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07-10-2009, 08:28 PM
Chad Groening - OneNewsNow
A conservative media watchdog organization is calling the mainstream media to task for failing to report the results of two recent polls that aren't favorable to President Barack Obama.
In a recent Gallup Poll, Americans -- by a two-to-one margin -- say their political views have become more conservative rather than more liberal -- 39 percent to 18 percent. Another Gallup survey indicated that 40 percent of Americans call themselves conservative, the highest level since 2004.
And in a recent Rasmussen survey, the president's disapproval rating on the economy has reached a new high as 56 percent of Americans rate Obama "fair" or "poor" on the economy, compared to the 50 percent who disapproved of his economic policies just a week ago.
Tim Graham, director of media analysis at the Media Research Center, claims the mainstream media does not want to report these polls. "I think considering that people would presume that with a Democratic president and a Democratic Congress in Washington that we would be becoming more liberal, and we seem to be going in the opposite direction," he notes. "That's not a story I think the media want to tell."
And Graham says he is not sure of the long-term effect these numbers will have on the Obama presidency.
"I think Republicans look at this situation and certainly hope that this might be like 1993. They certainly hope that Obama and the Democrats mismanaging the economy is going to make them unpopular and cause them to lose control of the Congress. It's certainly possible," Graham adds.
The people are going to have to get information from these polls from sources other than the mainstream media, he concludes.
A conservative media watchdog organization is calling the mainstream media to task for failing to report the results of two recent polls that aren't favorable to President Barack Obama.
In a recent Gallup Poll, Americans -- by a two-to-one margin -- say their political views have become more conservative rather than more liberal -- 39 percent to 18 percent. Another Gallup survey indicated that 40 percent of Americans call themselves conservative, the highest level since 2004.
And in a recent Rasmussen survey, the president's disapproval rating on the economy has reached a new high as 56 percent of Americans rate Obama "fair" or "poor" on the economy, compared to the 50 percent who disapproved of his economic policies just a week ago.
Tim Graham, director of media analysis at the Media Research Center, claims the mainstream media does not want to report these polls. "I think considering that people would presume that with a Democratic president and a Democratic Congress in Washington that we would be becoming more liberal, and we seem to be going in the opposite direction," he notes. "That's not a story I think the media want to tell."
And Graham says he is not sure of the long-term effect these numbers will have on the Obama presidency.
"I think Republicans look at this situation and certainly hope that this might be like 1993. They certainly hope that Obama and the Democrats mismanaging the economy is going to make them unpopular and cause them to lose control of the Congress. It's certainly possible," Graham adds.
The people are going to have to get information from these polls from sources other than the mainstream media, he concludes.