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babylonsister

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Thu Jun 19, 2014, 10:05 AM Jun 2014

GOPee Yew: What The Media Isn’t Telling You About Obama’s Poll Numbers

http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=16912


GOPee Yew: What The Media Isn’t Telling You About Obama’s Poll Numbers

Posted by Mark NC on June 18, 2014 at 2:48 pm


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Both the President and his party are putting the Republicans to shame. He is 30% more popular than the Republican Party, and nearly 50% more popular than the laughably inane Tea Party. If his presidency is over, as some right-wing pundits are gleefully claiming, what does that mean for conservatives?

And that’s not all. When asked which party they prefer to control Congress, respondents chose Democrats over Republicans by 45% to 43%. The poll also reports that progressive positions on prominent issues are far more popular than those of conservatives. For instance, respondents support the Common Core education initiative 59/31. They believe that immigration helps rather than hurts the nation 47/42. They advocate action on climate change 61/37. They approve of Obama’s recent move to set strict carbon dioxide emission limits 67/29.

Clearly the electorate is in a bad mood, and they are taking it out, with justification, on their representatives. But when directly asked about solutions to the problems that affect them most, they consistently respond with agreement for the liberal agenda.

So why doesn’t the press report that?
This is the so-called “liberal” media we’re talking about. Apparently they are not as driven by partisanship as right-wingers would have you believe with all of their childish carping. More likely the media is driven by ratings and revenue. In that regard, conflict and drama have always been a bigger draw than harmony. It’s the same reason that local news features murders and car chases, rather than more uplifting stories.

Obama has some work to do to counteract the effect of the relentlessly negative coverage he receives. Even the arrest of a suspect in the Benghazi attack drew absurd criticisms from Fox News and other wingnut media. But in the interim, it is important to look below the surface to see the whole story. And what this survey is telling us is that if Democrats run on progressive policies they are more likely to achieve success at the polls later this year and in 2016.
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GOPee Yew: What The Media Isn’t Telling You About Obama’s Poll Numbers (Original Post) babylonsister Jun 2014 OP
Because most of the MSM are now simply mouth pieces for the GOP lostincalifornia Jun 2014 #1
Suddenly Chuck Todd is talk radio's bestestess friend EVER underpants Jun 2014 #2
It's absurd to say his Presidency is "over" Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2014 #4
The myth of the liberal media... Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2014 #3

underpants

(182,279 posts)
2. Suddenly Chuck Todd is talk radio's bestestess friend EVER
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 10:16 AM
Jun 2014

I heard his "Presidency is over" clip twice yesterday - at lunch and in the way home.

I listen to be aware of their current whine/victimization script.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,355 posts)
4. It's absurd to say his Presidency is "over"
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 12:27 PM
Jun 2014

When he is......ummm..still President until 1/20/2017 or he resigns or is impeached, neither of which (surprise) is going to happen.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
3. The myth of the liberal media...
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 12:16 PM
Jun 2014
Nothing is more crucial to the right wing than the myth of "liberal media bias." It is, quite simply, a one-size-fits-all, best-defense-is-good-offense response to anything that threatens to get in their way. Witness Bush's attempt to shift blame to the New York Times for (very belatedly) spilling the beans on his wanton lawbreaking with countless illegal wiretaps.

The problem is, the myth, for all its propaganda power, is just that--a myth.

'Liberal Media' Myth Goes 'Scientific' by Paul Rosenberg
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