The Ghost of 1998: Why Minnesota's 2026 Race Won't Yield Another Jesse Ventura - David Schutz

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1. Ralph Nader was Bobby Kennedy Jr. without the

family name. The biggest thing about Ralph is that when he was shown to be wrong about anything he was unwilling to ever admit it. Any factual information that didn't support his preconceived conclusions was simply ignored by Nader. He was an early embodiment of what we see with people today "doing their own research", ala Aaron Rodgers and others, where they have a desired conclusion and then go digging for information to weave into a narrative to support their conclusion.

Consumer Reports has a similar problem of not admitting being wrong or of slanting how they present their reports and revealing their bias. For example they would write reports on car comparisons where a Japanese model would have a rear leg room measurement that was stated as "adequate" and cite a measurement and in the same article when comparing an American model in that size class they would say the leg room was "cramped" even though the American model was identical in measurement.

I used to look at CR reviews for electronics etc. and, for example a stereo receiver, they would say the knobs were flimsy feeling etc. Always some negative adjectives thrown around. But when I would go to the electronics store and check the model they panned there was no problem of flimsy feeling knobs etc. Others have noticed things about CR as well and this link goes into some of what people have found.

https://www.gadgetreview.com/is-consumer-reports-faking-product-tests