Conservative Media Caught in the Blame Game
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In the wake of last Tuesday's elections, a lively debate has erupted into the open over whether conservatives and the Republican party were well served by their favorite media outlets. Former Governor Mitt Romney was reported to have been so certain of a victory on Tuesday night that he cast aside tradition and did not draft a concession speech. But conservatives now say his misplaced confidence – and theirs - was bolstered by the predictions of many like-minded pundits, which were broadcast and posted online around the clock by sympathetic news outlets. "You had this kind of mutually reinforcing phenomenon going on between the Romney campaign [and] some influential commentators - and then a lot of that commentary gets repeated in the media at large," said Byron York, chief political correspondent for the conservative Washington Examiner.
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David Frum
Overall Sentiment: -0.211781
Relevance: 0.751267
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| 0.0740372 | "The conservative followership has been fleeced, exploited, and lied to by the conservative entertainment complex," Frum said ... |
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Mitt Romney
Overall Sentiment: 0.258225
Relevance: 0.70409
President Obama
Overall Sentiment: 0.0347819
Relevance: 0.668246
John Podhoretz
Overall Sentiment: -0.402908
Relevance: 0.610445
| Sentiment | Quote |
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| 0.0370494 | "Because I had a rooting interest in the other side, that view was strengthened and amplified by what I wanted to happen, which I freely confess," said Podhoretz, ... |
| 0.145605 | "Because I had a rooting interest in the other side, that view was strengthened and amplified by what I wanted to happen, which I freely confess," said Podhoretz, also the editor of the conservative Commentary magazine and a cultural critic for the conservative Weekly Standard. "People don't ordinarily cast a skeptical eye on data and information that supports their opinions. They're happy to take it." |
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Romney
Overall Sentiment: -0.611063
Relevance: 0.524358
Rush Limbaugh
Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.404125
George W. Bush
Overall Sentiment: 0.0150807
Relevance: 0.384597
Byron York
Overall Sentiment: -0.120788
Relevance: 0.369967
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| 0.0719089 | "You had this kind of mutually reinforcing phenomenon going on between the Romney campaign [and] some influential commentators - and then a lot of that commentary gets repeated in the media at large," said Byron York, ... |
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Roger Ailes
Overall Sentiment: -0.149635
Relevance: 0.357789
Karl Rove
Overall Sentiment: -0.191934
Relevance: 0.356066
Jonathan Martin
Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.350113
Paul
Overall Sentiment: -0.0518351
Relevance: 0.34823
Newt Gingrich
Overall Sentiment: -0.0914641
Relevance: 0.328309
Trey Grayson
Overall Sentiment: -0.526503
Relevance: 0.31281
Michael Barone
Overall Sentiment: -0.013989
Relevance: 0.311065
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Overall Sentiment: -0.0209826
Relevance: 0.30122
Dick Morris
Overall Sentiment: -0.0750318
Relevance: 0.297051
George Will
Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.296018
Nate Silver
Overall Sentiment: 0.161035
Relevance: 0.295673
Trent Lott
Overall Sentiment: 0.516086
Relevance: 0.29154
Neil Newhouse
Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.290279
Winston] Churchill
Overall Sentiment: 0.148991
Relevance: 0.288071
Joe Scarborough
Overall Sentiment: -0.0406434
Relevance: 0.287762
Bill Clinton
Overall Sentiment: 0.0964103
Relevance: 0.285799
Kelly
Overall Sentiment: -0.179134
Relevance: 0.261386
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| 0.0971873 | Kelly responded: "Is this just math that you do as a Republican to make yourself feel better, or is this real?" |
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FieldTerminology: media outlets
Overall Sentiment: 0.0773836
Relevance: 0.340126
Organization: Republican party
Overall Sentiment: 0.0716225
Relevance: 0.83093
Organization: Tea Party
Overall Sentiment: 0.255794
Relevance: 0.388955
Company: Fox News
Overall Sentiment: -0.356633
Relevance: 0.532124
TelevisionShow: Fox News
Overall Sentiment: -0.0442028
Relevance: 0.430519
TelevisionShow: Morning Joe
Overall Sentiment: 0.0233328
Relevance: 0.300963
TelevisionStation: Fox News
Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.35119
PrintMedia: Washington Examiner
Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.343024
PrintMedia: New York Post
Overall Sentiment: -0.168816
Relevance: 0.317985
PrintMedia: Weekly Standard
Overall Sentiment: -0.0567864
Relevance: 0.308709
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