Bernie Sanders Tops New California Poll--But You Wouldn't Have Known It By Reading This LA Times

[Uncle Joe]

Headline

While the Times changed its headline, it did not alter the body of the story, which doesn't mention Sanders until the third paragraph.

(snip)

"The person who gained ground is not allowed to be in the headline," Faiz Shakir, Sanders' campaign manager, tweeted in response to the Times original headline.

Despite Sanders' jump since September, the Times framed the survey solely around Warren and Biden's fall.

(snip)

The new survey, the Times noted, also found that Sanders is leading 2020 Democratic field in California "on three other attributes—being the candidate who would bring the right kind of change to Washington (28%), the one who comes closest to sharing voters' values (27%) and the candidate who best understands the problems of 'people like you' (28%)."

(snip)


https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/05/bernie-sanders-tops-new-california-poll-you-wouldnt-have-known-it-reading-la-times

[George II]

1. Inasmuch as the article WAS in the LA Times, you WOULD know it by reading it.

[Uncle Joe]

3. The headlines are what catch the eye with many people that don't purchase

the paper or read the content.

[LanternWaste]

2. Blame the media, question the polls, rinse, lather, repeat as necessary.

'A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.'

Or maybe Ralph Emerson was just drunk when he wrote that.

[RobertDevereaux]

5. Emerson wasn't drunk but...

...he *was* preoccupied with asking himself the question, Where's Waldo? :^)

[Uncle Joe]

7. ....

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ralph_waldo_emerson_122859

[awesomerwb1]

4. Deep state!

The Establishment! Insert conspiracy theory here __________________.

[TwilightZone]

6. The LA Times poll looks like an outlier.

It's been out-of-whack for a couple of months now. It's rated B/C on 538.

The A-rated SurveyUSA poll has it

28% Biden
13% Warren
18% Sanders

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-primaries/democratic/california/

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/ca/california_democratic_primary-6879.html#polls

[Uncle Joe]

8. Whether the LA Times poll is an outlier or not has nothing to do with how it

was published/marketed as per the OP.

[emulatorloo]

9. Not everything is a conspiracy. Looks like Bernie is doing great!

If I were one of Senator Sanders top staff, I’d be touting his rise in the polls.

[BannonsLiver]

10. Common Dreams

[ritapria]

11. The 2 candidates pictured in the photo atop the online article

are Biden and Warren ... No Sanders ...That's bizarre

[Uncle Joe]

16. Well to the LA Times credit at least they didn't cover it

as Bernie Plummets to First Place.

MSNBC Poll Finds 'Support For Bernie Sanders Has Plummeted 2 Points Up'

https://politics.theonion.com/msnbc-poll-finds-support-for-bernie-sanders-has-plummet-1839538968

[brooklynite]

12. Nothing like a nice California whine...

[honest.abe]

13. Here we go again. It's all a conspiracy to stop Sanders!

[JoeOtterbein]

14. K n R ! Thanks for posting!

[redqueen]

15. It's funny how are one point most DUers cared a lot about media fairness.

Not sure when that changed.

Or maybe it only depends on who's being treated unfairly.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

17. Yep. Look at all the complaints about gaffe coverage and the candidate who just dropped out.

[honest.abe]

18. How is this unfair??

The headline is "Warren and Biden lose ground, Sanders moves ahead in California’s shifting 2020 Democratic race"

If anything that's actually giving Sanders too much credit. He is not "ahead" if you take the MOE into consideration.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-12-05/democrats-2020-race-california-poll