Trump is up.
Trump is down.
Biden is up.
Biden is down.
Haley is up.
Haley is down.
I am sick of so much of the news being devoted to polling information.
After the last election there was talk on why the polls on the "red wave" were wrong. Still some were right.
What the candidates are saying, what they are doing, what they have done in the past is more important than what a few people think they are saying, doing, have done.
I would rather some hard facts on the economy than what people think about the economy which may or may not reinforce reality.
Steve Kornacki, who channels his inner Jim Jordan on MSNBC by leaving his jacket off camera on Meet the Press, may be entertaining, but I want the story behind the polls not the polls.
I am not saying all polling is useless. I've worked in marketing and their data can be helpful in making decisions. Personally, I prefer focus groups because they are more in depth, but focus groups could be a program not a news cast.
So matter how careful the selection, it is still a tiny, tiny minority whose poll results can power the actions of a majority. America is made up of a very varied population culturally, religiously, economically, regionally, educationally, racially, and many more ...lys.
I know news producers selectivity can be as inaccurate as polling. Because I watch news casts from several political points of view and several nationalities, I see how the same story can be totally different based on the slant, the wording, the amount of time devoted, the experts used.
Between AI and layoffs, news reporting itself is in jeopardy, although that would be the subject for another blog. The emphasis on polls isn't helping.
Even when the polls are right, give me the story not a few people's opinion of it.
D-L Nelson is the author of 17 books. Visit her website at www.dlnelsonwriter.com
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