Disappointed with ABC News.
They aired a segment on Pennsylvania voters who supported Biden and Trump. They interviewed four altogether - two Biden supporters and two Trump supporters.
The first Biden supporter was a younger white man, who was a welder, and said he was voting for Biden & Harris because they were strongly supportive of unions and Trump couldn't care less about the unions. The reporter pushed back on the man telling him that Democrats have been in charge before and wages largely stayed flat so does he think they deserve some of the blame? The guy answered as best he could, that all politicians deserve some of the blame and the interview ended. I had no problem with this line of questioning because I do think it's important to get the whole picture on why someone supports a candidate, flaws and all.
So onto the next guy.
He worked in fracking, I believe, but was also a delegate or alderman or something but he was a Democrat. Here's our reporter now grilling him on Biden's fracking position and how Biden supports phasing out fracking and why should people support him who work these jobs when they may be out of a job in fifteen years. Again, a legitimate line of questioning. This guy had a good answer, that those jobs would be replaced with more environmentally friendly jobs as technology improves. Fair enough.
Now to the Trump supporters. The reporter visits a small shop and interviews one of the managers on why she's voting Trump. She mentions that she likes he's a businessman and that her grandfather had been only an apprentice when he started this business many years ago and Trump understands all that.
No follow up. No prodding. Nothing.
We go to the second Trump supporter, some guy he meets at a gas station that's never voted and his reason for supporting Trump is because people say bleep (they censor whatever he said) and again, no pressing on Trump's actions or issues like they did with the Biden supporters.
Look, I have no problem whatsoever questioning some of these supporters. The fracking portion is a legitimate question. But it was insulting they only did it with the Biden supporters and let the Trump supporters essentially go unquestioned.
Very one-sided view of the race.
I'm not one to rail against the media but this was disappointing.
Anyone else see this segment?
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