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Originally Posted by Biggy2
The media, of course, is going to overblow it. They want as "close" of a race as possible, because it's great for their business.
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Polls, debates, conventions, calling every race close whether it is or is not = ratings.
The media is not biased toward either candidate nearly as much as they are biased toward keeping it close.
Romney was behind, so a stronger debate performance gets overblown...
Had the candidate with a lead 'won' the debate they would have undersold the importance instead.
Regardless of which candidate or why, the media just wants to keep it close so people bother watching their commercials.
If either candidate had a 20 point lead and was clearly going to win, nobody would watch the next three debates.
When was the last time the media showed ANY candidate with a huge lead in any election.
Reagan crushed Mondale and in the run-up the pundits kept claiming 'anything can happen' like it wasn't already a very done deal.
People falling for the same routine every four years just doesn't make any sense.