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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTypical CNN...
...reporting that "There was no clear winner of Monday's presidential debate, according to a CNN/ORC poll of people who watched." Sheesh...I swear the media wants Romney to win this election.
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Typical CNN... (Original Post)
BlueDemKev
Oct 2012
OP
They just want to keep it interesting, so that people will keep paying attention
Rochester
Oct 2012
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Rochester
(838 posts)1. They just want to keep it interesting, so that people will keep paying attention
meaning more advertising revenue for them.
Obama has had a fairly comfortable lead throughout, even with the scare a couple weeks ago. But reporting that is less profitable
Floyd_Gondolli
(1,277 posts)2. Nobody in the media knows what a win looks like anymore
This was a win.
cry baby
(6,682 posts)3. Their own repub weighted poll showed Obama a winner.
Daaaaaamn
JiminyJominy
(340 posts)4. Not In
the best interest for the media to have this a blowout.
the media has been spinning a close election all along. the likes of John King get paid if this election is portrayed as close.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)5. I can't believe my big brother likes CNN so much.
He voted for Obama, but said that he thinks that MSNBC is "too slanted" for his taste, and prefers CNN because he thinks they're more honest. Go figure...