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Showing posts with label Scott Walker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scott Walker. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
What Walker should have said.
The msm tossed a gotcha question at Scott Walker, "Is president Obama a Christian", or words to that effect. Walker should have said, "Why ask me? How the Hell should I know? Ask Obama."
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Innumeracy on NPR
The clock radio came on at the usual time this morning with news that Scott Walker had won in Wisconsin. That's a good thing, I have been hoping that would happen.
But. I listened to the same news item repeated three times. They never did gave the vote totals. That would require dealing with numbers, something that strikes terror into the hearts of journalism majors. Part of the story is how much did the winner win by. Was it a skin of the teeth squeaker, a decent margin, or a landslide?
This was an important election, said by many to foreshadow outcome of the November presidential election. Was it just a fear of numbers or was it a bunch of democratic NPR newsies so unhappy about a Republican victory that they decided to conceal an important part of the story?
Follow up. I never did heard the vote count on the radio, but the Manchester Union-Leader gave the margin of victory as 6%, which is a solid win. Not a landslide, but decent.
But. I listened to the same news item repeated three times. They never did gave the vote totals. That would require dealing with numbers, something that strikes terror into the hearts of journalism majors. Part of the story is how much did the winner win by. Was it a skin of the teeth squeaker, a decent margin, or a landslide?
This was an important election, said by many to foreshadow outcome of the November presidential election. Was it just a fear of numbers or was it a bunch of democratic NPR newsies so unhappy about a Republican victory that they decided to conceal an important part of the story?
Follow up. I never did heard the vote count on the radio, but the Manchester Union-Leader gave the margin of victory as 6%, which is a solid win. Not a landslide, but decent.
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