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Most Voters Say News Media Wants Obama to Win
Pew Research Center ^
| 10-22-2008
| Pew Research Center
Posted on 10/22/2008 6:42:56 PM PDT by Kleebo151
Voters overwhelmingly believe that the media wants Barack Obama to win the presidential election. By a margin of 70%-9%, Americans say most journalists want to see Obama, not John McCain, win on Nov. 4. Another 8% say journalists don't favor either candidate, and 13% say they don't know which candidate most reporters support.
In recent presidential campaigns, voters repeatedly have said they thought journalists favored the Democratic candidate over the Republican. But this year's margin is particularly wide. At this stage of the 2004 campaign, 50% of voters said most journalists wanted to see John Kerry win the election, while 22% said most journalists favored George Bush.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: leftwingconspiracy; mediabias
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Kudos to Pew for putting aside its liberal leanings and reporting the truth. Send this to any Democrats you know who repeats the "corporate media tilts right" meme.
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posted on
10/22/2008 6:42:57 PM PDT
by
Kleebo151
To: Kleebo151
Wow. I thought it was just me. LOL
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posted on
10/22/2008 6:44:11 PM PDT
by
Unkosified
(What do Osama and Obama have in common? They both have friends that bombed the Pentagon.)
To: Kleebo151
Theyll still have a job tomorrow and that sucks.
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posted on
10/22/2008 6:44:15 PM PDT
by
GoCards
To: Kleebo151
Where is that “Penetrating Insights Into The Obvious” guy?
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posted on
10/22/2008 6:44:39 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
To: Kleebo151
Someone call Capt. Obvious!
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posted on
10/22/2008 6:44:40 PM PDT
by
Islander7
(This Atlas is shrugging! ~ I am Joe!)
To: Kleebo151
Such a large percentage? Like, Duhhhh.
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posted on
10/22/2008 6:44:43 PM PDT
by
Bringbackthedraft
(If we can reverse the ticket, we'd have a winner! PALIN/MCCAIN)
To: Kleebo151
Gee, I would never have guessed.
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posted on
10/22/2008 6:44:59 PM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(Obamao's pay grade doesn't even come close to Sarah's pay grade, let alone McCain's)
To: Kleebo151
Who is the idiot 9% that thinks the rodent media doesn’t want the False Messiah coronated ?
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posted on
10/22/2008 6:46:05 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: Unkosified
"Wow. I thought it was just me. LOL"
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posted on
10/22/2008 6:46:24 PM PDT
by
avacado
(Barack Obama, the Cloward-Piven candidate)
To: Kleebo151
Did you read it? It’s just a disguised hit piece on McCain/Palin and their growing negatives.
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posted on
10/22/2008 6:46:38 PM PDT
by
Kenny
To: Kleebo151
Geez; only 70% say they are Liberal-biased ?
Must have over-sampled Dem's, as usual.
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posted on
10/22/2008 6:47:02 PM PDT
by
traditional1
("The American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery")
To: Kleebo151
Another 8% say journalists don't favor either candidate, and 13% say they don't know which candidate most reporters support.
And thus we can conclude that 13% of Americans don't watch or read the news. A further 8% are either outrageous liars or have some sort of learning disability.
To: Kleebo151
And that is why a mac victory is going to be especially sweet. Also if that large of a majority recongnizes the media bias for bambi, then their commie propaganda has much less effect.
Tar and feather the whole lot of them.
To: ExTexasRedhead; justiceseeker93; Impy; impeachedrapist; MplsSteve; Norman Bates; neverdem
If McCain actually wins, a public backlash against the MSM’s overwhelming bias may be one of the reasons.
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posted on
10/22/2008 6:48:02 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(If Islam conquers the world, the Earth will be at peace because the human race will be killed off.)
To: Kleebo151
Another 8% say journalists don't favor either candidateThose 8% are the journalists.
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posted on
10/22/2008 6:48:41 PM PDT
by
MNnice
(Da ma Dakota)
To: Kleebo151
What’s sad is this same poll shows the media bias is working!
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posted on
10/22/2008 6:51:32 PM PDT
by
Chet 99
(Vote McCain/Palin, or this will be our future: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTb5EFZmgbs)
To: Kleebo151
I must disagree.
I have found the press to be, for the most part, fair, balanced, impartial and displaying the highest degree of professionalism.
Their inquiries have been penetrating, insightful and challenging while cloaked in a veil of unbiased objectivity.
The news organization of MSNBC has been the leader in this regard.
Now, where did I put that crack pipe at........
To: Kleebo151
Well, the Media is supported by corporate wealth, which is supported by the democrats, which is supported by taxpayers, who now have heavy taxation with no representation. Is it time to throw the tea in the harbor again? Shall we make a stand on the Lexington Green? Should we start stockpiling arms and cannons? Where is this leading to?
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posted on
10/22/2008 6:51:49 PM PDT
by
realcleanguy
("I have not yet begun to fight")
To: Kleebo151
And the numbers are not even close, in 04 it 56-22, this year it is just obvious.
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posted on
10/22/2008 6:52:08 PM PDT
by
padre35
(Sarah Palin is the one we've been waiting for..Rom 10.10..)
To: Kleebo151
This will be one of the great sources of media whining and hand-wringing when Obama loses.
They will ask themselves on those ridiculous panel shows “why do people view us as biased?”
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posted on
10/22/2008 6:52:46 PM PDT
by
PGR88
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