Comments on: “The worst thing to happen to journalism in 20 years.” http://themoderatevoice.com/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:37:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Kathryn http://themoderatevoice.com/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/comment-page-1/#comment-125639 Kathryn Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:25:28 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/general/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/#comment-125639 Ah jwest, it probably was the last thing Foster heard, but you forgot to mention it was right after he "serviced" Bill. Ah jwest, it probably was the last thing Foster heard, but you forgot to mention it was right after he “serviced” Bill.

]]> By: jwest http://themoderatevoice.com/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/comment-page-1/#comment-125637 jwest Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:21:43 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/general/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/#comment-125637 I’m sure the last thing Foster heard was Hillary saying:<br><br>“Just sit down over there, Vince, I’ll be right with you”. I’m sure the last thing Foster heard was Hillary saying:

“Just sit down over there, Vince, I’ll be right with you”.

]]> By: ChrisWWW http://themoderatevoice.com/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/comment-page-1/#comment-125633 ChrisWWW Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:14:28 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/general/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/#comment-125633 Whenever Silhouette goes off about Larry Sinclair, all you need say is "<b>Vincent Foster</b>."<br><br>One crazy conspiracy theory deserves another. Whenever Silhouette goes off about Larry Sinclair, all you need say is “Vincent Foster.”

One crazy conspiracy theory deserves another.

]]> By: Kathryn http://themoderatevoice.com/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/comment-page-1/#comment-125630 Kathryn Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:02:03 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/general/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/#comment-125630 Ignore the actual primary election!<br><br>Hillary still has a chance!<br><br>la la la la la la la la la "I can't HEAR you"... la la la la la la la.<br><br>Larry Sinclair is awesome! Ignore the actual primary election!

Hillary still has a chance!

la la la la la la la la la “I can't HEAR you”… la la la la la la la.

Larry Sinclair is awesome!

]]> By: jwest http://themoderatevoice.com/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/comment-page-1/#comment-125628 jwest Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:57:24 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/general/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/#comment-125628 In the ’04 elections, the average of all the final polls overestimated Kerry’s performance in 43 states, while only overestimating Bush’s totals in 3 states.<br><br>Polls have always overestimated democrat outcomes. This has led to charges that pollsters are weighting their results improperly to give people the impression of massive democrat support. Using the generic polls, Obama should be ahead by 15 points by now, but he continues to fall behind McCain. <br><br>Of course, Obama’s campaign will say the polls are useless at this point, but a definite trend is developing. In the ’04 elections, the average of all the final polls overestimated Kerry’s performance in 43 states, while only overestimating Bush’s totals in 3 states.

Polls have always overestimated democrat outcomes. This has led to charges that pollsters are weighting their results improperly to give people the impression of massive democrat support. Using the generic polls, Obama should be ahead by 15 points by now, but he continues to fall behind McCain.

Of course, Obama’s campaign will say the polls are useless at this point, but a definite trend is developing.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/comment-page-1/#comment-125623 DLS Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:49:17 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/general/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/#comment-125623 Here. Dems need to work harder and get a boost out of this convention. Let's see how it looks next week (after the Dems convention has ended for a few days) and then the following week (to see if the GOP convention manages to produce any gains at all).<br><br><br><br><a href="http://iemweb.biz.uiowa.edu/graphs/graph_Pres08_VS.cfm">http://iemweb.biz.uiowa.edu/graphs/graph_Pres08...</a><br><br><a href="http://iemweb.biz.uiowa.edu/graphs/graph_Pres08_WTA.cfm">http://iemweb.biz.uiowa.edu/graphs/graph_Pres08...</a> Here. Dems need to work harder and get a boost out of this convention. Let's see how it looks next week (after the Dems convention has ended for a few days) and then the following week (to see if the GOP convention manages to produce any gains at all).

http://iemweb.biz.uiowa.edu/graphs/graph_Pres08…

http://iemweb.biz.uiowa.edu/graphs/graph_Pres08…

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/comment-page-1/#comment-125620 DLS Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:33:41 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/general/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/#comment-125620 Well, Obama's newness and concern by many about having their taxes raised substantially (which isn't helpful to strained budgets) may lead to a large quiet contingent (if not a quiet majority, which I don't believe is the case) to consider McCain, holding their noses if they must.<br><br>As for the lefties on lefty talk radio, they simply are outraged that the polls aren't so heavily in Obama's favor. All kinds of conspiracies are there (racism, corporate right-wing behavior by the media to try to discredit Obama's campaign) but the most entertaining part of the reaction has been the people's own views. Example:<br><br>"We should be able to run Charles Manson against McCain and the Republicans and do better than 90 per cent in any real polls! And he killed fewer people than Bush, too!" Well, Obama's newness and concern by many about having their taxes raised substantially (which isn't helpful to strained budgets) may lead to a large quiet contingent (if not a quiet majority, which I don't believe is the case) to consider McCain, holding their noses if they must.

As for the lefties on lefty talk radio, they simply are outraged that the polls aren't so heavily in Obama's favor. All kinds of conspiracies are there (racism, corporate right-wing behavior by the media to try to discredit Obama's campaign) but the most entertaining part of the reaction has been the people's own views. Example:

“We should be able to run Charles Manson against McCain and the Republicans and do better than 90 per cent in any real polls! And he killed fewer people than Bush, too!”

]]> By: Silhouette http://themoderatevoice.com/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/comment-page-1/#comment-125619 Silhouette Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:10:34 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/general/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/#comment-125619 Ignore the polls!<br><br>Obama still has a chance!<br><br>la la la la la la la la "I can't HEAR you"...la la la la la la...<br><br>lol...<br><br>The only poll I'm waiting to see is the one just after the Sinclair story "an American...who bravely asked that the truth be told" is released.<br><br>Ouchies! Ignore the polls!

Obama still has a chance!

la la la la la la la la “I can't HEAR you”…la la la la la la…

lol…

The only poll I'm waiting to see is the one just after the Sinclair story “an American…who bravely asked that the truth be told” is released.

Ouchies!

]]> By: Yes, Biden Was Dumb http://themoderatevoice.com/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/comment-page-1/#comment-114278 Yes, Biden Was Dumb Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:10:31 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/general/22136/the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-journalism-in-20-years/#comment-114278 [...] “The worst thing to happen to journalism in 20 years.” [...] [...] “The worst thing to happen to journalism in 20 years.” [...]

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