He mounts a defense of political polling and does his annual ratings of outfits.... With the 2018 midterm elections approaching, we’ve updated FiveThirtyEight’s pollster ratings for the first time since the 2016 presidential primaries. Based on how the media portrayed the … [Read more...] about In Defense of Polls….Nate Silver…Pollster Ratings 2018
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Forget the Law…Trump is fighting the politics of Mueller’s investigation…
Forget the Lawyers.... Donald Trump has switched them in and out.... Forget the Law.... Donald Trump feels that the rules do NOT apply to him.... So much so that he has fired lawmen and holds the threat of firing more over others.... While the media has had TONS of … [Read more...] about Forget the Law…Trump is fighting the politics of Mueller’s investigation…
Few Voters Read Trump’s Tweets….
Almost ALL the media does.... And they make sure those tweets are the days news stories... It all started when Trump stop using a Press Sec.... He uses one now... But like most President's? He rarely speaks at press conferences... So any and all utterances from … [Read more...] about Few Voters Read Trump’s Tweets….
Trump tweets about cutting off media outlets that are ‘unfair’ to HIM?
Donald Trump lives in an entirely different Universe than most of us.... In that place? He simply makes up bull shit and expects most of the outsiders to believe it.... Now there are a LOT of Republicans out their in America that DO believe his dribble... But? Most … [Read more...] about Trump tweets about cutting off media outlets that are ‘unfair’ to HIM?
The White House Correspondents Dinner crying…
The media has been running stories all weekend about the annual WHCD and how the guest comedian made fun of Trump & Co..... Some have even followed (thin skinned) Donald Trump suggestion that the event should be cancelled... I doubt THAT will happen.... To some of us … [Read more...] about The White House Correspondents Dinner crying…
The Reporters view of covering Donald J. Trump…..
...from Politico.... It’s never been easy to cover the White House—the beat is notorious for its control-freak public relations operatives, stretches of bureaucratic boredom and sudden scrambles to chase massive news under huge pressure—but the Trump White House, says … [Read more...] about The Reporters view of covering Donald J. Trump…..
Bernie Sanders acting like Donald Trump?
When it comes media and Sanders TV?...... Bernie Sanders "has spent the last year and a half building something close to a small [TV] network out of his office in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill," New York Magazine's Gabriel Debenedetti writes. Flashback: … [Read more...] about Bernie Sanders acting like Donald Trump?
The Comey Memo’s go public….
We ALL knew the second the James Comey memo's where turned over to Congress they would be leaked.... They seem to serve Donald Trump no joy even though he see's them getting him off the hook from possible collusion and obstruction , which he seems to be VERY worried about, … [Read more...] about The Comey Memo’s go public….