Does this NY Times' headline bother you as much as it does me?

[Sanity Claws]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/us/late-surge-of-money-buoys-republicans-in-races-that-will-decide-control-of-senate.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSumSmallMediaHigh&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

The headline is Late Surge of Money buoys Republicans in Races that Will Decide Control of Senate.

It really bothers me. "Buoys" strikes me as far less than an objective tone. Why isn't it simply, "PAC money injected in Senate races for Republicans"? That is far more accurate and projects less of a viewpoint or judgment.
Aah. That's the reason. The media is not interested in reporting the facts but in supporting a particular side.

Fuck the mainstream media.

[merrily]

1. Our msm is a very bad joke. Too bad it's still influential.

[yeoman6987]

42. They can't Democratic Party raised more than 50

Million dollars then the Republicans overall. It is 475 million for Democratic Party to 425 million for GOP.

[merrily]

43. Did you mean to post that to me?

It doesn't seem to relate to my post.

[yeoman6987]

44. Not necessary. Just to anyone who cares

[merrily]

45. I'll reword. You replied to my post. Did you mean to reply to me or to the OP?

[Fred Sanders]

2. The MSM loves them those "money surges"....who gets all that money?? To them it is all about the

ad money, the issues be damned, where is The Precious going?

The MSM is in a major conflict of interest when it comes to massive ad buys, money that goes to them, when it comes time to report on the corruption of politics by money. Only a public finance system for politicians can clean away the rotten infection.

[Octafish]

3. Don't be picayune. It's not like The New York Times lies about matters of war and peace.

Oh. I need to make a retraction...

[KamaAina]

24. Silly Octafish. The Times-Picayune is the NOLA cat box liner.

[Octafish]

29. Hahahaha!!!! There used to be a magazine devoted to correcting the Paper of Record...

Lies Of Our Times

Wish it were still with us. Democracy sure could use more truth.

[brooklynite]

4. Buoy (verb): "to sustain or encourage"

Are you suggesting the Republicans aren't encouraged?

[Sanity Claws]

6. I consider it subtle propaganda

Frankly, how do you measure encouragement?

I think the Republicans are just less scared shitless because they got all this fucking PAC money.

[brooklynite]

7. You're welcome to; I think you're over-reacting

[Sanity Claws]

11. The point is that this is not an isolated incident

This viewpoint indicating subtle bias comes through in so much of the MSM.

[brooklynite]

14. You think low information voters are influenced in their voting by how much money a Party raises?

I would say that's a subject of interest only for political professionals and buffs.

I would also say that undecided low-information voters aren't reading the New York Times.

[Sanity Claws]

15. You are creating a strawman

I pointed out the subtle bias in the headline. This single headline is an example of the bias implicit in so much of media coverage. That bias contained in the media in general does have an effect in how people think about the parties, the issues, etc.
My post has nothing to do with what publications the undecided low-information voters read.

[brooklynite]

17. ...and almost everyone else disagreed with your interpretation of this as "bias"

[Sanity Claws]

20. so you have moved from strawman argument to a bandwagon argument

Will glittering generalities come next?

[brooklynite]

46. NO, I came to that conclusion on my own...like everyone else did.

Sometimes, when everyone disagrees with you....it's you.

[Sanity Claws]

48. But all don't disagree.

But even if they did, so what?
What does "it's me" mean? What am I? Wrong? Even if I were the only one who held an opinion, why would that make me wrong? If I have a different opinion, so what?

[moondust]

5. With a picture of a beaming Republican.

Looking confident, relaxed. Boy, he's got this thing!

I'm surprised they didn't add a picture of a Democrat looking panicked.

MSM is a joke.

[Nye Bevan]

8. So you think the NY Times is in the tank for the Republicans?

I don't think so. "Buoys", like "boosts", is an entirely neutral word.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. and also super accurate reflection of what is occurring.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. no, its an accurate statement. a news paper is supposed to be objective otherwise

what it is not news, its propoganda

[Sanity Claws]

13. It is not objective

How did they measure the alleged boost? Is there a quote from specific Republicans from which they base their conclusion?

The fact is that Republicans received an injection of funds in the Senate races. This fact is just as easily spun as "Injection of Dark Money from PACs stave off Republicans' Fear of Loss in Senate Races."

[La Lioness Priyanka]

18. the fact that money boost visibility of candidates, is really not a subjective matter

[Sanity Claws]

19. That was not the headline

It did not say that candidates' visibility was boosted. It said that Republicans were buoyed.
There were no quotes from Republicans to support that they buoyed or anything else objective on which to base the conclusion. As I mentioned in a prior post, the actual fact, namely the injection of money in the race, could just as easily be spun as the Republicans fear a great loss in the Senate races.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. i think you have trouble understanding what buoyed means. nt

[Sanity Claws]

23. No, I understand exactly what it means.

[LanternWaste]

47. the word is both accurate and neutral in contextual usage.

