Has The Media Become Big Brother?
 Wednesday, November 5th, 2008  by Connie T.

More noticeably than in any other election, the mainstream news media has been reporting the race and gender of voters in relation to whom they voted for. CNN is telling you what percentage of Caucasian, Black, Hispanic, and Asians voted for Barack Obama vs. John McCain, and whether they are male or female. MSNBC is reporting on how college-educated vs. non-college-educated people voted. Most networks are reporting the income of Obama vs. McCain voters as well.

We can understand if this info was generated during pre-election phone calls for media research - but what is determining this info for votes as they are coming in? Is the MSM relying strictly on exit polls? If so - and on a national scope - that seems pretty unreliable.

In some states, an individual's race is not disclosed on their birth certificate or their driver's license; and it's not a field on a federal tax return, either. Certainly, none of those questions are present on a voting ballot.

Someone help us out here, because we're clueless on this: are you voters completing exit polls asking for race, age, gender, income bracket, and education? Where is this information coming from?

We don't see how these statistics provide anything positive at all. This morning, watching a news anchor comment on how Obama was winning over white voters in Pennsylvania who make over $100,000 per year--and what a feat it was--we felt pretty uneasy. It sure doesn't seem like categorizing and stereotyping every individual who expresses their liberty behind the curtain is an American thing to do; it sure doesn't seem like it's a step away from divisiveness, in an election that should be so celebratory of cultural advancement.

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