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June 29, 2007
The GOP and World War III
Poor Fox News -- there's just no longer any way to make the Republicans look popular. And it's not for lack of trying. Rebuffed at every other turn -- polls show Democrats ahead on the economy, terrorism, foreign policy, the environment, health care, global warming, etc -- Fox closed their latest survey with a real Hail Mary.
"If there is an all-out war between the United States and various radical Muslim groups worldwide," they asked, "who would you rather have in charge -- Democrats or Republicans?" This one should've been a surefire Republican pick-up. It is solely a question of toughness; foreign policy completely untethered from diplomacy and soft power. And yet, Democrats took it, 41%-38%. Republicans have so murdered their own reputation that the American people will pick a bunch of San Franciscan sissies to to fight World War III rather than turn things over to the incompetents in the Grand Old Party. Ouch.
Meanwhile, Steve Benen reminds us of some other Fox News questions:
From May's FNC poll: "Recently Democratic Leader of the Senate Harry Reid said that the war 'is lost' in Iraq. Do you feel this was an acceptable thing or an unacceptable thing for Reid to say while U.S. troops are still in the field fighting?"
From April's: "Considering that over the past twelve months the stock market is up, employment has increased and the disposable income of U.S. workers has increased, do you think the news media has generally done a good job or bad job providing accurate news about the nation's economy?"
From March's: "Do you think the Democratic Party should allow a grassroots organization like Moveon.org to take it over or should it resist this type of takeover?"
Reminds me of this Rupert Murdoch quote: "If you look at our general news, do we put on things which favor the right rather than the left? I don’t know... We don’t think we do. We’ve always insisted we don’t. I don’t think we do. Aw, it’s subjective. Neither side admits it."
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From March's: "Do you think the Democratic Party should allow a grassroots organization like Moveon.org to take it over or should it resist this type of takeover?"
I don't even see why that's so bad. I mean, yes, it's phrased in such a way that makes the Democratic Party look bad, of course. ("They're so weak and perpetually on defense that they're about to be taken over by a grassroots organization from their own side? Wow, they're practically French!" AND/OR, setting up this statement in the near future: "Oh, sure, the Democrats may have been respectable once, but those fringe wackos at Moveon.org took them over last year, there's no need to take them seriously now.") But of the four slanted questions, that one stands out from the rest in having a "right" answer that's much less obvious: I'm pretty sure "grassroots" is considered good by everyone except by actual insiders; it implies that the Democrats have not been taken over by extremists already; someone might answer differently depending on whether they assume the question is talking about the good of the Democratic Party or the good of the country... etc.
Clearly, the science of slanted questions has become more refined every month.
Posted by: Cyrus | Jun 29, 2007 10:24:48 AM
Why does Fox bother trying so hard? Why not just lie about the numbers? "Sure, other liberal media organizations show Bush with a 26% approval, but our poll shows him at 56%! Who do you trust?"
Posted by: SP | Jun 29, 2007 12:01:51 PM
And while on reporting...or whatever.
The great Guardian piece from yest.
Lovely girl anchor
[Brzezinski's daughter, as it happens]
REFUSES to lead with yet another empty
puff-piece on Paris Hilton.
Refused, shredded the copy and tried to burn it.
There is hope, at least at MSNBC
Posted by: has_te | Jun 29, 2007 1:12:41 PM
And yet, we still can't get impeachment polling done.
Posted by: Anhony Damiani | Jun 29, 2007 2:09:10 PM
san francyscun sissees ur defundin yr war
forcin yr reduploymintz
Posted by: sangfroid826 | Jun 29, 2007 2:20:50 PM
"If there is an all-out war between the United States and various radical Muslim groups worldwide," they asked, "who would you rather have in charge?"
If there is an all-out war between:
Sweden & Denmark
Iron Chef & Rachel Ray
Casts of Tv shows Lost & Heroes
Paris Hilton's & Ophrah's fans
Aliens from Mars & Venus
I think Americans will want Dems in charge!
Posted by: CParis | Jun 29, 2007 5:31:33 PM
"If there is an all-out war between the United States and various radical Muslim groups worldwide," they asked, "who would you rather have in charge?"
If there is an all-out war between:
Sweden & Denmark
Iron Chef & Rachel Ray
Casts of Tv shows Lost & Heroes
Paris Hilton's & Ophrah's fans
Aliens from Mars & Venus
I think Americans will want Dems in charge!
Posted by: CParis | Jun 29, 2007 5:31:44 PM
"If there is an all-out war between the United States and various radical Muslim groups worldwide," they asked, "who would you rather have in charge?"
If there is an all-out war between:
Sweden & Denmark
Iron Chef & Rachel Ray
Casts of Tv shows Lost & Heroes
Paris Hilton's & