Agree to disagree...(though this piece is not by Nate, and hardly seems partisan one way or the other)
On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 7:11 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Nate Silver has become so partisan in recent years that nothing at 538 has > any credibility. They became famous compiling and sharing data, which led > to very accurate analysis, but now they merely seek out data and filter it > so it provides the results they want. > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 6:30 AM Phineas Gage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Interesting piece on 538 making the case that partisan cable news is not >> directly responsible for hyper-partisanship in the country, partly based on >> the math of tv viewership: There were 122 million voters in 2018, but only >> a small portion of those watch the top rated cable news shows on Fox or >> MSNBC (about 3 million each). Many more still watch broadcast news (about 5 >> million each) while vast majority do not watch any tv news. Similar data >> suggests most voters not getting bombarded by partisan or fake online news. >> >> This seems to gloss over the number of distinct viewers each day on both >> Fox Or MSNBC, which is likely more than 3 million each. I suspect more >> Americans watch at least 1 hour of either FOX or MSNBC than watch 30 mins >> of CBS, ABC OR NBC news. Even so, I wouldn’t be surprised if the number of >> voters who watch any tv news (broadly defined) on a regular basis was >> significantly less than a quarter the total number of voters. >> >> More interesting to me was the point that regular viewers of >> hyperpartisan news may have a disproportionate impact on the larger >> political discourse. Both because they are more loudly involved in the >> political process, but also, crucially, because of their profound influence >> in their informal (mostly face to face) social networks. >> >> More Americans are probably influenced by a friend or relative who >> regularly watches Hannity or Madow than by watching cable news themselves. >> >> “Media Bubbles Aren’t The Biggest Reason We’re Partisans | >> FiveThirtyEight” >> >> >> https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/media-bubbles-arent-the-biggest-reason-were-partisans/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJoPAiitHMJpHo2-jtVNX7pb7g0gWOFS6a0vVde1QkQQQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJoPAiitHMJpHo2-jtVNX7pb7g0gWOFS6a0vVde1QkQQQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . > > >> -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AFuBW%2Boz5CUBav1h%3DsUsj8S6cU9zet8d9pfqgoZrRBLQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AFuBW%2Boz5CUBav1h%3DsUsj8S6cU9zet8d9pfqgoZrRBLQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJDxQo1j-qdnSQQgfehk2QHcANEp9YSC2E5Jih2%2BXnTEg%40mail.gmail.com.
