NY Times' Seelye falsely claimed Clinton favorable ratings "never climbed higher" than 50 percent

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http://mediamatters.org/items/200708170013?f=h_latest

Summary: In a post on the New York Times blog The Caucus, Katharine Q. Seelye falsely claimed that Hillary Rodham Clinton's "favorable ratings reached a peak of 50 {percent} in 1998 during her husband's impeachment. They have never climbed higher, as measured by The Times and CBS." In fact, a January 1999 CBS News poll found that Clinton had a favorable rating of 55 percent. Additionally, other polls from the same period found Clinton's favorable rating rising as high as 67 percent, and polls from other organizations show her favorable rating has topped 50 percent in 2007.

In an August 16 post on the New York Times political blog The Caucus, reporter Katharine Q. Seelye falsely claimed that Hillary Rodham Clinton's "favorable ratings reached a peak of 50 {percent} in 1998 during her husband's impeachment. They have never climbed higher, as measured by The Times and CBS, meaning that at no point since her emergence onto the national stage has more than half the public viewed her favorably." In fact, a January 1999 CBS News poll found that Clinton had a favorable rating of 55 percent. Additionally, other polls from the same period found Clinton's favorable rating rising as high as 64 percent (ABC News/Washington Post, August 1998) and 67 percent (USA Today/Gallup, December 1998). Moreover, in polls by other news organizations -- including USA Today/Gallup and ABC News/Washington Post -- Clinton's favorable rating has exceeded 50 percent in 2007. snip

According to a Newsweek poll conducted July 2-3, 56 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of Clinton.

According to USA Today/Gallup polling, Clinton's favorable rating was at 58 percent in February 2007, 54 percent in March, and 53 percent in May. According to earlier USA Today/Gallup polling, Clinton's favorable rating was in the 60s throughout 1998 -- reaching 67 percent in December 1998. snip

According to an ABC News/Washington Post poll conducted January 16-19, 54 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of Clinton. According to ABC/Washington polling from 1998, Clinton's favorable rating was in the 50s and 60s throughout that year -- reaching 64 percent in August 1998.

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1. Seelye and "falsely claimed" is redundant. K & R nt

[Canuckistanian]

2. Ha! No kidding.

Just look at this loooooong Google list from Daily Howler, mostly about Gore.
http://www.google.com/custom?q=Katharine+Seelye&sa=Google+Search&cof=AH%3Acenter%3BAWFID%3Ac32a032061318778%3B&domains=dailyhowler.com&sitesearch=dailyhowler.com