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Most "mainstream media" reports on elections solely on the basis of the horserace aspect of it. We hear very little about the actual policies proposed and the a
by pstuart 7y ago
Most "mainstream media" reports on elections solely on the basis of the horserace aspect of it. We hear very little about the actual policies proposed and the arguments for and against them.
I wonder why?
- rvz 7y ago> We hear very little about the actual policies proposed and the arguments for and against them. Really? Most "mainstream media" (in the UK) these days have something called leaders/referendum debates that invite the audience to participate in holding a leader or debater to account and they and the interviewer both scrutinise the debaters' policies in their manifestos in great detail. There were many debates in this General Election and Local Elections and "that" referendum of 2016 all detailing arguments on both sides. So I believe the media sometimes does help with removing the contradictions in the actual policies rather than simply projecting the whole event like a horserace. (No matter how biased they might be).