Joe Cooper
2016-01-06 16:51:11 UTC
Network news outlets conduct their own polls. They also bury the poll
results when they don't like them. On PBS on Jan. 1, liberal pundit Mark
Shields brought some very bad news for the left. The NBC News/Wall Street
Journal poll found 73 percent say they want the next president to take a
different approach from President Obama's.
So NBC, both the creator of the poll and a relentless cheerleader of
Obama, chose not to air that bombshell. Instead, they buried it deep in
an article on the "Meet the Press" website. "This will become a high
hurdle for the Democrats at some stage of the 2016 election," Democratic
pollster Fred Yang declared in that piece.
So what did they pluck out of their December polling to report instead?
Take a look.
Dec. 10: "Nightly News" anchor Lester Holt promoted "brand-new" results
that 57 percent of America opposed Donald Trump's notion to ban
(temporarily) Muslim immigration to America. On screen, a graphic showed
it was 57 percent opposed, and only 25 percent in favor.
Dec. 11: "Today" doubled down. Peter Alexander reported "the firestorm
over Trump's proposed Muslim ban keeps raging. Our new NBC News/Wall
Street Journal poll shows nearly 6 in 10 Americans oppose Trump's
proposal. But Republicans are divided, 42 percent in favor, 36 percent
against."
Dec. 13: Both "Meet the Press" and "Nightly News" touted NBC's poll
showing Trump on top of GOP race, with 27 percent to Ted Cruz's 22
percent. Still no mention of the current president's unpopularity.
Dec. 14: On "Today," Peter Alexander repeated the Trump/Cruz findings,
then added: "There are some new numbers from our NBC News/Wall Street
Journal poll out just this morning that show Hillary Clinton would
trounce Donald Trump in a head-to-head matchup. It's much closer though
between Clinton and Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Ben Carson."
But there's no mention that if she runs on Obama's platform, she too
would be crushed.
That evening, "Nightly News" anchor Lester Holt reported, "In our brand-
new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll [apparently their polls never age],
40 percent say the federal government's top priority is national security
and terrorism. That number has more than doubled since April, and 29
percent say they're worried that they, or a loved one, will be the victim
of a terror attack. But today, for the second time in just over a week,
President Obama argued that his strategy against ISIS is working."
Holt (and NBC) deliberately skipped numbers revolving around this issue
that are far more important. Obama has his lowest approval rating since
right before the 2014 midterm wipeout, at 43 percent. More to the point,
just 37 percent approve and 57 percent disapprove of the president's
handling of foreign policy, and only 34 percent approve and 60 percent
disapprove of his handling of ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
NBC's pollsters said these low numbers on foreign policy were comparable
to George W. Bush's numbers at this point in his second term. In
addition, only 20 percent of the public believes the country is headed in
the right direction, versus a whopping 70 percent who think it's on the
wrong track.
The networks constantly hammered George W. Bush with bad polling results
like these in the long war on terrorism. But for Obama, NBC and the other
networks routinely and shamelessly spike these awful numbers to preserve
his "legacy" and to keep Clinton "inevitable" in November.
Source: http://bit.ly/1Pfa3aM
--
Obama Nine Hours Before Paris Terror Attack: "We've Contained ISIS."
ISIS: "We've contained Obama."
"Never underestimate the willingness of white progressives to be offended
on behalf of people who arent and to impose their will on those who
didnt ask for it." (Derek Hunter)
"No doubt Hillary would like to call [Paula] Jones a liar, but Bill paid
Jones $850,000 to settle her sexual harassment suit. Can you imagine the
fun Donald Trump, for one, would have with that? Plus, it was Bill
Clinton, not Paula Jones, who was found by the presiding federal judge to
have committed perjury."--John Hinderaker
results when they don't like them. On PBS on Jan. 1, liberal pundit Mark
Shields brought some very bad news for the left. The NBC News/Wall Street
Journal poll found 73 percent say they want the next president to take a
different approach from President Obama's.
So NBC, both the creator of the poll and a relentless cheerleader of
Obama, chose not to air that bombshell. Instead, they buried it deep in
an article on the "Meet the Press" website. "This will become a high
hurdle for the Democrats at some stage of the 2016 election," Democratic
pollster Fred Yang declared in that piece.
So what did they pluck out of their December polling to report instead?
Take a look.
Dec. 10: "Nightly News" anchor Lester Holt promoted "brand-new" results
that 57 percent of America opposed Donald Trump's notion to ban
(temporarily) Muslim immigration to America. On screen, a graphic showed
it was 57 percent opposed, and only 25 percent in favor.
Dec. 11: "Today" doubled down. Peter Alexander reported "the firestorm
over Trump's proposed Muslim ban keeps raging. Our new NBC News/Wall
Street Journal poll shows nearly 6 in 10 Americans oppose Trump's
proposal. But Republicans are divided, 42 percent in favor, 36 percent
against."
Dec. 13: Both "Meet the Press" and "Nightly News" touted NBC's poll
showing Trump on top of GOP race, with 27 percent to Ted Cruz's 22
percent. Still no mention of the current president's unpopularity.
Dec. 14: On "Today," Peter Alexander repeated the Trump/Cruz findings,
then added: "There are some new numbers from our NBC News/Wall Street
Journal poll out just this morning that show Hillary Clinton would
trounce Donald Trump in a head-to-head matchup. It's much closer though
between Clinton and Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Ben Carson."
But there's no mention that if she runs on Obama's platform, she too
would be crushed.
That evening, "Nightly News" anchor Lester Holt reported, "In our brand-
new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll [apparently their polls never age],
40 percent say the federal government's top priority is national security
and terrorism. That number has more than doubled since April, and 29
percent say they're worried that they, or a loved one, will be the victim
of a terror attack. But today, for the second time in just over a week,
President Obama argued that his strategy against ISIS is working."
Holt (and NBC) deliberately skipped numbers revolving around this issue
that are far more important. Obama has his lowest approval rating since
right before the 2014 midterm wipeout, at 43 percent. More to the point,
just 37 percent approve and 57 percent disapprove of the president's
handling of foreign policy, and only 34 percent approve and 60 percent
disapprove of his handling of ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
NBC's pollsters said these low numbers on foreign policy were comparable
to George W. Bush's numbers at this point in his second term. In
addition, only 20 percent of the public believes the country is headed in
the right direction, versus a whopping 70 percent who think it's on the
wrong track.
The networks constantly hammered George W. Bush with bad polling results
like these in the long war on terrorism. But for Obama, NBC and the other
networks routinely and shamelessly spike these awful numbers to preserve
his "legacy" and to keep Clinton "inevitable" in November.
Source: http://bit.ly/1Pfa3aM
--
Obama Nine Hours Before Paris Terror Attack: "We've Contained ISIS."
ISIS: "We've contained Obama."
"Never underestimate the willingness of white progressives to be offended
on behalf of people who arent and to impose their will on those who
didnt ask for it." (Derek Hunter)
"No doubt Hillary would like to call [Paula] Jones a liar, but Bill paid
Jones $850,000 to settle her sexual harassment suit. Can you imagine the
fun Donald Trump, for one, would have with that? Plus, it was Bill
Clinton, not Paula Jones, who was found by the presiding federal judge to
have committed perjury."--John Hinderaker