Gateway Pundit's Jim Hoft, who has been on quite a roll as of late, had the Media Bias Catch of the Day, Polling Division, this morning. Rush mentioned Hoft's post on his show this afternoon.
Jim compared the results of a Quinnipiac poll on ObamaCare to how Bloomberg reported the results. He first noted what Quinnipiac found:
Jim then asked, "So, how does the state-run media report this news?" Here's the answer:
Bloomberg's false fig leaf is this paragraph from Quinnipiac:
But Republicans get their lowest grades since Obama was elected on several measures:
- Voters disapprove 64 - 25 percent of the way Republicans in Congress are doing their job, with 42 percent of Republican voters disapproving;
- Only 29 percent think Republicans on Capitol Hill are acting in good faith;
- Voters trust Obama more than Republicans 47 - 31 percent to handle health care;
- Voters 53 - 25 percent have an unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party.
Only one of the items even relates to health care, and the question is in no way comparable to the one asked about a specific (well, as specific as he ever gets) Obama plan. About Obama, it says that "American voters oppose 47 - 40 percent President Barack Obama's health care reform plan." By any reasonable reading of this result in combination with the third bullet just noted, the most you could possibly conclude is that voters specifically don't like ObamaCare, but don't trust Republicans to do any better with the issue in general. That simply doesn't translate into "Voters Back Obama Over Republicans on Health Care" by any sane interpretation. The truth is that "Voters Back Republicans in Their Opposition to ObamaCare." Jim wrapped his post by asking, "Could the media be any more in the tank for these guys?" Only if they were on the government dole, Jim -- and that may be coming. Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.
—Tom Blumer is president of a training and development company in Mason, Ohio, and is a contributing editor to NewsBusters






















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Liberals lie, the country
October 8, 2009 - 14:54 ET by NewsbusterbrownLiberals lie, the country sighs.
“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
I noticed the same thing and blogged corrections today.
October 8, 2009 - 15:07 ET by jazbo"Democrats; Breeding voters like farm animals since 1962"
Future Headline:
October 8, 2009 - 15:16 ET by mattmWorld To End Tomorrow: Republicans lose Support
"Democrats; Breeding voters like farm animals since 1962, aborting them since 1973"
Accuracy vs. the Truth
October 8, 2009 - 15:09 ET by tim413The movie "Absence of Malice" (Paul Newman and Sally Field) made a big deal about the difference between saying/printing something that was accurate as opposed to saying/printing something that was the truth - as in the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
I know we can seldom expect many of our elected officials or those in biased media outlets to tell the truth, but I would really like for us to have some way of holding them accountable if they aren't at least accurate. Back to the movie. Untruthes and inaccuracies are legally irrelevant unless said with malice. I believe many in biased media outlets are saying/printing untruthful and inaccurate things with malice. Does any jurisdiction's legal system agree?
Stop federal judges from foisting their notions of "fairness" on the States. Amend the 14th Amendment! - tim413
tim413
October 8, 2009 - 15:18 ET by MrShyYES. And...
I also believe many (and I mean, many) in biased media outlets are NOT saying/printing TRUTHful and accurate things with malice.
Slanted....
October 8, 2009 - 15:17 ET by solo4357The reporter's name is John Salant... which sounds similar to "slant" The extra "A" is for A**.
solo
October 8, 2009 - 15:19 ET by MrShyHahaha..... :)
TO QUOTE JOE WILSON
October 8, 2009 - 15:20 ET by LEWIS IN COLORADO"YOU LIE !' I went to bloomberg and have seen the ap/yahoo article----There is no doubt in my mind that there is INTENTIONAL lying------I am sick and tired of "spin-disingenuous"--a lie is a lie !!
Mostly Specious Media Strikes Again.
October 8, 2009 - 15:26 ET by pbthinkerThe beauty of these guys is they're so blatant about it. Gone are the days when Conservatives knew the MSM was biased but it was so subtle some people just didn't see it, or let it slide. Now, it's so blatant that people are really getting disgusted.
Can you imagine the media if Fox starts getting 6 to 7 million viewers a night?
Election 2008-God's way of showing us that elections count.
Can you imagine the media
October 8, 2009 - 15:53 ET by Dan The Man 2Can you imagine the media if Fox starts getting 6 to 7 million viewers a night?
Thats fine but, the airwave networks dominate the market and their viewers are the ones we need to influence.
Know how to keep a Troll in suspense? Ill tell ya in the morning.
Mind boggling
October 8, 2009 - 15:48 ET by QueenMumThe only thing I can think of to say about this is: "What a tangled web." Kudos to Kroft for "translating".
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
- P.J. O'Rourke
Nobody believes a thing the
October 8, 2009 - 16:10 ET by nadadhimmiNobody believes a thing the msm says anymore. It's funny to see "authorities" quote msm sources to back up their point. Both are trusted much, much less than used car salesmen. At least, when you give a car salesman money, you get a car. When you give a politician money, all you get in return is their derision.
Dems have a super majority,
October 8, 2009 - 17:11 ET by Six String SpiffDems have a super majority, the whithouse, and the Courts.
Somehow Republicans are in trouble?
The country is awake finally. All we have to do it watch them drive off of a cliff. I believe we have the next election in the bag.