Why Does CNN Keep Featuring “Undecided” Voters Who Are Anything But? |
A man portrayed last week as undecided has in fact left a long online MAGA trail. Was it just a mistake, or is CNN misleading viewers for the sake of compelling television?
https://newrepublic.com/article/185290/cnn-undecided-voters-misleading
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CNN is MAGA.
CNN wants a horse race at any cost, even if that cost is democracy.
I suspect that much like a lot of the rest of the media, they’re looking at how much money they made during a Trump term vs how much they made during a Biden term, and they’re just flat out addicted to all of that drama money. Enough so that public welfare is secondary.
The “Liberal Media” has been borderline hostile to the democratic candidate since the start of the primaries. The main mechanism has been writing articles about the latest dumbass republican attack on Walz or Harris. They leave the claim unchallenged in the headline and frequently in the article itself, thus increasing the spread and lending it credibility.
Due to recent changes at CNN they unfortunately have been trying to push people to the right. They are still more center than Fox but are leaning more right nowadays
The Rosado incident isn’t an isolated case of questionable representation in CNN’s voter panels. In fact, it appears to be part of a troubling pattern stretching back years. In December 2015, CNN aired a focus group of supposed Trump supporters, featuring a woman named Susan DeLemus. Her unhinged rant about President Obama went viral, but CNN failed to disclose a crucial detail: DeLemus was a sitting New Hampshire State Representative, having served two terms as a Republican.
I think you know the answer to your question.
Because a pro-Trump billionaire bought CNN. Stop asking this shit and call out what happened.
They want Trump to win. Everything they do points to it.
CNN can’t alienate half of the population so they have to seem to be unbiased; keeping eyes on screens to fulfill ad sales impression commitments.
I think I posted in real time as this aired that there’s no way on earth that guy wasn’t a MAGA.
Still, every person is allowed to self identify. If this guy wants to claim or believe that he was momentarily open to making a different decision then it’s a fraught situation to say differently. We can doubt, but it’s an individual choice.
We can also look at the reasons and statements he made as being ridiculous, but again, you can’t necessarily judge subjectivity with objective scales.
I don’t think the article mentions, but there 8 “undecideds” and the result was that 6 committed to Harris, 1 stayed as undecided, and this guy stayed/decided MAGA. His main excuse was that somehow Kamala Harris “wasn’t ready”.
It seems like when I see an “undecided voter” on one of the panels, it’s someone who is trying to convince themselves it’s OK to vote for Trump. They can see what a terrible person he is and how radical his policies are, but they still don’t want to vote blue.
Whatever. Vote however you want but at least own it.
CNN is run by a right wing billionaire that has no sense of journalistic integrity.
CNN is a right wing news organization trying to hide in sheep’s clothing.
Because they want to present “undecided voters” as moderate or “moderate” republicans, so the dnc can look at it and say “the best way to win is to become republicans” and not “people who disagree with harris plan to continue send bomb to Israel”
This happens all the time, NYT also, then they dig up their voting records and their house, with Trump signs everywhere etc
CNN is pro Trump. They have been since 2016.
CNN putting its thumb on the scale. Again.
Look where WBD and CNN brass send their political donations. Trump is good for their business in terms of ratings and taxes.
CNN is no longer a news organization. After the debate they mediated, they are not interested in presenting facts and truthful reporting. Don’t kid yourself. They are serving their advertisers boards that are largely pro Trump.
More like billionaire owner supporting Trump with disinformation..
CNN was bought by Warner Bros Discovery. They’ve made changes to appeal to Republicans. Their CEO David Zaslav, speaking at the MoffettNathanson Technology, Media and Telecom Conference in New York, said that previously the overall impression of CNN’s brand was that it was “left-leaning.” That’s now changing, he said, citing a new YouGov poll finding an 11-point improvement in U.S. viewers’ trust in CNN. “Our view is, there’s advocacy networks on either side. We have the best journalists in the world. We need to show both sides of every issue,” he said. https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/david-zaslav-cnn-both-sides-trump-town-hall-criticism-1235617405/
David Zaslov has also expressed what he wants from our next president when Biden was still the candidate. “We just need an opportunity for deregulation, so companies can consolidate and do what we need to be even better,” he said. https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/david-zaslav-biden-trump-president-election-deregulation-1236066083/
CNN is designed to be a softer “Fox News Light” for the more central right wingers.
It is propaganda, pretending to be “fair and balanced” to trick viewers.
It was infuriating to hear an “undecided” voter during the DNC convention coverage say that “because Dems hadn’t disavowed political violence, he felt compelled to vote for Trump”. For fuck’s sake, it was the first thing out of Biden’s mouth during his speech the day prior, and honestly seems like grasping for whatever excuse to make the abhorrent choice more palliative even to themselves.
I had been watching the convention on AP, no commentary, and went back to that network for the rest of the convention broadcast.
Stop asking why. They’re not hiding why. Start calling them out for their blatant attempts at helping him win the election.
CNN’s positioning has changed significantly since the buy-out, and it isn’t towards better reporting.
100% they know what they are doing. Criminal.
Corporate media only care about revenue from advertising and absolutely nothing else. CNN has no real reporters just corporate drones promoting and embracing ad. revenue.
CNN is owned by Republicans, dummy. So are most of the major news outlets. This is why Democrats get dumped on relentlessly and Republicans get a pass on EVERYTHING.
CNN wants to be the less icky version of Fox News Entertainment and court the GOP viewers over. The network is like when you take a laxative and an Ambien together. You end up with A hot fucking mess.
There are no undecided voters at this point. Maybe undecided whether to actually go and vote or not.
The media seems to want one candidate over another and it’s extremely odd to me.
All the undecided voters CNN has are basically just Republicans who don’t want to out themselves.
There are no undecided voters.
CNN doesn’t give AF: here’s their response: [“When building the panel of those who haven’t decided on a candidate…this individual made it clear he supported Donald Trump in the past had…his mind made open after Biden dropped out”](https://nitter.poast.org/pic/orig/media%2FGV7NIIyaoAElHv-.png)
They tried to bamboozle us *or* they’re lazy as all hell (both, I am sure)
It’s TV. Cable news producers are cancer, and the sooner we all realize it, the sooner news regains it’s legitimacy. Watching 10 people unanimously pick Harris because she’s not insane, is not compelling. So let’s plant some opposition. Calling out obvious lies is not compelling, so let’s treat each one with underserved seriousness. For ‘drama’. Having unbiased people with a historical perspective, talk about this moment in history, is not compelling. So let’s bring on Van Jones and Scott Jennings to be performatively mad at each other.
Cable news is a reality TV show. They don’t respect you.
CNN is intentionally misleading viewers.
CNN is bought and paid for by the far right. They sold out fairly recently. They’re trying to maintain some neutrality, but they’re flailing at it.
Cuz frankly “undecided” means Trump supporter. If you want a panel of “undecideds” you’re gonna end up with a bunch of Trump supporters. These are just people looking for an excuse to support Trump. Maybe in a *certain* sense they’re undecided. Like this guy said in a tweet that he wasn’t decided on Kamala. But, at the end of the day, he held Kamala to far higher standards than Trump. “Oh she wasn’t clear enough about policies.” What? Trump’s never clear about his policies. He only discusses things in broad strokes.