Someone else can argue about the Clinton campaign. Press failures in 2016 were colossal. It is "going to be in history books" level awful.
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Please don't get me wrong. I am not *at all* arguing Clinton campaign did a good job communicating. Not my point. https://twitter.com/justinhendrix/status/846340640715759616 …
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Study: Clinton ran almost no ads on policy. I live in NC, I did not see a single Clinton ad on the economy. https://twitter.com/i_ben_fine/status/839884894146805760 …
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My argument holds regardless of what Clinton campaign obviously failed to do. Press should report on substance, conflicts-of-interests, etc.
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I find the "Clinton campaign did most things right.." argument as faulty as media's current defensiveness in facing up to their failures.
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Everything matters in a close election. Of course all this mattered; media's massive failure mattered. https://twitter.com/mjasdixon/status/846342874660814848 …
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Aaand... That goes into how "data journalism" lulled people into the real political earthquake under their feet. https://twitter.com/DanielHofheinz/status/846343296024760320 …
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By the way, the Michigan commenter was being sarcastic, but I'll let the tweet stand because someone will ask that soon enough. :-D
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As real a story as Russia is (can't understand dismissing it), the only real way forward is fixing what ails the US.https://twitter.com/raptorslc/status/846343593363066880 …
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The current misinformation ecology plus the failures of traditional press, all fueled on by deep polarization—that's the core issue.
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Excellent points. Shows how easily led along media are. Few asked seriously abt consequences of Trump win, even hypothetically.
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