Posted on 09/10/2014 11:11:57 AM PDT by Hojczyk
It’s no secret that television news has long been addicted to public opinion polls; decades ago, all three broadcast networks decided to partner with an influential newspaper (ABC News with the Washington Post; CBS News with the New York Times; and NBC News with the Wall Street Journal) to sponsor their own regular surveys for use in their political coverage.
That’s why it’s so extraordinary that polling news has practically vanished from the Big Three evening newscasts in 2014 as President Obama’s approval ratings have tumbled and the public opposes defining administration policies like ObamaCare. Just last Thursday, for example, Gallup found Obama’s approval rating at a record low of 38 percent, yet none of the three broadcast networks bothered to mention this on their evening or morning newscasts.
Such coverage is in stunning contrast to how those same newscasts relentlessly emphasized polls showing bad news for George W. Bush during the same phase of his presidency. Media Research Center analysts reviewed every reference on the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts to public opinion polls from January 1 through August 31, 2014, and from the same time period in 2006. Eight years ago, the networks aired 124 evening news reports which cited public opinion polls about either President Bush’s overall approval rating or his handling of specific policies. In 2014, those same broadcasts produced only nine reports which mentioned public opinion surveys related to President Obama.
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And what’s the news?
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 47% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Obama’s job performance. Fifty-one percent (51%) disapprove
The latest figures include 21% who Strongly Approve of the way Obama is performing as president and 39% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -18.
Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval September 7-9, 2014
Each result is based on a three-day rolling average
APPROVE: 42%
DISAPPROVE: 52%
HIDE THE DECLINE. That’s the leftist democrats motto. They suck so much they can’t exist without it.
All 3 are headquartered in NYC. Their hiring pool is 85% communist. It's propaganda produced by communists for communists, not Americans.
...and this is not biased reporting in any way.....
There are more diverse, and more information outlets than ever in history.
Who cares what 3 little, dying networks say?
Celebrate Press Freedom! It's HERE, NOW!
Still 38%?!?!
This is nothing new.
The same sort of reversal in the media took place concerning Billary vs GWBush.
In the print media during Clinton’s two admins, if the news was positive the heading or subheading referred to Clinton by name, but if the news was negative, the heading or subheading referred to “Defense Department” or “DOD”, “State Department” or “State”, “EPA”, ect., or the appropriate cabinet secretary. During GWBush’s two terms those conditions were reversed - negatives received GWBush by name, positives most often did not. This sort of thing is never unintentional.
Not likely - too many actually believe that a less than ideal conservative is no different than an Obama - Hillary will not be impeded by the "FUNCTIONING BRAINS"...
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