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Manufacturing a controversy?
Posted By jake
Randy Neal senses the press may be exaggerating a possible divide over the Obama nomination. Randy’s in Denver at the convention and said Tennessee went 51 to 32 for Obama.
Feelings among the general population of voters may, of course, vary. The media seems to do a fine job of finding the few dissenters and making it all about the controversy.
It certainly wouldn’t be the first time. Current notions of press balance often have reporters identifying two sides of an issue and giving them equal time, regardless of the number of people on the two sides and of the level of factual evidence supporting a side’s position. (This, in addition to the likelihood of creating a false dichotomy when there are more often a range of positions.)
There’s also just plain the possibility that a divide makes a better story and “fits the narrative.”
What do you think?
Aug 28th, 2008
