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September 4, 2008

Rasmussen: By 10-to-1 Public Says Reporters 'Trying to Hurt Palin'

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2008-09-04-FNC-SRBH-GrRas.jpgVoters are seeing the reporting from the media as it really is - biased - with an anti-GOP/Pro-Obama tilt:

[...] "Over half of U.S. voters (51%) think reporters are trying to hurt Sarah Palin with their news coverage, and 24% say those stories make them more likely to vote for Republican presidential candidate John McCain in November," Rasmussen Reports announced Thursday in posting survey results which determined "just five percent (5%) think reporters are trying to help her with their coverage, while 35 percent believe reporters are providing unbiased coverage." In Thursday's "Grapevine" segment, FNC's Brit Hume highlighted the findings from the poll of 1,000 "likely voters."

By wide margins, more Republicans, Democrats and unaffiliated voters see the media as trying to hurt rather than trying to help Palin. For Republicans it's 80 to 6 percent, for Democrats 28 to 4 percent (with 57 percent believing reporting is unbiased) and for unaffiliated voters it's 49 to 5 percent.

[...] The public also recognizes the media's pro-Obama tilt...

Posted by Abdul at September 4, 2008 7:52 PM



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