Here at the intersection of the news media, policy and politics, the unsubtle destabilizing — and sometimes deliberate sabotaging — of our democracy is proceeding on pace.
America’s please-lie-to-me voters, who prefer to get their news and their political promises from folks who know how to make them feel good, knew where they could turn on State of the Union night. And all of us who want to understand how our political games are really being played these days need to take the time to watch along with them. Or at least read this.
For today we will be looking at the essentials that the polls won’t tell you about how voters’ minds are being massaged and manipulated and molded — before their voting decisions would show up in the polls and on Election Day.
