sure do<\/a>.<\/p>\nOf course the race hadn’t tightened at all.\u00a0 McCain, all along, was destined to run a distant second, and anyone with an ounce of sense could see that.\u00a0 But the media apparently thought a close race would draw more viewers, listeners, and readers; that the public was more likely to follow a close race than one with a clearly predictable winner.\u00a0 I concluded, in the wake of the 2008 elections, that the media purposely pushed the tight race story, a story they must have known to be untrue, out of self-interest.<\/p>\n
I don’t know what’s going to happen in the current election cycle.\u00a0 Based on how the media misreported the 2008 elections, I now tune out most of the political reportage I hear.\u00a0 Granted, my perspective is limited, but I don’t sense this huge right-wing groundswell they keep talking about, just a few loonies making lots of noise.\u00a0 I hope the press is, once again, simply making things up to improve the ratings.<\/p>\n
I sincerely hope I’m right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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NPR, the only radio station I can stand listening to for more than five minutes in a row, is in full horse race mode as mid-term elections near, obsessing over poll numbers, and — what a surprise! — breathlessly advancing the mainstream media meme that Republican and Tea Party candidates are going to win big.<\/p>\n