Oh man, this is too funny. Rasmussen- "Belief Growing That Reporters are Trying to Help Obama Win"

[ErinBerin84]

We're going to start hearing more and more of this bogus meme, I'm afraid.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/belief_growing_that_reporters_are_trying_to_help_obama_win


Belief Growing That Reporters are Trying to Help Obama Win


The belief that reporters are trying to help Barack Obama win the fall campaign has grown by five percentage points over the past month. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey found that 49% of voters believe most reporters will try to help Obama with their coverage, up from 44% a month ago.

Just 14% believe most reporters will try to help John McCain win, little changed from 13% a month ago. Just one voter in four (24%) believes that most reporters will try to offer unbiased coverage.

A plurality of Democrats—37%-- say most reporters try to offer unbiased coverage of the campaign. Twenty-seven percent (27%) believe most reporters are trying to help Obama and 21% in Obama’s party think reporters are trying to help McCain.

Among Republicans, 78% believe reporters are trying to help Obama and 10% see most offering unbiased coverage.

As for unaffiliated voters, 50% see a pro-Obama bias and 21% see unbiased coverage. Just 12% of those not affiliated with either major party believe the reporters are trying to help McCain.

In a more general sense, 45% say that most reporters would hide information if it hurt the candidate they wanted to win. Just 30% disagree and 25% are not sure. Democrats are evenly divided as to whether a reporter would release such information while Republicans and unaffiliated voters have less confidence in the reporters.

Republicans and unaffiliated voters are more likely to trust campaign information from family and friends than from reporters. Democrats are evenly divided as to who they would trust more.

A separate survey released this morning also found that 50% of voters believe most reporters want to make the economy seem worse than it is. A plurality believes that the media has also tried to make the war in Iraq appear worse that it really is.

A survey conducted earlier this year found that 30% of voters believe having a friendly reporter is more valuable than raising a lot of campaign contributions. Twenty-nine percent (29%) believe contributions are more important and 40% are not sure.

These results are consistent with earlier surveys finding that large segments of the population believe the media is biased It is also clear that voters select their news sources in a partisan manner. During Election 2004, CNN viewers heavily favored John Kerry while Fox Fans preferred George W. Bush.

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[babylonsister]

1. Up is down, left is right, this is so farfetched. Yea, this sure looks

like Obama is favored: :eyes:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=103&topic_id=372104&mesg_id=372104

[Kierkegaard]

13. I'm so hoping for and looking forward to that loud popping sound

when the American people will pull their collective heads out of their a**es.

[chelsea0011]

2. All this proves is that the most don't read or watch differing newscasts.

They are all Faux dittoheads. And MSM media still calls McCain the straight talk express. They will never stop that nonsense.

[DU9598]

12. Also proves

To me this also proves that 51 percent likely believe that reporters are helping McCain win. It is all how the headline is written.

[saltpoint]

3. How odd that if a Democrat is ascendant, the "liberal media" are complicit.

We didn't hear any reports that reporters were helping George W. Bush cover up the deception about weapons of mass destruction some years ago.

[BridgeTheGap]

4. The "liberal media" is back! After their capitulation and cow towing to Bush

for 7 years, one must assume that the media has gone through some sort of transformation and now sees the light. ;->

[zanne]

9. I noticed the overnight change in the media immediately after Bush was elected.

They let us know there was a new sheriff in town immediately after the Supreme Court gave it to Bush. I suddenly felt like I was living on another planet.

[asjr]

5. If the lineup on the "news" channels this

morning is an indication it is the "liberal" media that is in Obama's court it is a lie. I have rarely seen so many Republicans on all channels this day. Jindal, Card and many others. AND, Mika on MSNBC made me throw up my breakfast.

[whistle]

6. Time for this independent non-partisan research company to turn in

...its business licenses. Rasmussen has always favored republicans

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

7. I hear it more from Faux News, even from Juan Williams who disgusts me...

He was battling Greta Van Sustren about the media and Obama foreign policy trip. She kept restating that Obama *did not* invite the press; they invited themselves. And still Juan continued on, complaining about how the media is in the tank for Obama, especially because they cover him more than McSame. The truth is that their coverage of Obama is overwhelmingly negative and allows McSame to receive a free pass.

The problem is that this narrative worked during the primaries when Hillary and her supporters complained of media bias against her. While there was some sexism and media bias against Hillary, it was really Obama who has received far more coverage and most of that was negative. 24/7 Bittergate, 24/7 Jeremiah Wright et al., and 24/7 stories about why Obama "couldn't close the deal," even though it was Hillary who supposedly had the experience and more advantages than he.

[zanne]

8. It's part of the right-wing playbook...

Do something crooked and devious, and when you're called on it, just accuse the other party of doing it. Just like "it's the Democrat's fault that the economy is the way it is. And healthcare in this country is in such terrible shape, not because of Republicans, but trial lawyers."

[DainBramaged]

10. America- "Belief Growing That Reporters are Trying to Help Gramps McSame Win"

Rasmessin is just fucking nuts. Who are they asking, mouthbreathers at a strip club?

[wurzel]

11. By covering Obama the MSM is doing McCain a huge favor.

They can keep the public from knowing how truly incompetant McCain is.

[AndyTiedye]

14. Which "Democrats" Did They Poll? Joe Lieberman and Zell Miller?