McCain-Obama Debate: Mainstream Media Declares Obama the Winner
Our Candidate, Our Polls, Our Call
Debate Winners Decided By Mainstream Media
But Only 19% Trust the MSM
A short history of the past several debates “winners”
Big Media Declare Victory for Its Candidate
Who won the debate between John McCain and Barack Obama?
Depends on who you ask.
Debate winners are in the eye of the beholder. If the beholder is a member of the Mainstream Media, you already knew the answer to the question before the debate was held.
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
* Washington Post – The Debate: An Edge for Obama
* CNN – Round 1 in Debate Goes to Obama, Poll Says
* Time – Grading the First Presidential Debate (Time’s Mark Halperin–surprise!–gave the win to Obama.)
* CBS – CBS Poll: Obama Boosted Most by Debate
Rewind four years: back to the first Kerry-Bush debate. What judgment did our impartial media render then?
* ABC – Poll: Kerry Wins Debate, But No Change
* CNN – Polls: Kerry Won Debate
* CBS – Poll: Bush And Kerry Tied; Democratic Challenger Bounces Back After First Debate
Eight years ago, who won the first debate between Al Gore and George Bush?
The Daily Howler: “Gore won every instant poll that night, polls taken right after viewers watched his disgraceful conduct.”
So, who won the first debate?
Readers can see that one of the favorite vehicles for MSM stories about debate “winners” is the poll. Another favorite: ask another MSM member who won the debate.
CBS News issued their press release in the guise of another poll: predictably it claimed a win for–surprise!–Barack Obama.
Thirty-nine percent of uncommitted voters who watched the debate tonight thought Barack Obama was the winner. Twenty-four percent thought John McCain won. Thirty-seven percent saw it as a draw.
Who won last night’s debate?
Depends on who you ask.
FAST FACTS:
Today is Barack Obama’s 1342nd day in the U.S. Senate. He’s spent 45%, or 602 of those days, campaigning for president. Obama has authored no major legislation. He’s been in one presidential debate, that on the 601st day of his perpetual campaign.
Obama’s voted “present” 129 times during his three years, eight months and 3 days in the Senate. Not “yes”; not “no”: “present”.
2007 Poll:
19.6% – trust the American Mainstream Media news organizations to deliver “news”.
23.9% – believe little or nothing that comes out of the MSM;
55.3% – believe some of what Big Media spews.
by Mondo Frazier
image: no blood for hubris
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You, you mean that the trustworthy MSM would be *gasp* biased?!
I don’t believe you I’m going to bury my head in the sand now
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What did we really expect. I watched C-Span just to get, I think, the best coverage (I don’t really listen too much to the commentary). One thing I noticed is that they did a lot of shots of the podium from stage right (viewer’s left) showing McCain in the foreground left, and Nobama background right. He was there running his hands, “uh, I, er, I,” trying to get a word in.
McCain did win the debate in my estimation, tho Obama was better than I thought he would be.
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What did the other networks do with their camera coverage?
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So the pundits and MSM declared that Kerry was the winner…and Bush was elected anyway. In hindsight, more voters should have listened to the pundits. Instead, we got another four years of a “high functioning moron”.
Let me tell you what I saw last night: McCain was a crotchety old geezer talking to the people in the room. Obama was a confident and determined leader having a conversation with America. And it seems that the undecideds and independents–the people Obama needed to speak to, if by today’s polls are any indication, went heavily for Obama.
Case in point, my cousin in Florida, who last week was “iffy” about Obama. She called me first thing this morning and couldn’t stop enthusing about Obama and that “mean and angry” McCain.
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PT, you forget that the job of the media isn’t to place the winner, its to inform the voters.
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Obama has spent “spent 45%, or 602 of (his) days (in the US Senate), campaigning for president. Obama has authored no major legislation. He’s been in one presidential debate,” and he WON the debate? Defeating a seasoned Senate veteran with over 20 years of experience? Wow, McCain must suck!
And what is the relevance of “Rewind four years…”? So Kerry beat Bush in their debates, and Al Gore beat Bush in the debate before that. We have seen from 8 years of Bush that intelligence, competence and eloquence have nothing to do with winning presidential races (but they do seem to have a direct correlation with governing effectively, thanks GW for so profoundly proving that by providing the opposite of intelligence and effective governance). So McCain should be excited about losing last night,! It may be a good sign for his campaign, and maybe he can hold off on any more shamelessly desperate political measures like choosing Palin or suspending his campaign to “put America first.”
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McCain / Palin are a ship called Titantic. These two do not require MSM editorials to shape voters declining opinions, the raw video of them speaking is enough. Does anybody in America really identify with either of these two? Sad is that anyone would have selected Palin as a choice for change and sadder still is that a truely respected American servent is going down in this manner. Hopefully this means American’s arent as moronic as MSM likes to believe…and are actually checking facts and watching for truths themselves>
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As we said, “Debate winners are in the eye of the beholder”.
If the beholder is an individual, so be it.
If the beholder is masquerading as a “news” outlet, that’s altogether different.
Thanks to everyone for your stopping by and commenting.
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