Williams, Russert ignored own NBC poll to question Clinton's electability

[NNN0LHI]

http://mediamatters.org/items/200706140002?f=h_top

While discussing a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll on the June 13 edition of NBC's Nightly News, host Brian Williams, after noting that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY) is leading the Democratic field for the presidential nomination, said to NBC News Washington bureau chief Tim Russert that "the $60,000 question is: Is she electable as president?" Russert cited a June 1-3 Gallup poll, which found that Clinton's "favorable rating amongst all Americans was 46 percent, her disapproval, 50 percent," and called this "a real warning sign." He concluded that "it would be a very difficult, hotly contested campaign -- winnable -- but no doubt difficult." But the June 8-11 NBC News/WSJ poll itself actually included a question specifically addressing the issue of Clinton's electability. The poll found that in a head-to-head match-up with the Republican front-runner, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Clinton would win, 48 percent to 43 percent, a 10-point change from the last NBC News/WSJ poll taken in March, which showed Giuliani leading Clinton 47 percent to 42 percent.

From the poll:

If the next election for president were held today, and Rudy Giuliani were the Republican candidate and Hillary Clinton were the Democratic candidate, for whom would you vote?

06/07
03/07

Rudy Giuliani
43
47

Hillary Clinton
48
42

Depends (VOL)
1
3

Neither/other (VOL)
5
4

Not sure
3
4

[annabanana]

1. Damn librul media. . . . . eom

[senseandsensibility]

2. Get used to this if Hillary is our candidate

ALL corporate news outlets will do everything they can to smear her 24/7. What we've seen now is nothing because they actually want us to choose her. The real knives will be out once she is nominated. Sure, they will blatantly smear any Dem, but they have special sexist stuff in store for her.

[William769]

3. And she will be ready

If anyone doubts that, they are fools.

[Benhurst]

5. I think it may be even more insidious than that. I think the Repubs

are planning to steal the 2008 election and the corporate media will resort to "the nation wasn't ready for" either Hillary (her sex) or Barak (his race) when the phony results are announced.

We need paper ballots if the Republic is to survive.

[senseandsensibility]

6. And I thought I was cynical!

You could very well be right, though.

[spanone]

4. fuggem