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2016 Postmortem

Igel

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9. Yeah, but what counts as "negative"?

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2016, 09:28 PM

Dec 2016

Mentioning the Comey thing and then saying it's not a big deal but a lot of people think that Comey was inappropriately meddling in electoral politics? That's mentioning a negative. And it's a lot of the stories.

Saying that HRC's losing grounds in the polls? That's mentioning a negative. And it's also a lot of the stories.

We hear "negative story" and we assume that it's saying something new and negative about the candidate when it's easily not the case for many of them.

Similar for the "positive stories" about Trump. "Trump's gaining ground, but thankfully the lying sexist bastard is still behind" is a positive story.

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Study: negative media coverage of Clinton soared in the last two weeks of the campaign [View all] applegrove Dec 2016 OP

There is where I see the hand of Russia. nt. marybourg Dec 2016 #1

"Comrade Comey" has a nice ring to it Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #2

It was negative 24/7 negative Hillary about emails on msnbc kimbutgar Dec 2016 #3

Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #4

RATINGS!!! pansypoo53219 Dec 2016 #5

yes. I muted the tube a lot during last few weeks. riversedge Dec 2016 #6

ratings and down-ticket races. It looked like Clinton was a shoe-in at that point so they JCanete Dec 2016 #7

Media wanted a horse race. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #8

because that drives ad spending HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #13

Yeah, but what counts as "negative"? Igel Dec 2016 #9

K n R nm AmericanActivist Dec 2016 #10

It was negative for Trump as well killbotfactory Dec 2016 #11

+100 applegrove Dec 2016 #12

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