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Does McConnell Control Kentucky Media?

Stealers Wheel

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In my efforts to be an informed citizen, I take the time to visit media sites that serve a local and state audience. I've recently visited several sites in Kentucky to get a feel for what is happening the McConnell-McGrath race for the senate.

What I found was weird. You would think the race was incidental. Almost no coverage, and what coverage I could find was extremely superficial. This is potentially the most important senate race in the country. Even if the GOP retains control of the senate, if McConnell loses his seat, it could be a significant change for the way things are done in the upper house.

It makes me wonder if McConnell's success in Kentucky is due to his relationship with the media outlets. While they don't appear to be cheerleading for McConnell, they are strangely quiet. It is as though coverage of McConnell in Kentucky would give too much exposure to his challenger, fighter pilot Amy McGrath.
 
If gop wins the senate, he stays as majority leader. He is a hero in the the GOP for stealing two SC appointments.
 
You would think that after all these years the voters in Kentucky would wise up.

McConnell has no passion for Kentucky, just an obsession with his own power


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Stealers Wheel said:
In my efforts to be an informed citizen, I take the time to visit media sites that serve a local and state audience. I've recently visited several sites in Kentucky to get a feel for what is happening the McConnell-McGrath race for the senate.

What I found was weird. You would think the race was incidental. Almost no coverage, and what coverage I could find was extremely superficial. This is potentially the most important senate race in the country. Even if the GOP retains control of the senate, if McConnell loses his seat, it could be a significant change for the way things are done in the upper house.

It makes me wonder if McConnell's success in Kentucky is due to his relationship with the media outlets. While they don't appear to be cheerleading for McConnell, they are strangely quiet. It is as though coverage of McConnell in Kentucky would give too much exposure to his challenger, fighter pilot Amy McGrath.
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I believe McConnell has stretched his lead out to double digits. Dems may have abandoned the race and gone dark.
 
Stealers Wheel said:
In my efforts to be an informed citizen, I take the time to visit media sites that serve a local and state audience. I've recently visited several sites in Kentucky to get a feel for what is happening the McConnell-McGrath race for the senate.

What I found was weird. You would think the race was incidental. Almost no coverage, and what coverage I could find was extremely superficial. This is potentially the most important senate race in the country. Even if the GOP retains control of the senate, if McConnell loses his seat, it could be a significant change for the way things are done in the upper house.

It makes me wonder if McConnell's success in Kentucky is due to his relationship with the media outlets. While they don't appear to be cheerleading for McConnell, they are strangely quiet. It is as though coverage of McConnell in Kentucky would give too much exposure to his challenger, fighter pilot Amy McGrath.
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Lack of news coverage is quite possibly because a 35 year in office politician with a double digit lead is not newsworthy.
 
This reminds me of a parody of the presidential debates on Saturday Night Live in 1992.

Bill Clinton was being asked about his record in Arkansas and he responded.

"When I took office twelve years ago, Arkansas was ranked 50th in every category. Now after 12 years of hard work on my part, Arkansas is now ranked 49th!. And watch out Mississippi! We're movin up fast. We've got your number!'.
 
99percenter said:
If gop wins the senate, he stays as majority leader. He is a hero in the the GOP for stealing two SC appointments.
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Nobody stole 2 SC appointments.
 
Jack Hays said:
I believe McConnell has stretched his lead out to double digits. Democrats may have abandoned the race and gone dark.
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My mom told me the DNC has a donation management organization called Act Blue that determines which candidates not only need more money but have a decent chance of winning if they get more donations. So for example they would not give my donation to Doug Jones because it is obvious he will lose. Maybe my money could go to the Jaime Harrison campaign because he is within error margins against Lindsey Graham in SC polls. So if Amy McGrath is not getting a lot of money, she probably never had a real chance to win it.
 
Blue Donkey said:
My mom told me the DNC has a donation management organization called Act Blue that determines which candidates not only need more money but have a decent chance of winning if they get more donations. So for example they would not give my donation to Doug Jones because it is obvious he will lose. Maybe my money could go to the Jaime Harrison campaign because he is within error margins against Lindsey Graham in SC polls. So if Amy McGrath is not getting a lot of money, she probably never had a real chance to win it.
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Dems thought they had a chance. That was a chimera.
 
Jack Hays said:
Dems thought they had a chance. That was a chimera.
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Including me. Last year, Mitch McConnell was rated the least popular Senator on a best 10/worst 10 list. This year, his replacement on the list was Susan Collins, who is certainly going to lose. On paper he should not be leading by double digits.
 
Blue Donkey said:
Including me. Last year, Mitch McConnell was rated the least popular Senator on a best 10/worst 10 list. This year, his replacement on the list was Susan Collins, who is certainly going to lose. On paper he should not be leading by double digits.
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Collins is closing the gap.
 
Rogue Valley said:
You would think that after all these years the voters in Kentucky would wise up.

McConnell has no passion for Kentucky, just an obsession with his own power


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Attacking the opposition is fine and all, those are some pretty terrible numbers, but I don't know if they're accurate because there's no citations.

Better would be to demonstrate how it's being done right. Which state is consistently scoring high across the board, who is their leadership? Can we have some of what they're having (if it's palatable.)
 
Stealers Wheel said:
In my efforts to be an informed citizen, I take the time to visit media sites that serve a local and state audience. I've recently visited several sites in Kentucky to get a feel for what is happening the McConnell-McGrath race for the senate.

What I found was weird. You would think the race was incidental. Almost no coverage, and what coverage I could find was extremely superficial. This is potentially the most important senate race in the country. Even if the GOP retains control of the senate, if McConnell loses his seat, it could be a significant change for the way things are done in the upper house.

It makes me wonder if McConnell's success in Kentucky is due to his relationship with the media outlets. While they don't appear to be cheerleading for McConnell, they are strangely quiet. It is as though coverage of McConnell in Kentucky would give too much exposure to his challenger, fighter pilot Amy McGrath.
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I don't think he controls the media but he has the firm support of the corporate heads that own the media because of the political power he has given to corporations.
 
Stealers Wheel said:
...It makes me wonder if McConnell's success in Kentucky is due to his relationship with the media outlets. While they don't appear to be cheerleading for McConnell, they are strangely quiet. It is as though coverage of McConnell in Kentucky would give too much exposure to his challenger, fighter pilot Amy McGrath.
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Hammer, meet nail head.
 
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