Fun Media coverage
Something that I would have expected to be big news was buried behind an unflattering title and first paragraph.
Bush’s job approval among registered voters is up two points — giving him his highest rating in the poll since November — and his handling of Iraq is up three…
Title of the Article: Dems seem likely to pick up midterm seats
Of course the election is coming and Democrats are favored, but there was a lot of media chatter about Bush’s numbers falling, why such dismal chatter about a rebound?
And, its a good thing that NBC news helps us realize that this 2 point change could simply be some sort of strange anomaly, clarifying that the change falls within “the margin of error.” What is a margin of error then? Could we not argue that the poll should be up a possible 5 points? Apparently 2% more answered favorably since the last poll and there is a margin of error +/- 3 points.
When gas prices were rising, the nightly news treated us to daily recitals of spiraling costs rising out of control. As the gas prices have plummeted I sense the coverage hasn’t been 1/10 as much. Where is the right-wing media conspiracy when we need it?