Yes. That....and the polls don't account for cheating, rigging & hacking. I mean would it hurt the snufflepuffs to mention that little factoid? I roll my eyes at them. The press continues to fail, not just by their stupid hand wringing, but also their vast omissions of large swaths of information that could engage people, educate them, &…
Yes. That....and the polls don't account for cheating, rigging & hacking. I mean would it hurt the snufflepuffs to mention that little factoid? I roll my eyes at them. The press continues to fail, not just by their stupid hand wringing, but also their vast omissions of large swaths of information that could engage people, educate them, & allow them to understand that most things are not so black & white. For example, the Israel/America alliance cannot just be changed with a snap of the finger, nor should it. To change policy that is decades old, is to fundamentally change interactions on the ground in the middle East. That change, because we're going to show those fascists in Israel how we play hardball, could backfire & cause a literal war. These folks demanding this of our government have no concept of what the possible repercussions could be. That's why Presidents don't change intricate foreign policy over protests by kids that really don't have a full picture of how to solve what has transpired in the Israel/Palestine saga.
I don't agree at all about U.S. actions and policy in regard to Israel. There are a lot more people than kids who are protesting. But I'll leave it at that.
Polls don't need to be specifically rigged or their data hacked. That is, any desired results can be obtained by the phrasing of questions and the choice of media and demographics. For instance, simply doing polls by phone, either cell or landline, inevitably skews results a lot. Just that one parameter changes everything, let alone the cross-section of numbers called. Deliberate cheating isn't required.
And yes, news outlets of all kinds, whether Fox or MSNBC, continually leave out, "the rest of the story." It's a matter of time/space constraints and editorial policy.
I understand. The policy should be changed, but .....I was just thinking how ugly W Bush was & then the Orange creature slithered in from the swamp. What if all the other countries held that against us forever?
You are correct about the phrasing. It could be flawed in exactly the ways you listed.
Yes, Denise.....it has to be hard to get the whole story in. One of my complaints is that they overdo it on some things & completely ignore other important stories. For example, we haven't heard enough about how Trump let 5000 Taliban prisoners go in Afghanistan & what has happened since. He was such a weakling he just let them go without any concessions. It was pathetic & shows what a loser he truly is.
If I had to make a bet, I'd say that many other countries have been distrustful of the U.S. since Ronnie Raygun. Then there was GWB and his lies. Even worse under Rump, of course. But now, though Biden has been more stable, there's the carnage in Gaza, which the U.S. is aiding, and many other countries are rightly criticizing. Then Rump is promising to throw another rock in the pond if he gets back in. No wonder this country has lost the moral high ground and can no longer be counted on, on the world stage.
As for getting the whole story, as I mentioned, much depends on audience demographics and editorial policy. It's all about what will appeal and gain the most ratings/views/clicks. It usually has very little to do with the actual content of a given story. I say this as someone who was in publishing for almost 20 years.
Yes. That....and the polls don't account for cheating, rigging & hacking. I mean would it hurt the snufflepuffs to mention that little factoid? I roll my eyes at them. The press continues to fail, not just by their stupid hand wringing, but also their vast omissions of large swaths of information that could engage people, educate them, & allow them to understand that most things are not so black & white. For example, the Israel/America alliance cannot just be changed with a snap of the finger, nor should it. To change policy that is decades old, is to fundamentally change interactions on the ground in the middle East. That change, because we're going to show those fascists in Israel how we play hardball, could backfire & cause a literal war. These folks demanding this of our government have no concept of what the possible repercussions could be. That's why Presidents don't change intricate foreign policy over protests by kids that really don't have a full picture of how to solve what has transpired in the Israel/Palestine saga.
I don't agree at all about U.S. actions and policy in regard to Israel. There are a lot more people than kids who are protesting. But I'll leave it at that.
Polls don't need to be specifically rigged or their data hacked. That is, any desired results can be obtained by the phrasing of questions and the choice of media and demographics. For instance, simply doing polls by phone, either cell or landline, inevitably skews results a lot. Just that one parameter changes everything, let alone the cross-section of numbers called. Deliberate cheating isn't required.
And yes, news outlets of all kinds, whether Fox or MSNBC, continually leave out, "the rest of the story." It's a matter of time/space constraints and editorial policy.
I understand. The policy should be changed, but .....I was just thinking how ugly W Bush was & then the Orange creature slithered in from the swamp. What if all the other countries held that against us forever?
You are correct about the phrasing. It could be flawed in exactly the ways you listed.
Yes, Denise.....it has to be hard to get the whole story in. One of my complaints is that they overdo it on some things & completely ignore other important stories. For example, we haven't heard enough about how Trump let 5000 Taliban prisoners go in Afghanistan & what has happened since. He was such a weakling he just let them go without any concessions. It was pathetic & shows what a loser he truly is.
If I had to make a bet, I'd say that many other countries have been distrustful of the U.S. since Ronnie Raygun. Then there was GWB and his lies. Even worse under Rump, of course. But now, though Biden has been more stable, there's the carnage in Gaza, which the U.S. is aiding, and many other countries are rightly criticizing. Then Rump is promising to throw another rock in the pond if he gets back in. No wonder this country has lost the moral high ground and can no longer be counted on, on the world stage.
As for getting the whole story, as I mentioned, much depends on audience demographics and editorial policy. It's all about what will appeal and gain the most ratings/views/clicks. It usually has very little to do with the actual content of a given story. I say this as someone who was in publishing for almost 20 years.