Data Point - Again, proving that MSM Journalists are merely Democrats with bylines - Granite Grok

Data Point – Again, proving that MSM Journalists are merely Democrats with bylines

Journalism as a toyThat would be “a political toy”. NewsBusters (reformatted, emphasis mine):

…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.

In Bush’s case,

 the networks routinely highlighted his falling approval ratings to illustrate his political weakness, and regularly cited polling data showing public disapproval of policies such as the Iraq war. This year, even as President Obama has suffered his own political meltdown, the networks have spared him from such coverage.

? Presidential Job Approval: This year, the three broadcast networks have conducted 15 polls asking people to rate Barack Obama’s performance as President; 13 of those showed at least 50% of the public now disapproving of how Obama is handling his job. Yet the Big Three evening newscasts have essentially ignored their own polls, plus the dozens of others conducted by news organizations and universities that are commonly cited in routine political coverage.

Back in grade school, I learned that in writing a story always included the 5 W’s: Who, What, When, Where, or Why?  Never knew that the important Who really meant Who was writing the story.  How can an electorate truly be informed when those that the Founding Fathers depended on being an independent brake on the Government are so lopsided in Who is running that government.

BE NOT AFRAID, however.  I am quite “enthused” that the pendulum will swing the other way in reporting “all the news” when the next President has a different letter after their name when it is not a “D”….sigh.

Just do your jobs ALL the time, dammit!

 

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