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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAm I alone in finding these person-in-a-diner teevee interviews less than useless?
They seem to me pretty much the same as me asking a hundred randos on any given day how they will vote. Yet the media does a lot of these.
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Am I alone in finding these person-in-a-diner teevee interviews less than useless? (Original Post)
Stinky The Clown
Nov 2022
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marble falls
(57,366 posts)1. Totally useless. These might meant something a few weeks ago, maybe.
dchill
(38,565 posts)2. Less than useless. They're seeking dumb cracks.
Catapulting the propaganda, as it were.
Bettie
(16,132 posts)3. That's what they are
"We're here in Redville, RedState, talking to random white dudes in a diner at 10:30 in the morning, to find out what the MAGA vote will be doing this election. "LOOK AT THAT! The entire country will be voting for the craziest motherfucker they can find, based on this white dude!"
Easterncedar
(2,340 posts)4. On edit, I'm going to be less snarky, but...
I agree. I dislike those interviews and dont find them helpful.
Stinky The Clown
(67,832 posts)5. LOL and SPOT ON!!!!!
LAS14
(13,783 posts)6. No, you're not alone. There are at least two of us. nt
carpetbagger
(4,392 posts)7. Diners lol. How maga.
Different Drummer
(7,652 posts)8. The wisdom of the people.