http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/11/confirmation-bias-and-newspaper-endorsements.html The Emergent Chaos Jazz Combo Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/11/confirmation-bias-and-newspaper-endorsements.html/comment-page-1#comment-5250 rob sama Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:33:54 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2948#comment-5250 I don't think there's anything surprising about this. It's why so many left-leaning callers to conservative talk radio claim to be life-long Republicans who are undergoing a change of heart. I don’t think there’s anything surprising about this. It’s why so many left-leaning callers to conservative talk radio claim to be life-long Republicans who are undergoing a change of heart.

]]> http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/11/confirmation-bias-and-newspaper-endorsements.html/comment-page-1#comment-5249 Chris Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:26:24 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2948#comment-5249 Obama worked this angle well. He trumpeted endorsements by the likes of Warren Buffett and Colin Powell, for example. Somehow, it felt alot better than Democrats for Nixon :^). Personally, I was more influenced by the Chicago Trib endorsing him (and doing so quite glowingly). This is a Republican paper through and through, and hadn't endorsed a Dem in something like 161 years. Yes, he's a local, but still. I think the dam began to crack when months ago he sat down with their ed board and talked about the Rezco thing at exhaustive length -- showing himself to be intelligent, forthcoming, and honest. These are traits that are not found frequently enough in Chicago pols. Obama worked this angle well. He trumpeted endorsements by the likes of Warren Buffett and Colin Powell, for example. Somehow, it felt alot better than Democrats for Nixon :^).
Personally, I was more influenced by the Chicago Trib endorsing him (and doing so quite glowingly). This is a Republican paper through and through, and hadn’t endorsed a Dem in something like 161 years. Yes, he’s a local, but still. I think the dam began to crack when months ago he sat down with their ed board and talked about the Rezco thing at exhaustive length — showing himself to be intelligent, forthcoming, and honest. These are traits that are not found frequently enough in Chicago pols.

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