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Bradshaw3

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8. Most newspapers dropped these "man in the street" interviews a long time ago

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Apr 19, 2019, 11:24 AM

Apr 2019

Why? As one reporter told me several years ago, all it did was show how ignorant the average American is. This is just lazy reporting by the reporter, probably at the behest of a producer.

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Reporters are asking uninformed voters in Iowa what they think...?.. [View all] kentuck Apr 2019 OP

...and getting the standard Faux Noise responses... Wounded Bear Apr 2019 #1

How do you know they're uninformed? NT mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 #2

Some of them appear well-informed but EVIL. lagomorph777 Apr 2019 #16

The line of thinking on the Meuller report isn't working. I'm getting lights out from the right, uponit7771 Apr 2019 #3

Did any read it or just repeating what they heard on news? PeeJ52 Apr 2019 #4

They are incapable of reading, therefore they are incapable of comprehending. DontBooVote Apr 2019 #6

Reinforcing the narrative that voters don't care about the Mueller report or Russian intervention Brawndo Apr 2019 #5

That's semi-democracy in action. marylandblue Apr 2019 #7

Most newspapers dropped these "man in the street" interviews a long time ago Bradshaw3 Apr 2019 #8

Yep, we have been dumbed down PURPOSELY to control. Funtatlaguy Apr 2019 #14

Exactly Bradshaw3 Apr 2019 #19

Yes, Civics is rarely taught. Also, technology has contributed. Funtatlaguy Apr 2019 #22

Yeah, well, unfortunately, in America, those average Americans still can vote... Drunken Irishman Apr 2019 #15

It's absolutely fucking disgusting manor321 Apr 2019 #9

My guess is that they "interview" dozens of people, MoonRiver Apr 2019 #10

No! Very thoughtful reporting brooklynite Apr 2019 #11

How dare they? sarisataka Apr 2019 #12

They probably don't read The Onion, either. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 #13

When they stop parroting, verbatim, the opinions they've been fed, I'll listen. Brawndo Apr 2019 #18

They are not uninformed. They are misinformed. nt DURHAM D Apr 2019 #17

Gone to hell. Back in fifteen. NightWatcher Apr 2019 #20

But it is not about the uninformed voters, it is about the reporters... kentuck Apr 2019 #21

The scary aspect is that posters here don't want to accept that as representative Awsi Dooger Apr 2019 #23

I've always thought the MOS (man on the street) "news" segment was lazy journalism. Liberal In Texas Apr 2019 #24