Wisconsin's 4% margin more newsworthy to the MSM than Missouri's 1% margin

[Marzupialis]

The Washington Post goes gaga about an oh-so-close 4% Obama lead in Wisconsin, while ignoring a SurveyUSA poll that would have made a great news story: the fact that Obama trails in Missouri by a meager 1%.

But Obama doing well in a state that should be Red does not fit the narrative these days; the narrative is: Romney is close, Romney is the man, Obama is in trouble, Ryan is Superman, Ryan is the Savior, etc.

If you go to a link called "in the news" within the SurveyUSA website (left side of the screen), the top result is a Democratic Underground thread started by WI_Dem. Not the NY Times, not Fox, not CNN. http://surveyusa.com/index.php/surveyusa-poll-results/

It's as if the Missouri poll had not existed at all.

[pansypoo53219]

1. they need it close for ratings.

it's gonna be electoral jazz hands til Nov.

[Sherman A1]

2. Precisely

and that doesn't mean that the Missouri story will not be used later. It's about the horse race for the media, not the issues.