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Re:Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala H... by rayiner on Saturday October 26, 2024 @12:19AM (#41952526)
The media isn't even just liberal. It's off the charts liberal even among liberals. Among journalists, Democrats outnumber Republicans 10 to 1: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/30/only-34-us-....

This is reflected in news coverage. Consider how they cover things like Voter ID or proving citizenship to vote, which 80% of people support: https://news.gallup.com/poll/652523/americans-endorse-early-...

Or consider how papers coverage policies like affirmative action that supermajorities of Americans oppose: https://www.forbes.com/sites/vinaybhaskara/2023/07/10/americ...

Re:Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala H... by paul7986 on Saturday October 26, 2024 @01:46AM (#41952826)
Funny in terms of liberal technology is testing Chat GPT of any political biased.

Based off asking it the following 3 questions it might just be...

"Hey GPT, whose your spirit animal between Barrack Obama and Donald Trump?" It provided a neutral answer providing the pros of both dudes.

"Hey GPT, whose your spirit animal between Obama and Hitler?" It clearly chose Obama saying how rightfully so awful Hitler was.

"Hey GPT, whose your spirit animal between Trump and Hitler" It did not choose Trump at all rather just gave the rightfully so negative feedback about Hitler.

No fan of Trump or politics in general but if it happily chose Obama yet avoided Trump that seems odd (Trump is no way close to a genocider).

Re:Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala H... by oezi on Saturday October 26, 2024 @04:46AM (#41953506)
From Trump's rhetoric and flaming hatred for the 'enemies within' it seems not far fetched to imagine him setting up internment camps. It is a slippery slope as Germans can attest.
Re:Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala H... by mike_hearn on Saturday October 26, 2024 @10:29AM (#41954935)
The rhetoric has been equally flaming from Trump's self-declared enemies. Just a couple of years ago Democrats were telling pollsters they supported internment camps for their enemies:

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/par...

> Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Democratic voters would favor a government policy requiring that citizens remain confined to their homes at all times, except for emergencies, if they refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

> Forty-five percent (45%) of Democrats would favor governments requiring citizens to temporarily live in designated facilities or locations if they refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Such a policy would be opposed by a strong majority (71%) of all voters.

That's a demand for internment camps. One famous academic went further and said it'd be fine to engage in mass starvation:

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/noam-chomsky-says-the-un...

The US needs to cool down the rhetoric on both sides, because it's an endless spiral of escalation right now. Trump isn't uniquely bad at this and the "slippery slope" was already slid a long way down, when he wasn't in charge.

Re:Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala H... by oezi on Saturday October 26, 2024 @04:40AM (#41953474)
> Among journalists, Democrats outnumber Republicans 10 to 1

This seems to be a general observation when looking at college educated people that they lean more towards the Democratic party.

Hard to combat such a bias.

Re:Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala H... by rayiner on Saturday October 26, 2024 @07:18AM (#41954071)
White college graduates voted for Biden only by 55-45.
Re:Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala H... by oezi on Saturday October 26, 2024 @08:20AM (#41954304)
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2021/06/30/behind-...

Pew says 57 to 42.

Evangelicals factor into this I guess.

Re:Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala H... by rayiner on Saturday October 26, 2024 @09:23AM (#41954588)
Sure, different exit polls get slightly different results. Point is that 1.5:1 is quite different than 10:1. And many college graduates are evangelical; the religion just isn’t Christianity.