19 minutes ago, WDSmart said:

The votes in the Electoral College determine the winner. Trump won that. I was just posting that Trump did not get a MAJORITY of the votes cast in the popular vote. He did get a PLURALITY of those votes, but for the presidential election, it's only the Electoral Votes that count. 

Yes he won the Electoral College. He also won the Popular Vote along with the Senate and the House. I'm not sure what you mean by MAJORITY. Without a majority vote in any of these he would not have won them. He got the majority Electoral College votes. He has the majority in the Senate. He has the majority in the house albeit slim and the only way he could have won the Popular Vote which he did was to get a majority of the votes. 

On 10/16/2024 at 10:59 AM, connda said:

So much for trusting "trusted" news media outlets.  Regardless of what we a told we must believe, the majority of Americans don't blindly believe what they are told that they are supposed to believe by "trusted news media."  Well, I'm in good company with the 69% who have low-trust in main-stream media which are virtually all owned by corporate interests or individual stakeholders like George Soros.

"Americans continue to register record-low trust in the mass media, with 31% expressing a “great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence in the media to report the news “fully, accurately and fairly,” similar to last year’s 32%. Americans’ trust in the media -- such as newspapers, television and radio -- first fell to 32% in 2016 and did so again last year."
--Gallup

Source:
https://news.gallup.com/poll/651977/americans-trust-media-remains-trend-low.aspx



"Gallup can't be trusted!!!  Gallup must be a MAGA site!  Grrrrr."

Of course they are (wink wink)

      
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Many times I have done a quick search "Is xxxxx (newspaper / news website) biased?

 

Often enough there's data which seems to be legit, more to the point It alerts me how much to believe in the reporting / stories / reports etc., that are offered. Many times after doing the above search I haven't gone past the headline.

 

I always remember my dad's comment:

 

'Newspapers contain facts and opinions. The opinions are always biased according to the beliefs, values etc., of the owner / reporter.'

24 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Yes he won the Electoral College. He also won the Popular Vote along with the Senate and the House. I'm not sure what you mean by MAJORITY. Without a majority vote in any of these he would not have won them. He got the majority Electoral College votes. He has the majority in the Senate. He has the majority in the house albeit slim and the only way he could have won the Popular Vote which he did was to get a majority of the votes. 

All you say is true except for the last sentence. The popular vote does not determine the votes in the Electoral College, the Senate, or the House. Trump did not get a majority of the popular vote. The last figures I saw on CNN yesterday showed him with 49.9% of the popular vote. (Harris got about 48.5%). 49.9% is not a majority. 50.1% is a majority. 49.9% is a plurality, but yes, it means Trump did win the popular vote.

Hardly surprising reading the guff they come out with. Same in the UK, the BBC, Chan 4, Sky tv and the Guardian "newspaper" are just mouthpieces for our far-left government. I stopped using mainstream media a long time ago.

Fewer people trusting the traditional print and electronic medias.

It isn't limited to USA alone; but nearly everywhere in the 1st World.

 

Significant decline of newspaper circulation.

And ever lowering TV  viewership, especially among the young generation.

Such a phenomenon has been fast accelerating for the past 10 years or so.

 

Bound by corporate interests(Ad sponsors).

Always come with Untouchable Sanctuary(Media No Go Zones).

 

And awfully polluted by the Political Correctness; unofficial form of censorship to shut people up, for the past few decade.

Anyone criticizing that information fascism, automatically tagged Racists,  Right-Wing Extremists while simply seeking better  balanced coverage.

 

No Wonder ever fewer people want to pay their attention to the News Dinasaur, Corrupt, Useless, often Doing More Harm Than Good. 

 

Just a form of Social Selection in terms of information distribution.

 

With the common use of internet among the population, they can no longer bulldoze people's opinion/views as they enjoyed in old time.

And please tell us what the American public’s confidence level of the current US Supreme Court? 

And please tell us what the American public’s confidence level of the current US Supreme Court? 

On 11/20/2024 at 5:57 PM, WDSmart said:

Yes, I know. It's determined by votes in the Electoral College. I did see this morning on CNN, however, that Trump did not get a majority of the popular vote. His percentage now is 49.9%. Harris' is about 48.5%, or something like that.

 Yes, he might have dipped slightly, but it's all academic. He took the House and Congress when everyone said he was "toast", especially on this forum.