Collarspace Discussion Forums


Home  Login  Search 

The Media


View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
 
All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> The Media Page: [1]
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
The Media - 10/22/2008 6:35:28 PM   
Kirata


Posts: 15477
Joined: 2/11/2006
From: USA
Status: offline 		Study: Media Coverage of McCain much more Negative than Obama
 
"While some will seize on these findings as evidence that the media are pro-Obama," the Washington Post editorializes, the study is quoted as interpreting the data to contain "a strong suggestion that winning in politics begets winning coverage". As an example, the study observes that "Obama's numbers are similar to what we saw for John Kerry four years ago."
 
Note: Kerry lost.
 
Democrat and columnist Orson Scott Card offers this view:
 
Any Honest Reporters?

K.
 
 

 

< Message edited by Kirata -- 10/22/2008 6:45:31 PM >
Profile   Post #: 1
RE: The Media - 10/22/2008 7:57:28 PM   
corysub


Posts: 1492
Joined: 1/1/2004
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Kirata

Study: Media Coverage of McCain much more Negative than Obama
 
"While some will seize on these findings as evidence that the media are pro-Obama," the Washington Post editorializes, the study is quoted as interpreting the data to contain "a strong suggestion that winning in politics begets winning coverage". As an example, the study observes that "Obama's numbers are similar to what we saw for John Kerry four years ago."
 
Note: Kerry lost.
 
Democrat and columnist Orson Scott Card offers this view:
 
Any Honest Reporters?

K.
 
 

 


The ;polls will start to tighten as we get closer to the election.  Anyone who believes that Barack is 12 points ahead got some really bad shit to smoke.


(in reply to Kirata)
Profile   Post #: 2
RE: The Media - 10/22/2008 7:57:59 PM   
GreedyTop


Posts: 52100
Joined: 5/2/2007
From: Savannah, GA
Status: offline 		interesting article by Card...

_____________________________

polysnortatious
Supreme Goddess of Snark
CHARTER MEMBER: Lance's Fag Hags!
Waiting for my madman in a Blue Box.

(in reply to Kirata)
Profile   Post #: 3
RE: The Media - 10/22/2008 8:07:44 PM   
kittinSol


Posts: 16926
Status: offline 		Media-bashing is part of the conservative catechism. (James Carville, I think.)

_____________________________



(in reply to Kirata)
Profile   Post #: 4
RE: The Media - 10/22/2008 8:10:17 PM   
MissSCD


Posts: 1185
Joined: 3/10/2007
Status: offline 		I am going to have to agree with kittensol on this one.  I have given up CNN and a lot of news.   I feel much better.
 
The media is selling their ratings.  Sensationalism is what they do to sell.
 
Regards, MissSCD

(in reply to kittinSol)
Profile   Post #: 5
RE: The Media - 10/22/2008 8:13:36 PM   
kittinSol


Posts: 16926
Status: offline 		Huh... oh well, never mind, as long as you agree with me. 

_____________________________



(in reply to MissSCD)
Profile   Post #: 6
RE: The Media - 10/22/2008 8:22:17 PM   
Sanity


Posts: 22039
Joined: 6/14/2006
From: Nampa, Idaho USA
Status: offline 		Great articles, Kirata. Thanks for posting the links.

_____________________________

Inside Every Liberal Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out

(in reply to Kirata)
Profile   Post #: 7
RE: The Media - 10/22/2008 8:48:46 PM   
Owner59


Posts: 17033
Joined: 3/14/2006
From: Dirty Jersey
Status: offline 		McCain is being much more negitive ,while Obama is being positive.

What did you expect?

The crap about Obama being a terrorist symp,Arab/Muslim/radical,a Communist,abortionist,etc. is dark and the opposite of positve.

And Obama is staying positive and speacking about issues.

I mean,what positive things can you say about silly Paris/elitist ads or "Joe the Fake" campaign opperitives planted to act like "Joe sixpack/plumber" ,asking prewriten questions?

They`re creative?In a Beavis and Butthead kinda way?

That`s kinda positive.....


_____________________________

"As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals"

President Obama

(in reply to Sanity)
Profile   Post #: 8
RE: The Media - 10/22/2008 8:55:49 PM   
bestbabync


Posts: 1061
Joined: 7/25/2007
Status: offline 		the OP article states the contrary!

the media is no longer objective!  there was a time when government worried about the media digging, finding and reporting the truth.  now and from this day forward the news media is not any better than a lousy Tabloid Rag!

< Message edited by bestbabync -- 10/22/2008 8:56:21 PM >

_____________________________

"A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me" Abraham Lincoln
"Choose Life, your mother did!"
www.howobamagotelected.com
http://www.lp.org/platform
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2CaBR3z85c

(in reply to Owner59)
Profile   Post #: 9
RE: The Media - 10/22/2008 8:59:27 PM   
Sanity


Posts: 22039
Joined: 6/14/2006
From: Nampa, Idaho USA
Status: offline
It should worry even you, that we're not getting the straight news.


_____________________________

Inside Every Liberal Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out

(in reply to Owner59)
Profile   Post #: 10
RE: The Media - 10/22/2008 9:18:41 PM   
Kirata


Posts: 15477
Joined: 2/11/2006
From: USA
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Owner59

McCain is being much more negitive ,while Obama is being positive.

Quoting from the first link, McCain's coverage...

went into a free fall after he initially declared that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong." By the following week, more than half the stories about McCain were negative and only 11 percent positive, just as Obama's coverage was turning positive by a margin of more than 5 to 1.

Thus, contrary to what you claim, the study showed that it was when McCain stated that the fundamentals of the economy were sound that the media jumped all over him. The media know that Obama's numbers slip when panic about the economy is allowed to calm (*).

K.





< Message edited by Kirata -- 10/22/2008 9:24:13 PM >

(in reply to Owner59)
Profile   Post #: 11
RE: The Media - 10/22/2008 9:18:54 PM   
Owner59


Posts: 17033
Joined: 3/14/2006
From: Dirty Jersey
Status: offline 		 

Conspiracy theory for the most part,bores me.

A discussion about "playing the ref"(the media) for advantage(like teams do in sports),would be a bit more interesting.

I also find bean counting/scoring biases, to be a dubious activity and far from objective.

_____________________________

"As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals"

President Obama

(in reply to Sanity)
Profile   Post #: 12
Page:   [1]
All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> The Media Page: [1]
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts




Collarchat.com © 2025
Terms of Service Privacy Policy Spam Policy

0.063