Even in the hardest-fought US House races, between three and six percent of voters will ever meet their representative. Sadly, pundit portrayals do us no service.
Spot on, Kelly. Presidents, they come and go. The media’s a permanent fixture. The true threat to democracy as we know it is a media which has lost its way.
Kelly thanks for such a thoughtfully written piece. I never have made voting decisions off attack ads or either side of the media. It is is easily discerned that the so-called mainstream media is just an attack ad for the left, and I even tire of the right-wing media telling me what I already know, I support President Trump because his policies affected our life in a very positive way, his tax policy saved me when I retired and his energy policy and border policies were right in line with mine, I do wish at times he would be more Reaganesque with his responses.
Indeed: "I’ve long said the best job in any campaign is to drive (or fly with) the candidate. You get to know them, see and hear what they see and hear, and get a feel for their interactions with the people they represent or want to"...
Kelly this is a hugely important column. It puts flesh on the point I make in my book To Stop a Tyrant on the effects of a diet of attack ads and a single source news habit on our perception of reality and the capacity to think independently. The question I most often hear is where can I get less biased reporting? Thank you for recommending some links that I will check out.
Spot on, Kelly. Presidents, they come and go. The media’s a permanent fixture. The true threat to democracy as we know it is a media which has lost its way.
Kelly thanks for such a thoughtfully written piece. I never have made voting decisions off attack ads or either side of the media. It is is easily discerned that the so-called mainstream media is just an attack ad for the left, and I even tire of the right-wing media telling me what I already know, I support President Trump because his policies affected our life in a very positive way, his tax policy saved me when I retired and his energy policy and border policies were right in line with mine, I do wish at times he would be more Reaganesque with his responses.
Indeed: "I’ve long said the best job in any campaign is to drive (or fly with) the candidate. You get to know them, see and hear what they see and hear, and get a feel for their interactions with the people they represent or want to"...
Kelly this is a hugely important column. It puts flesh on the point I make in my book To Stop a Tyrant on the effects of a diet of attack ads and a single source news habit on our perception of reality and the capacity to think independently. The question I most often hear is where can I get less biased reporting? Thank you for recommending some links that I will check out.
Thanks, Ira, I remember that from your excellent book. I remember nodding vigorously as I read it.
Yet another well-researched and highly informative essay. Thanks
Thank you, Penny.