Newsweek Weak On Fairness, Strong On Republicans
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Okay, we're all aware of many stories that actually show signs of encouragement for Democrats (or, God forbid, Liberals) being forced through the old corporate-media distortion filter until they are either smoothed to a bland "looks like it's a political wash for both sides" consistency, or, worse.
Such as when the corporate-media picks and chooses story element (or "facts", as they were once labelled by respectable journalism outlets) to come up with something that leans so far to the right that it must be shored up with non-relative and often distorted quotes from other disingenuous stories.
In the excerpt below, poll numbers that give me great hope are packaged by Newsweek's reporter, Marcus Mabry, in a manner that changes a welcome present itnto something looking like political trash for the Dems:
Okay, we're all aware of many stories that actually show signs of encouragement for Democrats (or, God forbid, Liberals) being forced through the old corporate-media distortion filter until they are either smoothed to a bland "looks like it's a political wash for both sides" consistency, or, worse.
Such as when the corporate-media picks and chooses story element (or "facts", as they were once labelled by respectable journalism outlets) to come up with something that leans so far to the right that it must be shored up with non-relative and often distorted quotes from other disingenuous stories.
In the excerpt below, poll numbers that give me great hope are packaged by Newsweek's reporter, Marcus Mabry, in a manner that changes a welcome present itnto something looking like political trash for the Dems:
Other parts of a potential Democratic agenda receive less support, especially calls to impeach Bush: 47 percent of Democrats say that should be a “top priority,” but only 28 percent of all Americans say it should be, 23 percent say it should be a lower priority and nearly half, 44 percent, say it should not be done. (Five percent of Republicans say it should be a top priority and 15 percent of Republicans say it should be a lower priority; 78 percent oppose impeachment.)Forgetting Newsweek's disingenuous slanting of the poll in their reporting of its findings, I find the actual polling data quite startling and overwhelmingly heartening. Any fair reading of the data lets one conclude that Americans are steadily turning to the Democrats for more than just a way out of the Iraq mess. Health Care, Tex Reform and other Democratic initiatives are suddenly supported by a majority. (The pharmaceutical corps. will be writing huge checks to the Repugnant candidates as soon as they see this poll.) Before any of the expected investigations of mis/mal/non-feasance of the current administration by a new Congress, investigations that will certainly shed new light on the scandals of which we in the "reality community" are already aware, and the near certain new horrors of abuse of power by the Bush crime family that will surface after subpoena's testimony begins to flow, the majority of Americans support the impeachment of the well-armed village idiot! WOW! Democrats are more trusted, and believed to have the moral values issue on their side, according to those polled. 66% think rolling back the Bush tax cuts should be a priority. (38% say it should be a top priority, and 28% also think it should be a lower priority, but still, a "priority.") Further, as of now (again, this is before we have even more damaging info on the Bush/Cheney regime), Newsweek's finds that 20% of Republicans think that impeaching Bush should be a priority!!! I don't have the figures, but I'm almost sure that, before any Congressional committee investigations found how awful the Nixon administration was handling the reigns of power, 20% of the Republicans weren't looking for an impeachment. [/BREAK] ==========
NEWSWEEK Poll: GOP Losing Its Base - Newsweek Politics - MSNBC.com By Marcus Mabry Newsweek Updated: 10:52 a.m. ET Oct 21, 2006 Oct. 21, 2006 - If the elections for Congress were held today, according to the new NEWSWEEK poll, 60 percent of white Evangelicals would support the Republican candidate in their district, compared to just 31 percent who would back the Democrat. To the uninitiated, that may sound like heartening news for Republicans in the autumn of their discontent. But if you’re a pundit, a pol, or a preacher, you know better. White Evangelicals are a cornerstone of the GOP’s base; in 2004, exit polls found Republicans carried white Evangelicals 3 to 1 over Democrats, winning 74 percent of their votes. In turn, Evangelicals carried the GOP to victory. But with a little more than two weeks before the crucial midterms, the Republican base may be cracking. Take white Catholics, swing voters who went for President George W. Bush in the 2004 election. This time 44 percent of them plan to vote Democrat versus 42 percent who plan to vote Republican. Among independents, 44 percent support the Democrat in their district, while 34 percent support the Republican. And voters have more faith in the Democrats to handle almost every major issue presented in the poll, which was conducted on Thursday and Friday nights through phone interviews with 1,000 adults: from Iraq (46 to 34), to the economy (50 to 35), to federal spending (52 to 29), to health care (57 to 24). But Democrats shouldn’t start measuring for the drapes in the Speaker’s Office just yet. Compared to the NEWSWEEK poll two weeks ago, taken in the aftermath of the Mark Foley Congressional page scandal, the Republicans seem to be closing the issues gap—at least on the issues where they have traditionally enjoyed greater voter trust than the Democrats. The Oct. 5 and 6 poll gave Democrats a lead on moral values (42 to 36), a stunning reversal of every previous poll. While Republicans have not retaken their lead on the issue, they have stopped their slide. In the new poll, 41 percent of Americans say they trust the Democrats more on values and 37 percent said they trusted the GOP more.- - - SNIP Other parts of a potential Democratic agenda receive less support, especially calls to impeach Bush: 47 percent of Democrats say that should be a “top priority,” but only 28 percent of all Americans say it should be, 23 percent say it should be a lower priority and nearly half, 44 percent, say it should not be done. (Five percent of Republicans say it should be a top priority and 15 percent of Republicans say it should be a lower priority; 78 percent oppose impeachment.) Rolling back some of the Bush tax cuts would be contentious too: 38 percent of Americans say the Dems should make that a top priority; 28 percent say it should be a lower priority; and 28 percent say it shouldn’t be done at all.
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