Posted on 04/22/2009 4:09:30 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Fox News Stands Out as "Too Critical" of Obama No One Network Singled Out as Too Easy
Summary of Findings
When Americans are asked to assess television news coverage of Barack Obama, Fox News Channel stands out from other networks for being too critical of the president. Nearly three-in-ten (29%) select Fox when asked which of six broadcast and cable news networks have been too critical of the new Democratic president, a far greater share than any other network.
In contrast, no one TV network is singled out for being too easy on Obama. Each of five networks (CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC and CBS) was named by about one in six respondents in this regard. Again, the Fox News Network stands apart – just 5% named Fox as being too easy on the president.
The latest weekly News Interest Index survey, conducted April 17-20 by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, finds a substantial partisan divide in views of how TV news networks cover Obama. More than four-in-ten Democrats (44%) say Fox has been too critical of Obama, compared with 25% of independents and just 18% of Republicans. No other network comes close to Fox, though 11% overall – including 18% of Democrats – say CNN has been too critical of the president. Very few Americans cite the broadcast networks – ABC (4%), NBC (4%) or CBS (3%) – as too critical.
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Bullsh*t. Next?
29% = the Liberal base.
They don’t call it pew for nothing.
Funny. I must have missed the Pew polls asking which network was most critical of Bush.
If they are could it be that is the reason they are number one in the news business...
Being too critical of 0bama is not possible.
is that how it was worded? you have to give an answer?
Tough!!! Three out of ten ‘Americans’ polled were probably raving moonbats, too.
They don’t have to watch Fox News.
What a useless set of statistics.
Now the free media can be labeled as “too critical” of a political administration?
Scary times, folks.
NO ONE said network news went too soft on Obama? Must not have been any Conservatives in that survey/poll!
Doesn’t surprise me. When given a choice and having to chose a network, it is obvious no one would choose NBC, ABC, CBS etc as being too critical. This is a relative game.
And anyway right now that girly-man Shep is weeping about torture. Trying not to puke.
No one was singled out because they were all too easy.
But notice they don't say "too hard on Obama" but "too critical": any criticism is too much for Obama's fans.
How many people think a screen door on a sub is a good idea?
You can't be "too critical" if you are pointing out the truth... and the truth is Obama's policies are going to destroy our bank accounts and freedoms.
So, 30% of people think Fox is “Too Critical”. That means 70% of people think Fox has about the right amount of criticism, or not enough. The stats are even worse for the other networks.
That neatly accounts for Fox’s higher ratings across the board, as people realize it’s the only station that has even a mildly critical take on 0bama - and he’s sure deserving of criticism lately. Not to mention that Fox was the only network with decent coverage of the tea parties!
The real headline of this article should be “Public Feels NO Network is Sufficiently Critical of 0bama”. Critical thinking strikes again.
GOP 2010!
So, 30% of people think Fox is “Too Critical”. That means 70% of people think Fox has about the right amount of criticism, or not enough. The stats are even worse for the other networks.
That neatly accounts for Fox’s higher ratings across the board, as people realize it’s the only station that has even a mildly critical take on 0bama - and he’s sure deserving of criticism lately. Not to mention that Fox was the only network with decent coverage of the tea parties!
The real headline of this article should be “Public Feels NO Network is Sufficiently Critical of 0bama”. Critical thinking strikes again.
GOP 2010!
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