It is pretty bad when the New York Times is less guarded about not spewing liberal spin than the AP and its local printer the Dispatch Argus (soon to be weak sister publication of QCT whose overlord is Liberal Lee Enterprises).
The AP DA headline was unobjectionable but compare the characterizations of the race results within the stories — NYT and the “Our World ” AP/DA:
The AP/DA – Her (Handel) narrow victory Tuesday
The New York Times – The surprisingly easy victory for Ms. Handel
It was a four point win for Ms Handel which election eve polls predicted as closer, with those by the usual suspects on the left referring to her opponent as being in the lead. Four points is not generally referred to as “narrow” in such circumstances.
The AP can’t help itself downplaying the win in spite of what the NY Times described as “Karen Handel, a veteran Republican officeholder, overcame a deluge of liberal money” The AP instead puts it in perspective for us, liberal perspective:
Yet the result in a historically conservative district still offers Republicans a warning — and Democrats some encouragement — that President Donald Trump’s tenuous standing will dominate the looming campaign cycle. Georgia’s outcome follows similar results in Montana, Kansas and South Carolina, where Republicans won special House races by much narrower margins than they managed as recently as November.
Never mind that special elections are actually made to order for Democrats favorite tactics – voter intimidation, excuse us “turn-out enhancement” by a legion of street walkers (what else to call paid political operatives of that ilk) through the course of a lengthy voting period. And yet Democrats were sure they were on the verge of pick-ups in four recent special elections, dumping tons of money — and they lost each and every time.
The AP story mentioned a lot of money being spent but as if the sources were of the same type in origin by not mentioning that important analysis. John Daniel Davidson writing at The Federalist (aptly comparing the Democrats loss in the Georgia race to the Democrats losing with Wendy Davis in Texas) reports that :
The bulk of Ossoff’s campaign donations of course came from large Democratic states like New York, California, and Massachusetts, with a mere 14 percent coming from Georgia voters. By contrast, 56 percent of Handel’s contributions came from in-state donors.
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