Daily Rant 9/10/2024        Score of Shame (SOS)

And it ain’t getting any better.  At least in terms of mentions, the New York Times clearly favors the Donald.  Nearly twice as many mentions on the front page of what they say is their nemesis over the “rational choice”, Kamala. Looking forward to the debate.  Will that upend the trend?

Daily Rant 9/9/2024        Score of Shame (SOS)

The SOS for today has improved!  Kamala is edging ahead in the Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle.  LATimes and the New York Times are still pounding the drum for the Donald.  And it is a pounding of the drum.  Whether positive or negative, if the message keeps repeating it will unfortunately bear remembering.

Our focus prediction methodology (FPM for those into such things) makes extensive use of AI and data analytics but is so simple so very simple that even a child can do it: (1) bring up the newspaper web page, (2) do a control F, type Harris or Trump into the search window and (3) read off the hits.  Perhaps not quite as sophisticated as a 538 poll but gets the job done.

Let’s see what tomorrow brings…

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Daily Rant 9/8/2024        Score of Shame (SOS)

Dunno if the world has noticed but most of our journalistic media seem to believe that the Donald is pretty much off his rocker.

An LATimes lede (8/15/2024):

“Trump is either delusional or confused. He’s unfit for the White House either way”

From the New York Times (7/11/2024)

“Opinion | Donald Trump Is Unfit for a Second Term…He failed the tests of leadership and betrayed America. Voters must stand up to him in November.”

And the Washington Post weighed in early (June 30, 2020):

Opinion | Trump shows us what ‘unfit’ means… Trump’s record of failure — delaying his response to the coronavirus (and then undercutting health professionals’ advice, thereby allowing the pandemic to resurge); attempting to enlist foreign powers (certainly Ukraine and allegedly China) to further his own reelection; appointing a flock of utterly incompetent and ethically challenged advisers — is so damning that he will likely hold the distinction of being America’s worst president.

So you’d think that these fine purveyors of journalistic craft would publish content in line with their beliefs.  If they really believe what they’ve printed, you might expect to find a solution, a way out of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS).  And you’d be wrong.  

À quick scan shows the Donald maintaining his grip on journalistic focus.  Number of hits in today’s issue for the Donald vs Kamala

Pretty obvious who is winning the media war.  Pretty sad about who is helping him win.