Study: Breitbart-led right-wing media ecosystem altered broader media agenda

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(08-26-2017, 07:39 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: I actually have to apologize for this misconception on this graphic. I, for some reason, took it as the partisan leaning of the site itself. That graph actually shows the proportion of people that visit based on their political leanings. So those sites don't necessarily lean left based on this graph, but the people that visit them do.

Interestingly enough, this was also the result of media coverage. Clinton's campaign had white papers on white papers. Her campaign put out a ton of stuff on policy, and she spoke a ton about policy and the issues. But, that's not what the media would cover. You could have a 20 minute stump speech where 17 minutes of it was about the issues and policy, 3 minutes talked about Trump, and the media covered only those 3 minutes. The perception that she focused more on Trump than the issues is one that was created by the media, and then the media pundits have criticized her for it.

That's an important qualification regarding the graph.

For anyone who actually watched Clinton's speeches and her debates with the other Democrats, it was clear she was a policy wonk. Her website then offered in-depth support to the speeches (what a comparison to the redundant, unorganized presentation of Trump's website). Media pundits did point this out, but how can you keep talking about that when Trump has insulted veterans or warned of Mexican "rapists" inundating the border or grabbed a ######--and his numbers went up rather than down?