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OT: The News Thread

Wayward DP said:
so I pulled this from the Pew link @worm provided earlier (thanks!)

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millennials are born up to 1996. gen Z starts in 1997. so you cannot see a perfect divide.

BUT, from 2016, millennials + gen Z went from +37 Dem to only +13 in 2024.

even if you exclude 2016 cause the sample size is small, you're still looking at moving from +26 dem to +13 in only four years. and I would assume that in 2024, there are a LOT more gen Z voters than in 2020.
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from Pew:

Most age cohorts of voters saw only small shifts in their candidate preferences between the 2020 and 2024 elections. However, those born in the 1980s and those born in the 1990s or 2000s stand out: Members of both groups became more likely to favor Trump between 2020 and 2024.

Defections played a significant role in the changing voting patterns of those born in the 1980s: 8% of 2020 Biden voters in this group switched their votes to Trump in 2024, while just 2% of 2020 Trump voters born in the ’80s switched their votes to Harris. Among those born in the 1990s or 2000s, changes in who turned out to vote accounted for the shift in Trump’s favor.
 
Wayward DP said:
from Pew:

Most age cohorts of voters saw only small shifts in their candidate preferences between the 2020 and 2024 elections. However, those born in the 1980s and those born in the 1990s or 2000s stand out: Members of both groups became more likely to favor Trump between 2020 and 2024.

Defections played a significant role in the changing voting patterns of those born in the 1980s: 8% of 2020 Biden voters in this group switched their votes to Trump in 2024, while just 2% of 2020 Trump voters born in the ’80s switched their votes to Harris. Among those born in the 1990s or 2000s, changes in who turned out to vote accounted for the shift in Trump’s favor.
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Fucking millennials.
 
I use the various comms technologies according to what makes sense at whatever given time. I do use email as much as possible because it allows me not to have to hear it; usually run around the house and studio with a rock, jazz, classical IV figuratively jammed into my arm. Hate txt msging, but I'm good at it. Not fond of video comms, but. . . . Most of the "modern" comms stuff is easily done - just don't care to use it all the time or even close to often most of the time. Still pick up hardcopy newspapers. They're useful in the studio for cleaning printing plates when I'm done reading 'em. 😉
 
Wayward DP said:
so I pulled this from the Pew link @worm provided earlier (thanks!)

PP-2025.6.26_validated-voters_2-03.png


millennials are born up to 1996. gen Z starts in 1997. so you cannot see a perfect divide.

BUT, from 2016, millennials + gen Z went from +37 Dem to only +13 in 2024.

even if you exclude 2016 cause the sample size is small, you're still looking at moving from +26 dem to +13 in only four years. and I would assume that in 2024, there are a LOT more gen Z voters than in 2020.
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The other thing is that our sample is very large. The same thing is happening in other countries. Young men are tilting towards "populism" which is really just right wing authoritarianism with some window dressing.
 
Wayward DP said:
I text when it makes sense. but I use the phone when that makes sense. a 2-minute phone call can save 10+ minutes of texting. efficiency >>>
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Exactly. You cant get anywhere trying to text with someone who doesn't know how to read, write and, most importantly, COMPREHEND like a grown ass person. You need to talk to them to confirm that they understood what the hell you just sent them.
 
That plus all the small town stations are owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group which is like if all local small town Canadian TV stations were owned by Rebel News.

From wiki:

"Sinclair's stations have been known for featuring news content and programming that promotes conservatism in the US . They have been involved in various controversies surrounding politically motivated programming decisions, such as news coverage and specials during the lead-ups to elections that were in support of the Republican Party. A 2019 study by Emory University political scientists Gregory J. Martin and Josh McCrain in the American Political Science Review found that "stations bought by Sinclair reduce coverage of local politics, increase national coverage and move the ideological tone of coverage in a conservative direction relative to other stations operating in the same market". A 2021 study found that viewers in areas with a Sinclair TV station had lower approval of President Barack Obama and were less likely to vote for Democratic presidential nominees. A 2023 study found that Sinclair-owned stations aired fewer reports mentioning masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, but their reports were more likely to focus on partisan views of the issue."

But Sinclair isnt even the biggest TV syndicate. That honor goes to Nexstar Media, which owns and operates the NewsNation channel.

Also from wiki:

"The channel has publicly claimed to be centrist but in 2021 several NewsNation staff left the network citing concerns they were being pushed by management to lean toward right wing politics in news coverage."
 
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