Really CBS?

[Doctor Jack]

I was listening to the local CBS news on my way home from work and at the beginning of the hour they had the national news. The lead off story was "the presidential election is only a few weeks away and polls show the race is tightening". After which they talked about Obama being up by 10 in Ohio, 9 in Florida, and 14 in Pennsylvania. Did the guy just misspeak? How is the race getting tighter? What polls are they looking at?

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. must have gotten a phone call from on high to be creative with the headline....

[DemzRock]

2. I would love to see a link or hear a sound byte of that. n/t

[Doctor Jack]

8. Here is a link to the local station's live online feed.

They would say it again at the begging of next hour

http://betaplayer.radio.com/player/wbbm-newsradio-780-am-1059-fm/

[sadbear]

3. If they said the gap was widening, you think anyone would keep listening?

Give'em a break, they gotta sell advertising slots.

[Panasonic]

4. They must have looked at UnskewedPolls.com

for reference.

[Walk away]

5. I believe that would be the polls up their asses!

It's incredible that the can walk, talk and look at them at the same time!

[orpupilofnature57]

6. Toothpaste

[Gregorian]

14. I believe this is the proper response.

also, it could backfire on them. It could bring more Dems out to vote.

And we need election reform and media reform before this country can be called a civilized nation.

And toothpaste.

[elleng]

7. Confused about the meaning of 'tightening?'

Didn't do well in algebra?

[librechik]

9. CBS news on radio is like RNC Free AMerica. It really makes me puke sometimes

they can take the tiniest scrap of info and turn it into an anti Obama thing, somehow. They are infuriating!

[Drunken Irishman]

17. I like your sig. That was a great Christmas episode...

Probably one of my favorite Simpsons episodes and that's saying something considering most newer episodes are kinda meh.

[TeamPooka]

10. you are not supposed to listen past the headline... nt

[pinboy3niner]

11. Clearly, they were referring to Mitt's sphincter

[WilliamPitt]

12. The Atlantic predicted this

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/09/the-coming-romney-comeback-narrative/262876/

[Bluenorthwest]

13. No offense, but I only deal with quotes not 'I heard this guy say this....'

because most people, again no offense, hear things that are not said and consider their own inferences to be the same as a quote....

[ProfessionalLeftist]

15. They have to sell it as a horse race....

...to make money off it. An election is a major event. They must bill it as sensational, close, horse-race. Otherwise people figure it's pretty settled who will (may) win and won't watch. And they lose advertising dollars. It's all about the corprat bottom line.

That said, I urge everyone NOT to take anything for granted in this election. We still have to GOTV as if it were Obama who is 10 pts behind in polls. NO complacency!

[KurtNYC]

16. perhaps they meant 'tightening' as in fewer undecideds

if not it was probably the usual pre-election nonsense. Sometimes I get the sense that the MSM wants the election to be like the SuperBowl -- they just want a close game and/or will claim it is a great match up even if it isn't.

[Raine]

18. I've noticed the media does this most every election. I think it to puff up

their ratings and not look to partisan.

[Swamp Lover]

19. Listen to them and believe it!!!!!

Work like we are twenty points behind!!! This is not over!!!

[Thrill]

20. What would they do for a month if there is no horse race?

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