Positive News About The Positive News
July 23, 2007 at 8:40 am
A watershed moment for folks, like me, who say the Internet is a force for good in the political world, not evil.
The new Washington Post-ABC News poll of 1,125 adults asks this question:
Which of these comes closer to your own view: (Overall, the Internet plays more of a positive role in the election campaign because it provides easy and direct access to information about the candidates); OR (Overall, the Internet plays more of a negative role in the election campaign because so much information there is unchecked or unreliable).
The result is great news:
Positive 48%
Negative 39%
In this battle to mainstream the Internet, we’ll gladly take a plurality.
ras said,
July 23, 2007 @ 5:04 pm
Did they break down the pro/con votes by party and/or ideological affilation?
JohnG said,
July 23, 2007 @ 5:27 pm
What is really surprising about this poll is that the positives aren’t significantly higher. There is absolutely no question that the immediate news, polling and diversity of information on the candidates and issues is vastly superior on the internet than can be acquired through the MSM (Daily Newspapers, News Magazines, Television News (aaaach).
I’ll bet that a majority of the negative voters use Television as their main source of political information. Just a guess.
cubanbob said,
July 23, 2007 @ 5:41 pm
The poll itself is a bit of a fraud. To really get a honest handle on this in addition to asking the people polled whether they rely on the MSM or the internet/blogs and what weight they give each they should have asked whether all the constant polling is having a negative or positive role.
Anonymous said,
July 23, 2007 @ 6:03 pm
“… OR (Overall, the Internet plays more of a negative role in the election campaign because so much information there is unchecked or unreliable).”
Seems a bit leading to me. Personally, I find accuracy, integrity and honesty to be much more prevalent off the net. Assuming you choose wisely and verify
.
I’ve lost all confidence in the LSM.
David Becker, Michigan said,
July 24, 2007 @ 6:32 am
With the highly ideological media we now have, much of it biased against conservative (and masculine) values and against a strong national defense, the web is essential. If reporters were more professional and kept their own opinions out of their work, perhaps their work would be more trustworthy. Where would you go to get the most accurate news about Iraq, to Michael Yon or to John Burns (of the NYT?) I simply don’t trust the Times, the Washington Post, or the LA times to tell me the truth anymore.