That Gallup Poll Doesn’t Say What CNN’s Cillizza ‘Thinks’ It Does

NewsBusters ^ | 10/12/2020 | Joseph Vazquez

[JV3MRC]

CNN Politics Reporter Chris Cillizza threw cold water on a newly released Gallup Poll that showed a clear majority (56%) of U.S. registered voters feel better off under President Donald Trump than they did under President Barack Obama.

CNN doesn’t want people to think they are better off than four years ago.

In an analysis piece headlined, “That Gallup poll doesn't say what Donald Trump thinks it does,” Cillizza didn’t even argue with the results of the Gallup Poll. In fact, to Trump’s tweet of the Gallup results, which he exclaimed were “Highest number on record," Cillizza conceded: “Which, on its face, is true!”

So what’s Cillizza’s issue? According to Cillizza, “It is an incredibly damning indictment of Trump personally that, in a country where a majority of the people believe they are better off than they were four years ago, the incumbent President is currently losing badly in his bid for a second term.” So, Americans being better off under Trump’s policies doesn’t matter because Cillizza assumes Trump is “losing badly”? That isn’t even what the Gallup poll alleges.

[Red Badger]

Cillizza, first rule of politics is: DON’T BELIEVE YOUR OWN PROPAGANDA.................

[dirtboy]

I dunno, it’s much easier to lie convincingly if you believe your lie to be the truth.

[Red Badger]

That’s for your useful idiots to consume. You, in command, must keep the truth within yourself, else you are doomed at the start.......................

[j.havenfarm]

You’ve put your finger on it precisely. The leaders on the other side seem to actually believe their propaganda. When you start with no integrity and no fact check by the media, it’s easy to become entrapped in the echo chamber

[paddles]

Are you going to believe me or your lying eyes?

[LeonardFMason]

Put down the Crack Pipe Chris!

[joshua c]

Or does the 56% majority show that the polls are wrong? Hmmm...Chris?

[Eleutheria5]

Addendum to Abe Lincoln’s maxim: You can fool some of the people some of the time, and most of the people most of the time, but you can’t fool all the people all the time. But if you fool yourself, that will be the only one you do fool.

Such a sweet November it will be.

[cgbg]

no integrity

To be a complete idiot that must be complemented with a total lack of intellectual curiosity.

The mass media "talking heads" have turned that into an art form.

[Ouderkirk]

The first rule of Con-men....never give up the con.

[damper99]

I hope it’s sweet, but the 56% may be fickle when it comes to voting for Trump.

[Eleutheria5]

It’s all BS. I wouldn’t be surprised if they just made it up. People camping outside Walter Reed, going wild when he drives by, shouting “we love you!”, that’s the real poll. The spontaneous flotillas and convoys are the real poll. The more exaggerated their claims, the more scared they are. Polls are 9/10.

[Gene Eric]

>> CNN doesn’t want people to think they are better off than four years ago.

CNN is ATT