The presidential nominating process has become a reality television show: Political Survivor. It’s no longer controlled by political parties or primary voters. It’s controlled by the media. The essential features of the process are debates and polls. And money? Not really. Look at former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. He raised […] Read more »
Iowa’s Ann Selzer on what journalists need to know about polling
… Ann Selzer, director of the Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll, has been in the field for nearly three decades, beginning as an in-house pollster at the Register in the 1980s before launching her own public-opinion firm in the early ’90s. … Selzer spoke by phone with CJR from […] Read more »
Pollsters: The media are ruining our industry
Pollsters have a message for the media: Please stop bad reporting on polls, and please stop reporting on bad polls. At a POLITICO event Thursday morning on the future of polling and the New American Electorate, pollsters made it clear polling was getting tougher. But the media’s intense desire for […] Read more »
Chicken or Egg? Media pull versus push
… This election season, On the Media is teaming up with the data news site Five Thirty Eight to track the push and pull between polling, media attention, and public interest. CONT. On The Media Read more »
iMediaEthics Poll Director David Moore Wins EPPY Media Award
iMediaEthics is delighted to announce its polling director David W. Moore won Editor & Publisher’s EPPY award for Best News/Political Blog for a website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors. CONT. iMediaEthics Read more »
The Media Underestimated Hillary Clinton. It Overestimated Her Debate.
Before last night’s debate, I suggested the media was likely to emerge with one of two narratives about the state of Hillary Clinton’s campaign: either that she was mounting a comeback, or that she was in a downward spiral. “It may not take all that much,” I wrote, “for the […] Read more »