New Orleans Reading my local paper, The New Orleans Times-Picayune Advocate, I couldn’t help but read an article about a pollster in the north Louisiana city of Shreveport, despite my commitment these days to not read anything about polls or the polls themselves. I actually read it more than once, because I wasn’t …
Category: Elections
Billionaires to Readers: So Long Editorial Independence
Pearl River The one thing that all of these billionaires promise when they buy big-city and national newspapers is that there will be editorial independence. They all say that, just because they have the most money with millions and billions to spare, that doesn’t mean that they will impose their opinions on the news. …
Too Close to Call, Means Everyone to the Wall
Marble Falls I’m not liking reading election news these days. This whole “too close to call” thing is driving me crazy. Worse, I feel like I’m being played. One source will say Trump is in the lead, another will say Harris. Often, they will say this on the same day based on polls perhaps, …