Last Wednesday, April 29, I happened to spot a poll on msn.com. It was being run by msnbc, and entitled, “The President has completed 100 days in office. Based on his performance so far, what grade would you give him?” At the time I cast my vote, 280,404 votes had been cast. They broke down as follows:
- 32.9% - A
- 8.8% - B
- 6.2% - C
- 13.9% - D
- 38.2% - F
Yesterday (the 30th), as the vote count continued to climb, the percentages stayed about the same. With 348,545 votes in:
- 32.1% - A
- 8.5% - B
- 6.1% - C
- 14% - D
- 39.3% - F
Yes, over half the people who voted gave him a D or an F. Of course, this poll wasn’t “scientific.” But here’s what’s funny: Go to msnbc and try to find the poll now. You can’t. If you do a Web search, you’ll find other posts about the poll. But if you try to follow the links back to MSNBC, you’ll find a page that says “The page you are seeking has expired and is no longer available at msnbc.com.” And if you search msnbc.com for polls on the first 100 days, all you’ll find is links to stories about polls that talk about what high marks Obama has received. You won’t find a peep about their own poll, where almost 40% of the respondents gave him an F. Why do you suppose that is?
Your American news media. In my lifetime, we’ve gone from “All the news that’s fit to print” to “All the news that fits our agenda.”
Thanks for listening.
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