Posted on 01/25/2017 12:08:14 PM PST by IBD editorial writer
As President Obama left the White House, the mainstream press was falling over itself proclaiming how popular he was.
"Obama leaving office on a very high note," was a typical headline.
Yet despite the media's fixation with polls, the press completely buried one of the more newsworthy poll findings — a Gallup report that came out last Friday, which took a final look at the President Obama's popularity over his eight years in office.
That poll found that Obama's overall average approval rating was a dismal 47.9%.
Only three presidents scored worse than Obama since Gallup started doing these surveys in 1945: never-elected Gerald Ford (47.2%), one-termer Jimmy Carter (45.4%), and Harry Truman (45.4%).
Obama even did worse overall than Richard Nixon, whose average approval was 49%, and was less popular overall than George W. Bush, who got an average 49.4%.
That sounds newsworthy, doesn't it? But you'd never know this if you relied on the mainstream press for information. That's because not one of them reported on Gallup's finding.
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He’s already moved on to the British Virgin Islands, to a private island, owned by “Sir” Richard Branson ($3 billion pounds net worth).
Polls are only good for those who see them.
If only Obama or Hilliary or ??? lovers see them, then the polls will be skewed in their favor.
Plus, 54% of 1,000 people doesn’t represent the whole country.
Thanks!
“Obama’s approval and the MSM, a partnership in crime.”
Yes, except this time, the press got Trump, and they are in a stupor. This is going to be fun, as Trump outwits, castigates and vilifies the MSM.
TRUTH!!!
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