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Political journalism is surely more skewed by predicting or speculating on who WILL win elections, instead of asking who SHOULD win.
by mooism2 16y ago
Political journalism is surely more skewed by predicting or speculating on who WILL win elections, instead of asking who SHOULD win.
- brown9-2 16y agoShould journalism be subjective?
- mooism2 16y agoIdeally political journalists would concentrate on exploring the issues, comparing the candidates' policy positions, exploring their likely consequences and so on. To the extent that it's not possible to do that objectively, yes, journalism should be subjective.
- hypersoar 16y agoI am reminded of an article on Ars Technica (POTUS 2008: Are you ready for some football?) from a few years ago about how political coverage has become more and more like sports coverage. It's clichéd, but I agree that the media should focus much more on the matters being discussed than on the people discussing them. At best, this personality-driven media obfuscates the issues. At worst, it tolerates and even encourages dishonesty. As much as I enjoy and even respect what Nate Silver has done, he drives this "who's winning the race" style coverage nearly to its logical extreme.
- mooism2 16y agoAbsolutely; I expect I'd enjoy Nate Silver's blog a lot less if I was American.