I would have to disagree with this article. After watching the Democratic Debate on Tuesday, I think Bernie Sanders did a way better job than Hillary Clinton in actuality. Bernie Sanders, to me, seemed more keen and fervent and pressed on key issues such as Environmental Protection, while many other candidates were not. However, many key news stations are stating that Hillary Clinton had won the debate. Sanders, by far, received the most acknowledgment during and after the debate on social media and also received large amounts of money from donations after the debate. To me, I don't think it matters if these so called news stations viewed Clinton as the winner, because this debate can act as the impetus for others to potentially join in with Sanders, which I think is winning the debate. Even if many people think Sanders election campaign is too radical because no "socialist" can go to the White House, his presence is still being felt, and hard. It will be interesting to see in the upcoming weeks if Sanders can continue to get his poll numbers up.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-wins-debate-sanders-captures-youth-vote
- Dilpreet Singh
A lot of media networks are saying that Clinton won the debate because Clinton has overwhelming support from CNN, and the debates are hosted by CNN. Clinton's media support gives her a huge advantage. I do agree with Dilpreet that Sanders seemed to have more specific and direct answers to the questions at the debate and is earning a lot of support for his active campaign strategy, but I think it will be difficult for any of the democratic candidates to beat Clinton. She is already so well known and securely supported by key figures, and she's been in the political world for practically her whole adult life. The fact that she is the embodiment of rights for women is empowering to her too. Like she said at the debate, she represents the chance for parents to tell their daughters that they, too, can become president. Of course, there is still time for the tables to turn and it is certainly possible for Bernie Sanders to rise to Clinton's ratings in the polls, but I do think Clinton has several major advantages that will be difficult to surpass.
ReplyDeleteI agree the television media seems to have a bias toward Hillary Clinton, since the internet tells a much different story about the results of the debate. CNN is one of Time Warner Cable's assets and Time Warner Cable is also the 7th largest donor to Clinton's campaign (1). So, it's not surprising the news network gave so much positive coverage to Clinton after the debate. Also, both Facebook and Twitter have declared Sanders the winner of the debate. A Facebook poll conducted after the debate showed that 82% of the people who voted in the poll thought Sanders won the debate. Sanders was also mentioned more on Twitter than all of the other candidates combined (2). I think this clearly demonstrates the inherent bias of all news networks, as well as the influence money and business have on the media.
ReplyDelete1- https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=Career&cid=n00000019
2- http://usuncut.com/politics/6-reasons-bernie-sanders-actually-owned-the-debate-despite-what-pundits-claim/
The social media polls are revealing Sanders as the winner of the debate but major companies are supporting Hillary's dominance of the election. The fact that Clinton is supported by TWC and is heavily invested in marketing would mean networks would have to support her. It is good to note that Sanders has not paid for on-air commercials yet. While he is dominating social media, Clinton is putting people on ground to get votes and her name out. I think both of these networking tools are biased but for researchers it will be good to see how the actual election reflect these numbers. If Sanders win, I think it is safe to assume that the advent of the Internet will have a much stronger impact on elections than on-air interviews and commercials.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that Sanders wants to break up the media monopolies can also point towards why he wasn't recognized as the winner of the debate on CNN and TWC. It puts him in a bad position but it's good that we can notice what is actually going on.
ReplyDeleteWhile I agree that Hillary is not the winner of the debate, I don't consider Sanders to be the winner either. In fact, choosing a winner of the debate is not the question here. Each candidate (minus Webb) could be praised. Hillary for her poise and Sanders for his popular views. Even Martin for his good looks.
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