An example of why I find Kornacki Reich-wing biased

[maxrandb]

Caught a little of this show today. He was talking with Donna Edwards. He was agitating about a poll that showed that Retrumplicans had major leads in 4 out of the top 5 issues voters care most about, with Democrats only doing better on abortion.

He just couldn't understand how that could be when the generic ballot question shows Dems either even, or a point or so ahead.

He told Congresswoman Edwards that "we just don't know what will happens, but it could be either it breaks massively toward Retrumplicans and they crush it or Dems squeak it out

Apparently, breaking massively toward Democrats and they crush it is not a scenario he's considered.

Oh, and if voters think Retrumplicans are "better for the economy" by 41 points, our media is more fucked up than even I thought.

[Meadowoak]

1. Can't stand Steve kornHACKi

[rogue emissary]

18. +1

[at140]

2. We will know the answer in 8 days

If Kornacki was right or wrong.

[Pathwalker]

3. Don'rcha just love his fascist uniform, too?

It's all he wears, too.

[Treefrog]

12. Not funny.

[Paladin]

4. I avoid Kornacki's appearances like a fatal disease. Can't stand him. (nt)

[people]

5. Another example of his right slant

I saw him go though Senate polls last Friday night. Where a poll showed the Republican ahead by anywhere from 1 - 3 points he always said the Republican was leading. When a polls showed a democrat ahead by 1 - 3 points he said the race was "tied."

[doc03]

6. I don't watch him. nt

[solara]

7. I hear you on Kornacki..

Not sure why MSNBC values his irritating & slanted interpretations of figures that too often "prove" Dems will lose. He often seems delirious with joy at his own dubious pronouncements.

Kornacki is an example of the "media bias' folks are starting to see in action instead of the 'fair & balanced' news commentary that is often being acknowledged as the path MSNBC follows.

He should probably join Andrea & Chuckie at Fox Entertainment.

I watched him once years ago and that was plenty.

[Sympthsical]

8. Maybe don't use Nazi rhetoric about a gay man

Much obliged.

[jimfields33]

9. +1

[Celerity]

10. +2

[Meadowoak]

20. Kornacki is gay?

[Meadowoak]

22. I had no idea, and as a gay man, you would think I would know these things

[CTyankee]

36. Thank you. I wanted to say that but you did it better. However, his political opinions based on his

interpretation of the polls are separate from his sexual preference, IMO.

[Treefrog]

11. Do you have any idea how offensive it is to refer to a gay

man as "reich" wing?

Do you think that terminology makes you sound clever?

[maxrandb]

13. It really depends

on whether or not that gay man is on the side supporting the Nazis, doesn't it?

[Polybius]

16. Kornacki is not a Republican, nor is he on their side

He even lives in the East Village.

[maxrandb]

23. And yes, there were quite a few Germans

who believed the fascists wouldn't come after them.

[Polybius]

24. So you're saying that while not a Republican, Kornacki is silent on what they're doing

Fair enough. I guess he wants to appear non-partisan. I do know that he lives a very private life.

[maxrandb]

26. So, he's a "safe" American

Good to know

[Polybius]

27. Some of us like the non-partisan

Take late night talk shows for example. Jay Leno is a Democrat, but unlike Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, and Stephen Colbert, you didn't know it by watching his show. I miss those days. It also gives fuel to the fire when Republicans say that they all bash them. Conan was much more like Leno in this regard.

[ShazzieB]

21. Gay men were systematically persecuted by the Nazis for BEING GAY.

That's why it's offensive to call any gay man reich wing.

Kornacki's political affliation is beside the point. Whther he's right wing or not is a reasonable thing to discuss. Doing it in a way that alludes to the Nazis is gross and offensive and detracts from the points being made.

[maxrandb]

25. You simply CAN'T separate today's American Right Wing

from the 1930s right in Germany.

Maybe if enough people realize that, we won't be faced with the prospect of Marge Green as Chair of the Oversight Committee.

But, you just go ahead and keep your head in the sand.

[Treefrog]

32. Wow. Really?

You're going to double down on calling a gay man a Nazi because he doesn't give you poll results you like?

Noted.

[brooklynite]

14. Um, "breaking massively toward Democrats and they crush it" isn't a scenario ANY analyst proposes...

How does that make Kornacki "right wing"?

nb: "the generic ballot" is just that: generic. It doesn't reflect the electorate in most individual districts or State races.

[Treefrog]

33. Thank you.

Amazed at what I'm reading here.

[Polybius]

15. "breaking massively toward Democrats and they crush it is not a scenario he's considered"

I don't know anyone who thinks we will crush it. Even a massive win means that we barely hold the House and pick up 2 seats in the Senate.

[iemanja]

19. Don't you know the job of the media is to make Dems feel good?

Anything that fails to do that is a lie, according to the opinion of more than a few.

[Demsrule86]

30. I think there is a chance we crush it...time will tell.

[iemanja]

17. Is his assessment of the polls incorrect?

Or are you just angry he has discussed the polls?
The political headwinds are against Democrats. Midterm elections nearly always go against the party in power. That is a basic historical fact.

If Democrats won congress every time we led in the generic congressional ballot, Republicans would never win. It doesn't work out that way. People vote for individual representatives, not the national party.

538 has Republicans with a 81% chance of taking the House. The Senate is estimated as a toss up.
https://democraticunderground.com/?com=edit&forum=1002&thread=17305082&pid=17305711

[Demsrule86]

28. Yes he is incorrect and likely Republican. He ignores all good news and doesn't even consider that

we could win...as close as the races are even using his figures that tells you a bit about who he is and what he thinks.

[iemanja]

31. Not according to 538

I already provided those numbers, which you ignored. It's not the supposed bias of Kornacki that bothers you. You want the media to pretend that polls say Democrats are winning in a blowout. They do not.
Now polls aren't necessarily accurate, but they do show Republicans with a 4/5 chance of winning the House. Nothing Kornacki says is going to change that. Turn off the news. You're having trouble coping with it.

One point of consolation. The media is frequently wrong with their predictions about elections. Remember when they were all certain that Hillary would win in 2016?

[Treefrog]

34. Do you think we are going to win?

Do you?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

29. Oh Lordy, now we're turning on Kornache. Sure do hope Cancel

Culture stops soon!!

[BlueIdaho]

35. I don't like Him and I never have.

Strictly based on his performance on TV. Don’t know the guy and don’t care to meet him. He’s exhausting and like most pollsters - just not my cup of tea.