The Media Tried To Raise A Red Tsunami, But The Only Thing Washed Away Was Their Credibility

[skews13]

Here’s what’s absolutely certain: Republicans hugely underperformed. They underperformed versus expectations for the out-of-White House party for any midterm, and they underperformed the expectations that both they and the media had set for them so badly that it’s almost impossible to find the right measure of their failure.

And all this happened with tremendous support for Republicans up and down the media. It wasn’t just Fox News carrying their water every day, it was every three-letter broadcast network, every 24/7 news channel, and every supposedly neutral political site. Here’s an absolutely 24K gold example from Politico. Their own polls showed Democrats ahead in critical races in and in generic preference. But this is what they wrote, completely ignoring what the polls—again, their own polls—were telling them.

Voters often treat midterm elections as a referendum on the president and his party, which suggests that support for Democrats is on the wane, and many polling averages indicate that voters are more inclined to vote for Republicans as a result. The POLITICO-Morning Consult poll is an outlier on this question, showing support for Democratic congressional candidates at 48 percent, five points above support for Republican candidates.

They declared the results of their own poll an outlier. And what was Nate Silverman doing over at 538? He was busy defending a decision to add dozens of last minute “polls” put together by Republican outfits no one had ever heard of before, which were clearly designed for no reason other than to give the false appearance of a Republican surge. His response: Democrats should just put out their own fake polls to “balance” the results.

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Let me say it again. The polls were wrong. There is no Liberal media. Only corporate media, and they’re all in the tank for Republicans.

Damn. I actually agree with Donald Trump. You can’t trust those lying bastards.

 

[Magnus]

Here’s what’s absolutely certain: Republicans hugely underperformed. They underperformed versus expectations for the out-of-White House party for any midterm, and they underperformed the expectations that both they and the media had set for them so badly that it’s almost impossible to find the right measure of their failure.

And all this happened with tremendous support for Republicans up and down the media. It wasn’t just Fox News carrying their water every day, it was every three-letter broadcast network, every 24/7 news channel, and every supposedly neutral political site. Here’s an absolutely 24K gold example from Politico. Their own polls showed Democrats ahead in critical races in and in generic preference. But this is what they wrote, completely ignoring what the polls—again, their own polls—were telling them.


They declared the results of their own poll an outlier. And what was Nate Silverman doing over at 538? He was busy defending a decision to add dozens of last minute “polls” put together by Republican outfits no one had ever heard of before, which were clearly designed for no reason other than to give the false appearance of a Republican surge. His response: Democrats should just put out their own fake polls to “balance” the results.

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Daily Kos is a progressive news site that fights for democracy by giving our audience information and resources to win elections and impact government. Our coverage is assiduously factual, ethical, and unapologetically liberal. We amplify what we think is important, with the proper context—not...

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Let me say it again. The polls were wrong. There is no Liberal media. Only corporate media, and they’re all in the tank for Republicans.

Damn. I actually agree with Donald Trump. You can’t trust those lying bastards.

Meh. Let's not get carried away. Polls are not crystal balls. They basically give you a sense of which direction elections tend towards. It has never been an absolute guarantee and will never be. The only absolute is the actual voting.

Throughout our history polling has made some spectacular blunders. Look up Chicago Tribune's "Dewey Defeats Truman" as an example but yesterday's polls weren't it.

Polls generally predicted that Republicans have a great chance of winning the House and the Dems have an even chance of winning the Senate and so far that has held up.

 

[B. Kidd]

The House goes Republican.

GRIDLOCK IS GOOD!!!

 

[Leweman]

Dude dems didn't look good. Republican's still won.

 

[B. Kidd]

Joey gets handcuffed for the remainder of his reign as far as passing any major legislation!!

THIS IS A GOOD THANG!!!

 

[1srelluc]

Meh, we won the House and still have a even shot at the Senate.....Moving on.

DeSantis.....The New Hope.

 

[whitehall]

"Underperformed" is in the eye of the beholder. Abrams was defeated in Georgia and Beto was defeated in Texas. Republicans won the majority in congress and the senate is still in doubt.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Only corporate media,

Correct.

The only ‘bias’ the media have is to make a profit.

 

[Thunderbird]

Here’s what’s absolutely certain: Republicans hugely underperformed. They underperformed versus expectations for the out-of-White House party for any midterm, and they underperformed the expectations that both they and the media had set for them so badly that it’s almost impossible to find the right measure of their failure.

And all this happened with tremendous support for Republicans up and down the media. It wasn’t just Fox News carrying their water every day, it was every three-letter broadcast network, every 24/7 news channel, and every supposedly neutral political site. Here’s an absolutely 24K gold example from Politico. Their own polls showed Democrats ahead in critical races in and in generic preference. But this is what they wrote, completely ignoring what the polls—again, their own polls—were telling them.


They declared the results of their own poll an outlier. And what was Nate Silverman doing over at 538? He was busy defending a decision to add dozens of last minute “polls” put together by Republican outfits no one had ever heard of before, which were clearly designed for no reason other than to give the false appearance of a Republican surge. His response: Democrats should just put out their own fake polls to “balance” the results.

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Let me say it again. The polls were wrong. There is no Liberal media. Only corporate media, and they’re all in the tank for Republicans.

Damn. I actually agree with Donald Trump. You can’t trust those lying bastards.

It’s silly to say the media isn’t liberal regarding issues related to abortion and homosexual activism.

It’s also silly to claim that the media doesn’t favor Democrat politicians over Republicans.

And you can’t possibly claim that the media doesn’t enthuse over African American activists who attack Middle America.

But you are correct the media is controlled by big corporations.

Perhaps the plutocrats promote decadence and division to distract and degrade and disempower working folk.

Maybe even radical Democrats serve the plutocrats they supposedly despise.