There are many failings in American media today, but I feel like the three biggest are: 1. Lack of historical knowledge. 2. Favoring of anecdotal outlier stories, often rooted in “identities” over real data & probability 3. Inability to clearly distinguish between fact & opinion.
This video is very well done by CNN’s @CortesSteve. Trump never said white supremacists in Charlottesville were “very fine people” yet media constantly reports he did. Trump’s far from perfect, but media needs to get this right. Watch it:
@davecoz12 @Matty_FoCo @ClayTravis Poles mean nothing until at least week 6 or 7. That’s when there’s enough data to analyze and trend. Preseason poles are meant to speak up conversations and that’s it.