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118. My point is, that they didn't want to make her path easy ahead of the 5 state primary contests.

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 02:25 PM

Mar 2016

They love a horse race, because a horse race sells papers. They do enjoy lifting candidates up, only to slam them down--I guess they think this proves their lack of bias, or something.

That said, I completely agree with both your observations about how they treat the GOP, as well as this portion of your link:

Update: A number of readers have made a point that I should have made earlier. The Sanders article was not a breaking news story, but rather a look back at his legislative record. Given its sensitivity and importance (it ended up on the front page on the morning of major primaries), why didn’t senior editors vet the story and make all the editing changes before it went online? Digital platforms, after all, are not a test run, and non-urgent stories don’t need to be pushed out as quickly as this one apparently was. I would also observe that the “context” added here looked a lot like plain-old opinion to this reader, and quite a few others.

They are so eager for "content" that they slap it up without talking about it first. I do think online material should be corrected for things like spelling, reporter error, or a change in what were previously believed to be "facts," but tone-shading? That needs to be established at the git-go--and frankly, the "tone" in the best publications is as neutral as possible.

I was hearing "lowered expectations" for IL long before Friday, but I do try to keep my ear to the ground. I go to 538 when I want to see things that cheer me up, but after MI I don't put all my eggs in their basket (!) -- they are only as good as the polls, which, as we've learned, ain't always 'en pointe!'

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? MADem Mar 2016 #99

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