Stephanie Ruhle: Thanks for TX Voter Suppression Walk coverage but poll's dangerously misrepresented

[egbertowillies]

I commend Stephanie Ruhle for covering the Texas Voter Suppression walk, allowing Beto O'Rourke and Rev. Barber to speak freely. But the misrepresentation of the poll is dangerous. Her producer needs to do better.

https://egbertowillies.com/2021/07/30/stephanie-ruhle-thanks-for-tx-voter-suppression-walk-coverage-but-polls-dangerously-misrepresented/

[jaxexpat]

1. So true and dammit! Why can't talking heads stop dramatizing for ratings and read the damn facts?

In no way did the poll say that most respondents want stricter access to voting. Yet Stephanie jumps out there and says they did, so it's now a point of confusion which compromises the legitimacy of this essential progressive tenant. People want to vote, need to vote and want at least as great an access to voting as there was in 2020. In fact, the poll stated 35% want stricter access while 55% want less restrictive access or no change at all.

Why rush breathlessly through the piece just to misstate a question so it can be, "what are you gonna do about the majority who are 180 degrees against you?"? A question predicated on a myth ginned up in real time. Errors?, at this level are deadly. When they're this stupid, it's inexcusable.

But the reasoning, from TPTB probably, is that since there's a faction who wants to tear down the right to vote by restricting access to the polls there must be a polar opposite. This, for the media, must be seen as a winner-take-all contest between two opponents, because that's the only "fair" way politics has been reported since Tee-Vee invented the world. Those who would choose to maintain the status quo are not subjects of the discussion. They're only worthiness for consideration is as casualties in the ensuing combat. That'll be the NEXT misreported issue as soon as there's a market for it.