Thread by @JoshuaCypess

1/ Many of the analysts & pundits who are paid for hot takes are, by virtue of lucre, making those takes oh so hot about the Meaning of the Election despite NOT HAVING FULL DATA.

It's driving me crazy.

2/ I understand, though, that this is their job.

However! I will permanently dock points for these Hot-takers if they don't include two caveats when they emit their burblings about The Meaning

1. The Voting Rights Act was gutted
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Co…

3/ Without a robust protection vs suppression, the will of the people will never equal the results of voting. This is why Roberts & the GOP killed it.

2. The propaganda onslaught of Facebook/Youtube, FoxNews, Sinclair etc.

Voters did not know the truth about the candidates!

4/ To recap: pundits are making conclusions about the what the votes mean while

1) not having all the votes counted yet
2) assuming the votes reflect the country's desires despite
2a) many people prevented from voting
2b) many people voting for X because they think they're not-X

5/ The first error I attribute to the difficulties of structural problems in the broadcasting/news industries. People aren't punished for gross incompetence (in fact, they seem to be rewarded: Chris Cillizza, Chuck Todd), and the "show must go on" despite not having actual facts.

6/ The second error set is inexcusable. The vote suppression* and chronic misinformation is what prevented 2020 from being 2008.

We cannot lose track of these intellectual misdeeds

* (a word I haven't spelled correctly once these past years)

7/ @threadreaderapp please unroll.

@threader_app please compile.