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> Could be telling us that the most of the (non-Fox) media leans left, and the independents see it but the Democrats don't. Well, yeah. That big jump when Trum
by seti0Cha 4y ago
> Could be telling us that the most of the (non-Fox) media leans left, and the independents see it but the Democrats don't.
Well, yeah. That big jump when Trump got elected isn't because the media suddenly became much more trustworthy and only the Democrats figured it out.
- rainsford 4y agoSure, but you could make a similar observation about the sudden Republican drop. Did the media suddenly become less trustworthy and only Republicans figured it out?
- seti0Cha 4y agoThat supports my point, not rebuts it. My thesis is that the media shifted to the left, causing Democrats to see them more favorably and Republicans to see them less favorably, and the drop and the gain both indicate that.
- rainsford 4y agoI wasn't disagreeing with your thesis so much as pointing out that for both Republicans and Democrats, "trust" is more of a proxy for "does this coverage agree with my politics" (you might be making the same argument). I don't know if you can say it shows a media shift one way or the other though, since one could make a pretty strong argument that Trump was fairly terrible among Republican politicians and the media didn't have to move at all for his coverage to be worse and delight Democrats while angering Republicans.
- seti0Cha 4y agoTotally agree on the meaning of "trust" here, and that's a fair point regarding it not really being conclusive that the media moved left. My own take is that they did, but your explanation is plausible. Strange times.
- za3faran 4y agoYet independents are closer to the Republicans in this case.