Can’t say it enough

Polls Subvert Democracy

Media’s willful erasure of Kamala Harris’ campaign

Jeff Jarvis
Nov 3 · 5 min read

It is journalistic heresy that I abandon the myth of objectivity and publicly support candidates. But the advantage of heresies is that they open one up to new perspectives. By seeing my profession and industry from the viewpoint of an interested voter, I get a new window on the failures of news media.

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Jeff Jarvis

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Blogger & prof at CUNY’s Newmark J-school; author of Geeks Bearing Gifts, Public Parts, What Would Google Do?, Gutenberg the Geek

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