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| Contributor | Imperator |
| Last Edited | Imperator Jun 08, 2006 11:59am |
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| Category | Perspective |
| News Date | Thursday, June 8, 2006 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In Washington these days, all eyes are directed to the White House as literally the center of the political universe. President Bush’s job approval rating is the benchmark by which the left measures his clout – and by contrast, its own. When he is brought low, it means they are having a good year.
This is especially true for the national news media, which can barely refrain from a collective self-satisfied smirk these days. But here’s the funny thing. Nobody looks at their approval rating. A Harris poll in February found that only 25 percent said they have a “great deal of confidence” in the White House – but only 19 percent had great confidence in TV news, and only 14 percent for “the press” in general.
Why is this so? Perhaps the smirk is more noticeable than they thought. The public can’t help but see the media bend and shape the “news” like Play-Doh into whatever bizarre shapes please them most. |
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