Folks: If you want pick a media headline to prove Comey had an effect, maybe pull out the Baier indictment one, not the NYT one.
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Replying to @emptywheel
Just a guess, but I suspect the white rural midwesterners who surged to Trump in final weeks aren't avid NYT readers, even the headlines.
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Replying to @emptywheel
But if you want to find out why rural America revolved against elite America, tea-leaving by reading NYT headlines might be a good sign.
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Replying to @emptywheel
oh come on. When something encompasses the entire top half of NYT, it leads local and national nightly news every time.
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Replying to @andrewlong166
I can assure you, Bret Baier did not claim Hillary going to be indicted on outlet rural America more likely to watch bc NYT
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Replying to @emptywheel
of course Fox has a huge effect. And I'm not saying the country reads NYT. They're a signifier for every other media outlet.
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Replying to @andrewlong166
NYT was a signifier for Fox for a story that Fox (mis)reported directly and NYT didn't?
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Replying to @emptywheel
no. In nat. politics, a full front-page NYT signifies to every local news div. what to lead with That was all that was necessary
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Replying to @andrewlong166
What local news div in W MI do you think was "influenced" by NYT, pray tell?
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Replying to @emptywheel
All network affiliates hew closely to their national newsdesk counterparts, which take cues from NYT, obvs., among many others.
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You just keep saying that. Just. Go. Ahead.
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