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Tarheel_Dem

(31,234 posts)
1. I never hear the Reuters polls cited on M$M. Is it because they're usually good for Hillary, or...
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 08:02 PM
Nov 2016

are they considered junk polls by the M$M? All I'm hearing lately, day & night, is how "the polls are tightening".

 

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)
2. A) "The polls are tightening" B) "You need to buy more ads from us."
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 08:23 PM
Nov 2016

It is called a business model.

Ask yourself when was there EVER an election cycle when the ad-sellers (aka "the media&quot did NOT claim "the race is tightening." The last one I can remember was 1984 Reagan V. Mondale. And maybe 1996 Clinton V. Dole. One the others ended with the chorus of "Wow, this is some horse race -- buy more ads."

Tarheel_Dem

(31,234 posts)
3. I know, I'm a veteran of several horrific election cycles, but this one seems especially dishonest.
Thu Nov 3, 2016, 08:28 PM
Nov 2016

The only time Hillary seems to be mentioned is in a negative context. I get that the media needs a horserace, lest people stop tuning in and spending money, but I just want this election over, and hopefully by Thanksgiving, "The Deplorables" will have accepted Dump's loss, and moved on.

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