Only half see press as fair to Bush (Pew survey via Moonie Times)

[sabra]

http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20051110-095558-8369r

Only half see press as fair to Bush

The Washington Times

WASHINGTON -- About 50 percent of Americans say the Bush administration is being treated fairly by the press, the lowest number since President Bush was elected, and an increasing percentage say the press is too critical of the president, according to the Pew Research Center.

"There has been a notable rise over the past two years in the percentage who say the press is too critical of the Bush administration," the survey released Tuesday stated.

Many stories that appear to methodically build a case against Mr. Bush might not resonate with readers and viewers.

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Only 34 percent of the respondents in the Pew survey deemed White House press coverage "about right," down from 48 percent in a similar survey taken in 2003.

[Loonman]

1. Not the press's job to be fair to Bush

It's their job to report the facts.

Unless you're Andrea Mitchell or Judy Miller.

[JudyM]

4. If * would stop being an incompetent malignancy the press would let up.

[BlueEyedSon]

2. Awwww....

:nopity:

[Arkansas Granny]

3. I, for one, don't think the press has been critical enough of the

Bush administration.

[lakeguy]

5. i'd like to know what percentage think the press is too critical and

what percentage thinks the opposite. i'd say right now that they aren't being treated fairly, they get a pass on way too much crap!

[jsamuel]

6. As Lou Dobbs said, the TRUTH is often NEITHER FAIR OR BALLANCED

[chaumont58]

7. This is another of these 'forget the 90s' stories

Is it impossible for a repuke to remember how the press corps treated Clinton for eight years? Poor wittle Bushie, everybody is so hard on him. Was it Harry Truman who said: "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."

[Norquist Nemesis]

8. I think the press has passed on him, but if there's a rise

as Pew is intimating then Bush is going to be getting the "poor guy, he doesn't deserve this" sympathy factor.

Personally, I have no sympathy for anyone in his Administration or the GOP shills that incessantly try to spin (read: brainwash) on his behalf.

[expatriot]

9. "too critical of the President" WTF? Isn't that the press's job?

And they haven't been doing it. It seems a fair number of people in this country are stumbling over themselves to trying to keep lowering the bar of expectations they have for their President.

I particularly saw this in relation to Katrina. Nearly 70% of Americans said that they thought Bush could have responded sooner to the disaster but these same 70% were not demanding Bush's immediate impeachment and removal. WTF? How can that possibly be acceptable to people? "Yeah, I think Bush could have responded days earlier ot save a lot of lives but, hey, he's only human."

Keep lowering the bar, folks, keep lowering the bar.

[Amonester]

12. Yeah, how low can they go? They must be 'waiting' for the next...

... (easily preventable) "Disaster" from the Unnecessary - War - Criminal - Bloated - Deficits - Quagmire - Torturing - Innocents - Enacture - Levee - Budget - Cutting - 2006 - Hurricane - Season - New - Pearl - Harbor - Warnings - Ignorant - Always - Lying - Disaster pResident
:wtf:


http://costofwar.com :grr:
http://icasualties.org :cry:

Yeah... "Poor Smirko. It's not his fault. Nope. It's Clinton's." :crazy:

[AlCzervik]

10. Sorry but Bush got a free ride from the press from 99 until about

3 months ago. Only now is the mainstream press corp* starting to do their job.


*not applicable to fox news.

[kurth]

11. Yep. The NYT and WP need to print up more LIES

just to be fair to the President.