Most People Believe the President and Republicans Make Things Sound Better Than They Are

[grytpype]

Source: PR Newswire

The Public is Skeptical of All Major News Sources About Iraq, Distrusts
Military Leaders the Least

ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The public has
become deeply skeptical of all the major sources of news about events in
Iraq. Most people see them as either making the news sound better than it
is, or making it sound worse than it is. Only minorities (mostly small
minorities) believe that any of the six sources covered in this Harris Poll
"get the balance about right".

...

The major findings of this survey include:

-- A 62 percent majority of adults believe that President Bush makes
events in Iraq sound better than they are. Only 13 percent trust him to
report events there more than other sources. And, he tops the list of
those who are least trusted by a substantial margin (40% compared to
23% for Democratic Leaders);
-- A 54 percent majority believe that Republican Leaders make things sound
better than they are and only 17 percent think they get the balance
about right;
-- While Military Leaders compare favorably with other sources, only 35
percent of adults think they get the balance about right and 39 percent
think they put a positive spin on events; and
-- A 56 percent majority of the public thinks that Democratic Leaders put
a negative spin on events in Iraq, making them sound worse than they
are.

Read more: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=ind_focus.story&STORY=/www/story/05-22-2007/0004593695&EDATE=TUE+May+22+2007,+10:24+AM

[Rydz777]

1. Things don't even sound good, so they must be awful. n/t

[raccoon]

2. Good thinking. nt

[acmavm]

3. Oh geeze, ya think?

[Kikosexy2]

4. The Orwellian...

double-speak is wearing thin...so Karl what's the next step in hypnotizing the sheeple...

[loyalkydem]

5. The spin

is something they are extremly good at. If only democrats could do equally as good.

[grilled onions]

6. If His Nose Grew With Every Lie...

he couldn't get thru a door. What is it about "we the people" they do not understand. They have totally turned a deaf ear to the tax paying,voting,struggling,angry citizens of this fair land.

[Massachusetts]

7. Duh!

[damntexdem]

8. I would say TRY to make things sound better than they are, ...

not succeed in making them sound better.

But I'm glad that Americans have finally woken up to Bushista spin.

[tuvor]

9. Good things are good things. K/R.

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. OMIGOD! The sleeping giant is awakening!

[GeorgeGist]

11. Leo Strauss must be woeing in his grave ...

Woe is me, this can't be true,he whispers ... and then screams

MORE DECEPTION IS THE ANSWER...MORE DECEPTION IS THE ANSWER...MORE DECEPTION IS THE ANSWER...MORE DECEPTION IS THE ANSWER...MORE DECEPTION IS THE ANSWER...MORE DECEPTION IS THE ANSWER...MORE DECEPTION IS THE ANSWER...

and then he whispers Woe is me.

[Odin2005]

12. And poor Leo hears Karl Popper laugh at him for all eternity!

[raccoon]

13. Politicians of whatever flavor do that. nt

[intheflow]

14. kick