Seema Vithlani

November 13, 2016

CBS features voter opinions, doesn’t represent reality

CBS stood out last week by focusing heavily on individual voter opinions in battleground states. In its series “Closing Arguments” on Oct. 31, CBS featured voters in Pennsylvania, where Hillary Clinton was up 48 to 40, according to a CBS News Tracker poll. The segment showed...

ABC / Blog Post / CBS / Clinton / NBC / Polls / Trump

October 28, 2016

Networks Hint Hillary Clinton Will Win Election

When does discussing polls turn away voters? For two weeks, CBS’s Scott Pelley has said no candidate has recovered from being so far behind in polls this close to the election as Donald Trump. On Oct. 18, the day before the final presidential debate, NBC’s political director, Chuck...

ABC / Blog Post / CBS / Clinton / NBC

October 20, 2016

Do Clinton campaign emails on WikiLeaks warrant extensive network coverage?

When WikiLeaks released thousands of emails hacked from Clinton campaign chair John Podesta, they consumed a good deal of broadcast time from Oct. 10 to Oct. 12. Most were related to campaign discussion about how to present their candidate favorably. Are they worth all the coverage? Consider some of...

ABC / Blog Post / Graphics / NBC / Polls

October 3, 2016

ABC Mixes Polls and Makes Clinton Look Better

In the wake of the New York bombing, ABC and NBC both reported polling data Sept. 19 on how voters thought presidential candidates would handle terrorism. Both networks had the same data but showed different results. If you watched ABC, Hillary Clinton seemed like the favored candidate:...

Author: Seema Vithlani

CBS features voter opinions, doesn’t represent reality

Networks Hint Hillary Clinton Will Win Election

Do Clinton campaign emails on WikiLeaks warrant extensive network coverage?

ABC Mixes Polls and Makes Clinton Look Better

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