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Verdict is in: Zogby poll supposedly demonstrating Obama voters' 'ignorance' was a joke
Crooks and Liars —
... reason, failed to pick up these falsehoods and loudly broadcast them as factual.
There is a reason, for instance, why the Biden plagiarism story didn't get a lot of play: While it is true that the story hurt Biden enough in the primaries he was eventually forced out, the fact that he was cleared afterward of the charges makes the story largely irrelevant -- except as a cautionary tale about promoting groundless smears in mainstream news reports.
Meanwhile, Nate has some deeper thoughts on the meaning of all this.
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It Was The Result, Not The GOP Politics that Did Them In
TalkLeft —
... This is just wrong. Republican politics failed because Republican policies failed. Similarly, Nate Silver argues the GOP lost the art of persuasion ...
