Talk about reporting during wartime, both domestically and internationally. John good afternoon and welcome. Im john darnton, the curator of the george polk awards. It is my pleasure to announce the winners for the most outstanding works of journalism in 2019. I would like to express my gratitude to long island university, the sponsor, and in particular, dr. Kimberly klein, liu president , for her unflagging support. I want to thank my friend and colleague ralph engelman, our faculty coordinator. As many of you know, our awards were established in 1949 to commemorate george polk. The cbs correspondent assassinated the year before during the greek civil war. We are now in our 71st year, having bestowed as of today 3125 prizes. In keeping with his legacy, our judges honor reporters whenever possible and not just their news organizations. We seek out those who are dogged in their investigations, resourceful in their tactics, and intrepid in overcoming the odds, whether it is sending dispa
CSPAN3 Political Partisanship In The U February 20, 2016
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A landslide in a polarized country that doesnt produce landslides anymore. Okay. But lets collect our collective breath for a moment and go back four years. Initially, many were predict sh defeat, the National Polls got it right. At the end of the cycle the clear politics average had clinton winning the popular vote by 3. 2 Percentage Points and she did win the popular vote by 2. 1 Percentage Points but in this moment of 2016, these polls from october had clinton up by the following marking margins. Nbc wall street journal by 14. Fox by 7. Cnn by 6, pew by 7. Those same polls today show biden up by the following margins, nbc wall street journal by 14. Same as in 2016. Fox by 10. Cnn by 16. Pew by 10. Even Rasmussen Research which many regard as rightleaning showed clinton ahead by 4 in 2016. Now, they have biden up nationally by 12 Percentage Points. But Many Democrats are still traumatized. With the polling missteps in 2016 which overlooked the strength of trumps support in battlegrou