tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post101811478042983880..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: Some good news about the midtermsNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-66929399654385710762014-10-06T15:52:55.814-05:002014-10-06T15:52:55.814-05:00Today PoliticusUSA reports that polls - even those...Today PoliticusUSA reports that polls - even those ignoring African American voters - are showing a strong surge for the Dem candidates. Huzzah! I heard Paula Poundstone on NPR's "Wait! Wait@ Don't Tell Me" say she refuses to answer polls and thinks she is typical. This means those who DO answer are not at all useful as indicators of the 'typical' voter!! While she was joking, she MAY be onto something. Many polling firms still use only landlines rather than cell phones omitting so many kinds of people the samples cannot be accurate. The point is - it's still up to YOU. Vote, get others to vote, and the world WILL change.Churchlady320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-47206539830687237152014-10-02T08:57:02.691-05:002014-10-02T08:57:02.691-05:00Thank you for that link. I had never heard of Bett...Thank you for that link. I had never heard of Betteridge's Law before, and the explanation is quite illuminating. It sounds like headlines ending in question marks could also be called "click bait"?Kathleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-82278468128061389792014-10-01T19:36:26.535-05:002014-10-01T19:36:26.535-05:00Thanks for the link explaining Betteridge's La...Thanks for the link explaining Betteridge's Law. sjterridnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-29112380113582579782014-09-30T19:13:51.251-05:002014-09-30T19:13:51.251-05:00One of the worst sins the mainslime media commit i...One of the worst sins the mainslime media commit is its total disregard of African American voters. It's like they don't matter. They beat the same drum in the 2012 elections, and what struck me when I went to vote early at the BOE was the palpable sense that the many African Americans standing in line knew the game the Rethugs and media were playing and they were determined to make their voices heard through the vote. Diane Sawyer even said the day after the election, "Who knew women and people of color could make such a difference at the polls!" Really, Diane?<br /><br />On a side note, when I was doing my daily run near the BOE one Saturday morning the lines snaked around for about 2 blocks as people waited for the polls to open. A young African American woman held a hand made sign that said, "Stop disrespecting my President". Needless to say, no local news media were there to ask her about her sentiment or ask any other African Americans how they may have felt about the disrespect and hatred directed at PBO.<br /><br />When he was local news anchor in the early 90's Jerry Springer said a school levy passed because the ministers in the African American churches galvained their congregations to organize and vote, but the media ignored that story because it was in the African American community. I always respected him for that.Kathleennoreply@blogger.com