A lot of people have trouble letting go of the idea that the media is telling them anything truthful. It’s easy to fall into the trap of “it’s true when it says something I like, and false when it says something I don’t like.” I don’t think that’s the right way to view the media.
Let’s look at terms like “misinformation”. A few months ago Terrence Howard went onto the Joe Rogan podcast to explain his radical views on physics. This actor has a pretty unique take on things, but while he is a bright guy, his arguments are obviously wrong. And his errors are significant, as both Eric Weinstein and Neil DeGrasse Tyson explained. Despite these serious and major errors, there were no calls to malign Terrence Howard for spreading “misinformation”. There were zero calls to remove what he said or censor him in any way. None. Zip. Zilch. Why?
The answer is that “misinformation” was never saying things that are false. “Misinformation” is saying *true* things that exposes government or corporate corruption.
So what do we have with the polls? The polls are a game of brinksmanship, to harm one candidate, benefit another, and give campaign donors a reason to believe that they’re not wasting their money. So while some may want to give accurate information, this is mixed in with those who are incentivized to give inaccurate information, and this in turn gives us nothing but noise when looking at the polls.
This was why I started posting the polls, to show just how bad this game is, and I think come election day we will see just how bad it really is.