Democratic Primaries

highplainsdem

(48,981 posts) Thu Oct 10, 2019, 04:46 PM Oct 2019

Tommy Christopher Slams Media Coverage of Biden, Warren, and Harris: 'Black Voters Are Being Erased'

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/tommy-christopher-slams-media-coverage-of-biden-warren-and-harris-black-voters-are-being-erased/

Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher gave an interview to HillTV on Thursday where he chastised the political media for taking a dismissive attitude toward black voters in the 2020 election.

HillTV host Krystal Ball asked Christopher for his thoughts on how the media has “really given [Elizabeth] Warren a pass” on certain issues, and Christopher said he and others have observed that “the press is her base.”

“It’s been my observation…that I think basically the problem with this coverage is black voters are being erased,” he continued. “Part of that’s because the media is overwhelmingly white, and Warren’s support is overwhelmingly white, and people mention that, but it’s always couched in really sort of offensive and dismissive terms.”

Christopher made his point by referring to his recent coverage of Mark McKinnon, who recently said on CNN that black voters will “come aboard” for Warren if she wins Iowa and New Hampshire.

He also pointed out that “Joe Biden has a huge lead with black voters” that continues to grow even as Warren closes with him nationally, but noted that — as Fox News’ Jessica Tarlov recently wrote, the media speaks about Biden’s popularity with black voters as if “they always just assume that it’s because they think Biden can win, and that’s it.”

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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Tommy Christopher Slams Media Coverage of Biden, Warren, and Harris: 'Black Voters Are Being Erased' (Original Post) highplainsdem Oct 2019 OP

Still pushing this guy, huh? BeyondGeography Oct 2019 #1

Haha.. classic "kill the messenger".. Not working. Cha Oct 2019 #2

Hmmm.... does the media ignore Black voters and the SC Primary? lets see... bluewater Oct 2019 #4

Don't You Hate When You Do Research And Someone's Mind is Already Made Up DrFunkenstein Oct 2019 #11

Tommy Christopher is an anti-Warren Mr. Faux Pregnancy hack at Mediaite BeyondGeography Oct 2019 #5

Not working. Cha Oct 2019 #7

Good on Tommy Christopher! What's he Cha Oct 2019 #3

Media bashing!1!21! Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2019 #6

To Tommy Christopher.. Cha Oct 2019 #8

The notion that black voters don't matter is inherent in the cynical idea that they will vote for emmaverybo Oct 2019 #9

Message to MSM: Recognize. oasis Oct 2019 #10

BeyondGeography

(39,374 posts)

1. Still pushing this guy, huh?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 04:51 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

Cha

(297,240 posts)

2. Haha.. classic "kill the messenger".. Not working.

Reply to BeyondGeography (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 05:06 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

bluewater

(5,376 posts)

4. Hmmm.... does the media ignore Black voters and the SC Primary? lets see...

Reply to Cha (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 05:14 PM

Oct 2019

2020 Daily Trail Markers: Elizabeth Warren gains support from black voters
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=2020+black+voters&view=detail&mid=45628905C7FC0F56049A45628905C7FC0F56049A&FORM=VIRE

Poll: Overwhelming majority of black voters back any 2020 Democrat over Trump
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/464680-poll-overwhelming-majority-of-black-voters-choose-any-given-2020-democrat-over

Biden is creating a generational divide among black voters
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/10/opinions/biden-generational-divide-black-voters-love/index.html

Elizabeth Warren’s Big Challenge: Winning Black Voters
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/06/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-black-voters.html

Why Black Voters Prefer Establishment Candidates Over Liberal Alternatives
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-do-black-democrats-usually-prefer-establishment-candidates/

The Obama effect has helped Joe Biden with black voters. Will it last?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/08/obama-effect-has-helped-joe-biden-with-black-voters-will-it-last/

How South Carolina’s black voters feel about 2020 Democrats
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-south-carolinas-black-voters-feel-about-2020-democrats

What the History of the Black Vote Tells Us About the 2020 Race
https://www.wsj.com/video/what-the-history-of-the-black-vote-tells-us-about-the-2020-race/B6C93A6B-6013-4A1D-A0C5-90EF8F9A2C7E.html

Ok... I am getting tired... lol that's from literally 2 minutes of googling on "2020 black voters"

Sooooo…. when he said:

It’s been my observation…that I think basically the problem with this coverage is black voters are being erased,”

can we say that he was uninformed?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

DrFunkenstein

(8,745 posts)

11. Don't You Hate When You Do Research And Someone's Mind is Already Made Up

Reply to bluewater (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 05:43 PM

Oct 2019

Don't worry. Everyone else can see it.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

BeyondGeography

(39,374 posts)

5. Tommy Christopher is an anti-Warren Mr. Faux Pregnancy hack at Mediaite

Reply to Cha (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 05:18 PM

Oct 2019

and he’s still plumbing those depths.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

Cha

(297,240 posts)

7. Not working.

Reply to BeyondGeography (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 05:23 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Cha

(297,240 posts)

3. Good on Tommy Christopher! What's he

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 05:09 PM

Oct 2019

suppose to do.. not speak out on his observations!?

Thank you, highplainsdem!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,328 posts)

6. Media bashing!1!21!

Reply to Cha (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 05:19 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

Cha

(297,240 posts)

8. To Tommy Christopher..

Reply to Hassin Bin Sober (Reply #6)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 05:24 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

emmaverybo

(8,144 posts)

9. The notion that black voters don't matter is inherent in the cynical idea that they will vote for

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 05:25 PM

Oct 2019

any democrat in the GE, so why pay attention to their preference in the primary—which will change on a dime anyway.

THEY unquestionably vote for whomever has the best chance at winning. THEY are purely pragmatic. THEY are not capable of forming opinions based on qualifications, knowledge, experience, comparative strengths, like us whites. THEY don’t have any particular loyalty
to a candidate.

Candidates are interchangeable to THEM.

This is the thinking, perhaps unconscious, behind media’s dismissal of the “racial gap” it refuses to
examine except through a white-centric viewpoint. So instead, it promotes “enthusiasm gap.”

Further, media seldom invites black supporters to discuss Biden, only select black commentators who strongly oppose his candidacy, as it’s a “here. A black guest. Must represent you. Black people all share same opinions.”

To call all of this white-centric is to be polite and euphemistic. “ Black voters don’t count” is an attitude sitting on top thinly veiled racism.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

oasis

(49,387 posts)

10. Message to MSM: Recognize.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 05:39 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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