Reply #75: Why isn't this blasted all over the news?

[davekriss]

(Rhetorical question, of course, given the Orwellian obediance of the Rovian Wurlitzer...)

MSNBC. Not on front page. On political page. No indication of numbers in headlines. Here is the headline: "Survey shows slip in Bush approval rating / Support from older Americans weakened from past month". The first mention of how badly Bush has slipped is not found on the webpage until the forth paragraph, where it states "Adults were evenly divided on Bush’s job performance in January, but now 54 percent disapprove and 45 percent approve...". If you weren't already completely disinterested by this paragraph, you might have read this as "Adults were evenly divided on Bush" and moved on. The second paragraph, notably ahead of the stats, states "The survey wasn’t all bad for the Bush...". Geeze. Nothing like the news blast of the Gallup results. Aren't we glad we have a near-monoplolized major news media?

CNN. At the time I write (4:41 pm central standard time) there isn't even mention of this poll on the CNN main page nor politics page. Guess it isn't news (though Gallup was blasted in the main news block on the front page a few days ago).

news.yahoo.com does not list it on their main page, but the AP article is still available as a major news item on the Politics page, titled "Poll Shows Optimism About Iraq". You don't get to the bad stats about Bush until the 6th paragraph, where it says "Adults were evenly divided on Bush's job performance in January, but now 54 percent disapprove...". Neither the headline nor the first 5 paragraphs would likely motivate the casual reader, who might easily (conveniently!) miss the fact that Bush's approval ratings are way down and nothing like what was blasted for all to see in the flawed Gallup poll recently! Again, thank the powers for our near-monopolized media! No need for diversity, the masses surely will learn the truth (not!!).

I could go on. There will be mention of Bush's bad numbers as the day unfolds, but it seems to me it's not getting the same gleeful coverage we witnessed when the Gallup numbers came out. Go figure!