EPISODE · Oct 30, 2015

Chicken or Egg? Media Pull Versus Push

from Chicken or Egg: A Collaboration from On the Media + FiveThirtyEight (On the Media)

What moves voters? Do candidates get more coverage because they're polling well, or do they poll well because they get more coverage? This election season, On the Media is teaming up with the data news site FiveThirtyEight to look track the push and pull between polling, media attention, and public interest. Brooke and Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight's editor-in-chief, launch the collaboration and go through two very different models of media influence: Donald Trump and Ben Carson. You can find FiveThirtyEight's election coverage here and their podcasts here. Discuss this segment on Twitter: #OTM_538

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What moves voters? Do candidates get more coverage because they're polling well, or do they poll well because they get more coverage? This election season, On the Media is teaming up with the data news site Five Thirty Eight to look track the push and pull between polling, media attention, and public interest. Brooke and Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight's editor-in-chief, launch the collaboration and go through two very different models of media influence: Donald Trump and Ben Carson. You can find FiveThirtyEight's election coverage here and their podcasts here. Discuss this segment on Twitter: #OTM_538

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