Conventional Wisdom: DNC Delegates Dish on News Media Preferences, Favorite TV Shows and Who Should Play Kamala Harris in a Biopic
variety.comCynthia Littleton Business Editor CHICAGO – A Venn diagram of people who are deeply involved in politics and deeply engaged with news media usually creates a pretty big middle circle.
The Democratic National Convention, unfolding this week in Chicago, has made news this time around with its warm embrace of social media creators and influencers.
But a lightning-round sample of randomly selected delegates from five states – Arizona, California, Louisiana, New York and Ohio – found that The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and other mainstream news outlets are still more than holding their own with voracious consumers of political news and analysis. “I’m a CNN junkie.
No matter what I’m doing, I can always get CNN,” Dee Bailey, a delegate from New York, told Variety from the convention floor on Wednesday evening.
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