Newshounds.us nails Fox on Misrepresenting Katrina Poll to Favor Bush

As an aside -Looks like CNN is gaining on Fox http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/12583626.htm
Fox's ratings were up like 184% from last time this year, CNN is like 284% and MSNBC is up like 250%. Fox News with 2.8 million viewers, and CNN with 2.1 million! The trend looks pretty good! Also Cable ratings for last week(While a huge part of FNC audience is 54 years old and over - the dead zone demographic for advertisers - Fox is not out for money - and the Old farts vote, young ones don't, so our Fox bias problem "gets more important") http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/entertainment/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-5/112622004183053.xml&storylist=entertainment or http://www.nielsenmedia.com/ratings/cable_programs.html

meanwhile

http://www.newshounds.us/2005/09/09/fox_misrepresents_katrina_poll_to_favor_bush.php#comments

September 09, 2005
Fox Misrepresents Katrina Poll to Favor Bush
Yesterday, during the 1 o'clock hour, Gretchen Carlson was on live hosting constant coverage of the Katrina disaster, and took the place of Dayside once again.

During the hour, Carlson discussed a recent poll taken by USA Today/Gallup concerning responsibility for the aftermath of Katrina. Carlson stated that we (the viewers) may be surprised to find out what the American people really feel about the response effort.

GC: "Politicians have been quick to blame eachother for the slow response to Hurricane Katrina, however a recent USA Today/Gallup Poll shows among those surveyed 13% blame Bush, 18% blame federal agencies, 25% say state or local officials, and the most, 38%, say no one is to blame."

As she was uttering these words, Fox showed a screen with these poll results. The top of the screen read "Who's to blame for the Katrina aftermath?" Unfortunately, this was not the actual question that was asked http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001055733 , and it was also not the only question asked. That actual question was "Who is MOST responsible for the post-hurricane problems?" The wording change in the question is subtle, but it does give it a different connotation. What Carlson also neglects to mention, that in the same poll, asked to the same respondents, 42% of people said that Bush's response to the disaster was "bad" or "terrible" (only 35% said it was "good" or "great"). Fox completely neglects to mention this, as not only would it make the President look bad, it would negate the poll they attempted to pass off to the viewer.

Fox is not in the money making business, they are in the political propaganda business, that is obvious.

does that mean I'm supposed to like Faux programing too???

Not gonna happen.

I love CNN's percentage compared to Faux 184% to 284%.