It's not surprising that the networks do what they do. They invest money in polls, they're sensitive to criticism of "bias", and they have an eye on ratings. But there's a reason that those who are interested in politics are increasingly turning to the internet.
. . . The use of the internet to get political news is growing. At times, it's the only place you can get the news. And as long as networks insist on relying only on their own polls, or pushing an old narrative that's not supported by the newest data, the American public is not going to get a clear and fair picture of what's going on by relying on broadcast news alone. Not unless the networks do a better job in reading polls.
(Emphasis supplied.) This is a laughable assertion. People are turning to the Internet to get "a clear and fair picture" of what's going on? That is absurd. I do not give a "fair picture" of what is going on. I know Daily Kos does not. Nor of course does any internet outlet. Most of us are advocates for a point of view. We used to not even have any pretense to being journalists. I certainly have no pretense to practicing journalism.
I used to think that the Left blogs (and it is something I try to be) were dedicated to one thing though - accuracy. Maybe we did not report all the facts, or all the polls or all of the story, but we tried to make sure we were accurate about the statements, as opposed to opinions, we did make. Especially when writing about Democrats.
After the most recent Democratic Primary, no one can claim that that is true anymore. Many if not most of the Left blogs had their own motive - to destroy Hillary Clinton. This blog was not immune to its motives, TalkLeft's owner, openly supported Hillary Clinton, so one could certainly see shading in her own posts.
I have and had my own biases - I like to believe they were not candidate-centric. But one can never see themselves clearly. So I imagine others would see different biases in my work.
My point is this - "truthiness" became a Left blog thing in the past year and to pretend otherwise, as DemfromCt does in his post, ignoring what just occurred in the Democratic primary, is to not provide accurate reporting.
But that is my point in the end - the Left blogs are not "honest reporters" - they are advocates. When it comes to discussion of polls, issues or candidates, axes are always being grinded and oxes oxen are always being gored. By all of us.
The blogs are not "the only place to get the news." It is the only place to get some views. Take them all with a grain of salt. Even the ones expressed here.
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