"Last week demonstrated the sorry state of political coverage in this country. The fixation on early, non-predictive polling...
Tuesday night, cable news panelists appeared to be at a loss to explain Democrats’ triumph. Well, for the umpteenth time, we see that polling isn’t all that predictive. Aside from low-response rates and flawed modeling, polls simply don’t reflect how voters think." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/12/political-coverage-broken/
"It’s past time to reevaluate #political coverage. #Polling fixation is unenlightening if not misleading. (Maybe get out of the crystal-ball business entirely?)...
Many #media outlets after #Jan6 2021, vowed to focus more on threats to #democracy...
However, most are stuck in overhyped horse-race coverage & endless chatter over meaningless #Republican debates.
"These are the stakes: dueling visions for America — not #Democratic or #Republican... but brutal #fascism or flawed #democracy. The news media needs to stop with the horse-race coverage...
We need to hear from more experts on #authoritarian movements, & fewer pollsters...
“A horse race confers an equivalence upon all candidates. The only detail that matters is who is going to win — not all that might be lost. To view America through that lens today is an exercise in the absurd, a practice stuck in the insular logic of the past.” https://steady.substack.com/p/the-danger-of-horse-race-politics
"Coverage that serves the community well focuses on what’s important not to politicians but to the people... It shows not only who could win but what it would mean.
High-value #election coverage revolves around families, individuals and every affected resident. It weighs their aspirations against campaign rhetoric & possible election outcomes...
Low-value election coverage clings to the question of who’s going to win."
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