Video: ‘How Obama Got Elected’
November 24, 2008
This is getting a lot of attention. From this site, HowObamaGotElected.com (HT: Patrick Chan):
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Chris,
The same exact video could’ve been made interviewing a dozen clueless McCain-Palin voters.
In fact, I could point you to several videos on YouTube of McCain-Palin supporters standing outside of McCain-Palin rallies shouting things like “Obama is a Muslim terrorist” and “He (Obama) should be killed!” Do videos like that represent ALL McCain-Palin voters or all Republicans? Of course not. But I guess you could post one of those videos and call it “How McCain Lost the Election.” Somehow I suspect you aren’t going to, though …
Hi Steve. Point taken — there’s enough ignorance to go around. But I think the main goal of the makers of this video was to demonstrate how consequential media bias can be. Whether one believes such bias exists or not, it does seem that a considerable chunk of the voting public get ‘informed’ by watching television. If bias DOES exist, and television journalists do lean left as the makers imply (as frankly I also believe) then it would seem conservatives are justified in calling foul.
If someone favored Obama to win because of policy and philosophy, fine — but surely they would prefer him to win by honest persuasion, and not through misrepresentation.
To be fair, I will post a left-leaning video with comparable subject matter (you can suggest one — just pass along the URL). This is an equal opportunity site :-).