Media Mayhem in Race for NCSEN
Content present in two recent articles regarding the competitive race for US Senate here in North Carolina leaves me scratching my head.
On Wednesday, the National Journal published an article entitled “6 Signs a Republican Senate Takeover is Within Reach“. While exciting to hear this, the case put forward for North Carolina is simply not accurate.
According to the article, “In North Carolina, one of the bellwether Senate races, two automated polls this month show Sen. Kay Hagan trailing one Republican opponent, state House Speaker Thom Tillis.”
This is an outright falsehood. In reality, Kay Hagan actually trails TWO Republican opponents according to the polls cited.
Both PPP and Rasmussen show that Dr. Greg Brannon, a Cary OBGYN, is also showing strong numbers against the incumbent Democrat. The results of both polls can be viewed HERE.
PunditHouse reached out to the author of the National Journal article with this information. Beth Reinhard responded to our inquiry with the following, “Will bring to the attention of the editor who inserted that part into the story, thanks.”
Apparently, since the article still reads the same, the editor didn’t see any reason to fix the inaccurate post. Truth must not be of major importance to the National Journal.
In another example of media inaccuracy, a recent forum sponsored by the Lake Norman Conservatives drew some attention.
The AP reported in the post entitled “NC Senate Hopefuls Criticize Federal Government, Obama” that Tillis’ “…absence at the meeting of Lake Norman Conservatives wasn’t surprising – the forum’s moderator picketed outside a Tillis fundraiser in November in Charlotte attended by Karl Rove.”
I can speak to this with absolutely certainty since I am the said moderator.
My announcement as moderator…more like question facilitator…was made after the Tillis campaign had already turned down the invitation. The attempt to make an excuse for lack of attendance based on my status is wholly disingenuous…especially considering that the article’s previous sentence admits that Tillis had a “previous engagement”. That should be enough of a reason and I’m a little insulted by the assumption that my use as question facilitator would have been so biased as to warrant skipping an event.
Anyone wanting to watch the full forum can do so here thanks to Constitutionalwar.org. Speaker Tillis would have been afforded the same courtesy as the three candidates who did participate.
There is no doubt that this race is going to be fought on all cylinders, but there is something alarming when those reporting the news do so knowingly inaccurately…or with clear bias.
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