Regardless of the myriad of other creative definitions you yourself may have constructed, the word is both accurate and neutral in contextual usage.

You have not though, explained precisely why, in its current usage, the word and its definition are objectively biased (e.g., not neutral)- you've merely made unsupported allegations.

[Dreamer Tatum]

22. So when you get a pay raise or win a prize

we'll be sure to consult you on whether you feel buoyed or not.

Christ.

[Sanity Claws]

25. There is a distinction between reporting facts and writing conclusions

So if I get a raise or win a prize and you are reporting on that in a newspaper, yes, I do expect you to consult me on whether I feel buoyed or not. I could feel disappointed at the amount of the raise or harbor bad feelings about someone who was given a greater prize.
If you don't consult me, then the only thing you can report is that I got a raise or won a prize.

[Dreamer Tatum]

28. You have become entertaining.

Congrats.

[Sanity Claws]

30. Interesting

You can't meet an argument so you make a remark about me.

[Dreamer Tatum]

31. Your argument has no merit because it's based on your feelings, not fact.

No matter how hard you try, you cannot elevate your feelings to fact.

Your insistence that the NYT is biased is not supported by facts. Can you show me the NYT's critique
of Obama's many recent fundraisers? No. I am sorry you don't like it, but the GOP is entitled to raise
money and benefit from it just as the Democratic Party. It is as journalistically sound to infer that a
cash raise is a welcome thing as it is to infer that getting Ebola is a bad thing. And no, I didn't miss your
point.

[Sanity Claws]

35. huh?

I am the one who is insisting that facts be reported, not alleged feelings. I point out that the fact reported is the injection of money. Republicans being buoyed is a conclusion, not a fact. Yet you claim that my argument is based on feelings, not fact.
Your post does not make sense.

[Dreamer Tatum]

36. OMG. Just OMG. nt

[Kingofalldems]

39. That reads like something Rush Limbaugh would say.

Especially the 'feelings' assertion.

[muriel_volestrangler]

33. Are you suggesting that more money could depress them?

Any campaign is boosted, buoyed, encouraged, helped etc. by extra money.

[Sanity Claws]

37. Couldn't it just as easily be spun as

"Injection of PAC money staves off Republican fear of Senate race losses"

A viewpoint is being expressed.
A simple reporting of the facts would be that Republicans get large infusion of cash for the Senate races. The rest is spin, conclusion, viewpoint.

[muriel_volestrangler]

38. But that would be longer, and also implying they have 'fear'

Without reading the article (NYT limits articles to non-subscribers, and I don't want to waste one on this), saying they have 'fear' is not necessarily true. However, whether their campaigns have been going badly, well or indifferently, we can all agree that more money will help them. Well, all except you, because you still seem to cling to the idea that a campaign might get pissed off about being given money.

You need to explain why you think 'buoy' is 'spin'. So far, you've just asserted that it is, and convinced no-one. People have quoted dictionaries at you, so they are winning the argument, and you're losing. Some idea of your thinking really is needed for this thread to mean anything.

[jwirr]

12. USA - For Sale.

[Dreamer Tatum]

16. Seriously? nt

[Rex]

26. Yes it bothers me, but I already knew the M$M worked for the same people as the GOP.

There is no such thing a Conflict of Interest anymore...the SCOTUS made sure of that.

[NCTraveler]

27. Surge of Money buoys Republicans in Races that Will Decide Control of Senate.

PAC money injected in Senate races for Republicans buoys Republicans in Races that Will Decide Control of Senate as PAC money for Democrats hasn't come in at the same pace.

Yeah, their headline is a little better. It is also readable as a headline and a good descriptor of what you are about to read. Also seems accurate and the article does a pretty good job explaining some of it.

[Faux pas]

32. It's sad that money

wins elections, not ideas and people. Never thought I'd live long enough to have to endure this sh*t. Of course, being from the 60's, I was supposed to live fast, die young and leave a good looking corpse...blew that one!

[Jim Lane]

34. No, it does not.

I'm certainly not saying that the corporate media are objective. In this particular instance, however, I agree with the responses here that consider this headline fair.

What bothers me is the influx of money, not that the Times reported it.

If I cared enough about this subject, I'll bet I could find headlines about Democrats being buoyed or boosted or encouraged, or about Republicans being concerned or worried, when the event being reported was blue instead of red.

[hfojvt]

40. looks like a typo to me

should be "BUYS" instead of "buoys".

[Logical]

41. Not the medias fault that idiots believe political ads! Nt