OP

Thanks for the info. It is still looking good for Hillary. By the time the debates start she will Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #1

Yes, I'm really impressed by her campaign and their strategy and planning! nt DeepModem Mom Jul 2015 #2

She has a good team huh. Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #7

This is the usual treatment of Hillary by the press. William769 Jul 2015 #3

They seriously do... DeepModem Mom Jul 2015 #4

Excellent catch, thanks for the article. George II Jul 2015 #5

K & R Iliyah Jul 2015 #6

This was a good read EileenFB Jul 2015 #8

I'm tired of the media pushing close races on us ericson00 Jul 2015 #9

I continue to go back to this article when I read things like this OKNancy Jul 2015 #10

Let's face it, in the real world Bernie is a bust and no one else even shows up.... Walk away Jul 2015 #11

Media wanting to have a horse race rather than reporting on issues. nilram Jul 2015 #12

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

1. Thanks for the info. It is still looking good for Hillary. By the time the debates start she will

Reply to DeepModem Mom (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 09:08 PM

Jul 2015

Have her message out and policies getting into place. I am real happy she is igniting the DNC base very important in getting Dems elected and hopefully Dems will turn out to vote as they did in 2008.

DeepModem Mom

(38,402 posts)

2. Yes, I'm really impressed by her campaign and their strategy and planning! nt

Reply to Thinkingabout (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 09:15 PM

Jul 2015

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

7. She has a good team huh.

Reply to DeepModem Mom (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 10:37 PM

Jul 2015

William769

(55,148 posts)

3. This is the usual treatment of Hillary by the press.

Reply to DeepModem Mom (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 09:36 PM

Jul 2015

As usual, the press looks like idiots over this.

DeepModem Mom

(38,402 posts)

4. They seriously do...

Reply to William769 (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 09:47 PM

Jul 2015

especially to the many who support her, and to others who see the actual poll numbers.

George II

(67,782 posts)

5. Excellent catch, thanks for the article.

Reply to DeepModem Mom (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 09:54 PM

Jul 2015

Actually, in an ABC/Washington Post poll released today, Hillary Clinton is ahead of Bernie Sanders by a percentage of 63-14.

So much for her "plummeting" in the polls or Sanders "surging".

And as pointed out in your link, she leads each and every republican contender in most states and nationally.

Too bad the press wants to create stories instead of reporting facts.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

6. K & R

Reply to DeepModem Mom (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 10:34 PM

Jul 2015

EileenFB

(360 posts)

8. This was a good read

Reply to DeepModem Mom (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 10:51 PM

Jul 2015

very informative and helps to put an issue I've always been intrigued with into perspective.

ericson00

(2,707 posts)

9. I'm tired of the media pushing close races on us

Reply to DeepModem Mom (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 11:21 PM

Jul 2015

the MSM just wants it to be closer than it really is. If they didn't meddle in this, Hillary'd have won already. Romney wouldn't have had a chance. Bush woulda lost in 2004, and Gore woulda won decisively enough to get to the WH without media lies. It was the media who made "Love Story" and "inventing the internet" into what it was that made people somehow trust (see this exit poll https://web.archive.org/web/20001214221524/http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/epolls/US/P000.html) a rich WASPY kid pretending to be a fake hick redneck more than Vice President Al Gore.

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)

10. I continue to go back to this article when I read things like this

Reply to DeepModem Mom (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2015, 09:23 AM

Jul 2015

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110711296

1) Everything, no matter how ludicrous-sounding, is worthy of a full investigation by federal agencies, Congress, the "vast right-wing conspiracy," and mainstream media outlets

2) Every allegation, no matter how ludicrous, is believable until it can be proven completely and utterly false. And even then, it keeps a life of its own in the conservative media world.

3) The media assumes that Clinton is acting in bad faith until there's hard evidence otherwise.

4) Everything is newsworthy because the Clintons are the equivalent of America's royal family

5) Everything she does is fake and calculated for maximum political benefit

Walk away

(9,494 posts)

11. Let's face it, in the real world Bernie is a bust and no one else even shows up....

Reply to DeepModem Mom (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2015, 12:00 PM

Jul 2015

on the radar. That make our girl immune to the press until next summer. If the press doesn't manufacture some kind of illusion of competition for her, half their news cycle is empty until the general.

In the end it will all work in our favor. It's better to win against even a weak contender than no one at all.

nilram

(2,894 posts)

12. Media wanting to have a horse race rather than reporting on issues.

Reply to DeepModem Mom (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2015, 03:02 PM

Jul 2015

Like kids in a playground trying to get a fight started. Sad, because the stakes are a bit higher than that.

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