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Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 02:57 PM Nov 2022

Do not expect the pundits to adjust their methods to include the young (Gen-Z).

As the young do not support the power structure they way old white people in mid-continental diners do.

The youth want fair wages for work and social justice.

In short, the media is manufacturing consent by giving these older conservatives airtime to convince the public that today is horrible and yesterday was better. In this case, the "great savior", Reagan/Bush the Lesser/TFG swoop in the "save the day". Corporations and the 1% benefit from the tax benefits all the while joining in the chorus of "blame the others".

See how this works?

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Do not expect the pundits to adjust their methods to include the young (Gen-Z). (Original Post) Dawson Leery Nov 2022 OP
Wanna bet if the "media" will go interview Claustrum Nov 2022 #1
Yes they will. Dawson Leery Nov 2022 #2
I don't think there is a conspiracy at work iemanja Nov 2022 #3
Yawn... brooklynite Nov 2022 #4
How leighbythesea2 Nov 2022 #5

Claustrum

(4,846 posts)
1. Wanna bet if the "media" will go interview
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 03:02 PM
Nov 2022

an old guy eating in a dinner in TFG country, or a young college student at a college?

I am sure they will go back to the "forgotten white working class" every time.

iemanja

(53,093 posts)
3. I don't think there is a conspiracy at work
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 03:20 PM
Nov 2022

They were just wrong, as they often are. The thing is, the media never learn to stop trying to fortune tell.

brooklynite

(94,794 posts)
4. Yawn...
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 03:43 PM
Nov 2022

So Quinnipiac, Monmouth, Marquette, Siena and the other collegiate polling institutes are bossing their surveys in support of the white power structure?

leighbythesea2

(1,200 posts)
5. How
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 03:48 PM
Nov 2022

Do they even reach them to poll, beyond at the voting location. They don’t like participating in phone or online polls, according to the ones in my family. Anecdotal, but still.

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