The Media's Coverage of Hillary Clinton Is Downright Irresponsible

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The Media's Coverage of Hillary Clinton Is Downright Irresponsible

by Brittany L. Stalsburg at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brittany-l-stalsburg-phd/hillary-clintons-poll-num_b_8066832.html

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Here is what the poll really shows about Clinton:

1. She wins the Democratic nomination handily: Clinton beats Sanders by a whopping 23 points (45 percent vs. 22 percent) and Biden by 27 points. For all the talk of Sanders' surge and Biden's popularity, Democratic voters overwhelmingly favor Clinton as their nominee.

2. She beats the Republicans: Clinton tops Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump in head-to-head match-ups. Curiously, this result didn't even make it into Quinnipiac's press release narrative.

3. She wins demographic groups that are key to success in 2016: Journalists have made much of Biden's lead among Republican contenders, but a closer look at the data reveals that among key demographic groups that historically have decided elections, Clinton does better. This is especially true compared to Sanders, whose limited appeal to college-educated white men has been well-documented. For example, against Bush, Clinton claims 92 percent of the vote among African Americans, and 55 percent among Latinos. Biden only gets 84 percent of the African American vote, Sanders gets 79 percent. Less than half (49 percent) of Latinos prefer Sanders over Bush, a margin that would seriously hurt the Democrats' chance of winning the White House. Clinton also outperforms among younger voters compared to Biden and Sanders.

4. Everyone's favorability ratings are suffering: Clinton isn't the only one with net negative favorability scores--voters also have negative impressions of both Bush and Trump. Clinton is also more liked among members of her Party (76 percent of Democrats give her a positive rating) than Bush and Trump among Republicans (59 percent favorable).





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[upaloopa]

1. The media is more interested in ratings and profit

The media always needs a horse race in an election cycle.
They are trying to make the primaries a horse race.

[mcar]

2. This

The media wants a horse race. They also hate anyone with the name Clinton.

[Laser102]

3. Just saw Howard Dean go after the media on MSNBC. He was awesome!

Reminded them they get their news from repugs and never bother to check it out. He reminded them that Hillary didn't break laws or rules. That this whole issue is a figment of their imagination. He also reminded them of what they did to him. Go Howard! Love that guy.