Media Research Center (MRC) today announced findings of a post-election poll on what actual voters thought about the media’s influence on the 2016 presidential race. The MRC/YouGov poll was conducted on November 9 and 10, key findings follow:
•7 in 10 (69%) voters do not believe the news media are honest and truthful.
•8 in 10 (78%) of voters believe the news coverage of the presidential campaign was biased, with nearly a 3-to-1 majority believing the media were for Clinton (59%) vs. for Trump (21%).
•Even 1/3 (32%) of Clinton voters believe the media were “pro-Clinton.”
•8% of Trump voters said they would have voted for Clinton if they had believed what the media were saying about Trump.
•97% of voters said they did not let the media’s bias influence their vote.
Another Tulsa music master has passed. Leon Russell now plays in space and time beyond this world, but he will forever play in our memories. He was loved worldwide for his music and many credit careers to him, but in Tulsa, he loved and was loved as a friend and you can hear it in his musical tribute to Oklahoma which is the best state rock song ever written below.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin said in a release Friday that Oklahoma voters made it clear this week they want the state to redirect how it deals with drug addiction and the criminal justice system. Nearly 60 percent (58.2 percent) of voters on Tuesday voted for State Question 780, which would reduce the penalties for some nonviolent crimes.
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Oklahoma Senate Finance Chairman Mike Mazzei (R-Tulsa) in testimony Thursday said, “When you look at the direct economic benefit from wind power facilities in 2015, it was $78.4 million and produced only $17.1 million in tax revenue. When you take into account the fact that Oklahoma is looking at a budget shortfall of at least $600 million for fiscal year 2017, we clearly cannot afford to [continue the credit] until 2021.”