Posted on 11/02/2008 3:40:16 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
..A lot is at stake: the newspaper’s credibility and voters’ right to decide the winner without being discouraged by coverage suggesting that the result is inevitable.
The Times and other news media got burned once before this year, in the New Hampshire primary. The coverage, reflecting respected polls and what reporters thought they saw on the ground, strongly suggested that Obama, fresh from victory in the Iowa caucuses, was going to defeat Hillary Clinton. The Times published a front-page article on the day of the voting that reported on a possible shake-up in the Clinton campaign staff and quoted an unnamed supporter as saying, “We’re all resolved to the probability that she’s not going to win New Hampshire, ..” Two days later, the newspaper was asking how pollsters and news organizations failed to see the Clinton victory coming.
Now, Times editors and reporters say they are well aware of the danger of getting too far in front of events. Still, I think the coverage over time has created a strong expectation of an Obama victory and a Democratic sweep in Congress. If it does not happen, The Times and many other news organizations will have a lot of explaining to do.
..expectation has been built bit by bit in The Times: an online video about the fight for Pennsylvania that briefly mentioned that McCain was relying on Christian voters and then dwelled at length on Obama’s thorough organizing to get out his supporters; a front-page article about the risks and rewards for Democrats if they wind up controlling both the White House and Congress; an online article about whether Sarah Palin turned out to be a drag on the Republican ticket. That one said McCain might still win but, “anticipating that he will fall short, the pre-postmortems have already begun.”..
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
I guess it’s CYA time at the “Mold, Gray Lady”
You have none, and yes, we know what you are trying to do...depress turnout. Not working.
A good article that needs to be read by NYT editors.
I’ve said it again, this is going to be a referendum on the MSM.
Regardless of who wins the election we need to make our voices heard. Stop watching CNN/MSNBC/CBS/NBC/ABC, pull subscriptions to the NYT, LA Times, other news outlets...
Our dollar is our vote too.
I agree with you on all.
Truly, these people are in an alternate universe.
They have no credibility. They chose a candidate and lied and misrepresented everything about him to push him across the finish line.
If thins country in punished with an O presidency we know who to blame.
The MSM has been a shameless advocate for Obama.
Apparently the race is closer than they had hoped and worked for it to be.
Is there any Freeper who still subscribe to (the paper version of ) those outlets?
BTW, if you go to the Times website, don't give them more eyeballs by creating and using your own login ID, use a common login ID from www.bugmenot.com.
“Coverage over time has created a strong expectation of an Obama victory”
And if the slimes has NOT managed to help create a victory for 0, they finally get their due and sink into the harbor.
Many of us will never trust the MSM again. In fact, many of us have turned those left-wing lunatics off. Maybe MSM is counting on the left-wing audience to keep them in business because anyone with some common sense will not watch such nonsense.
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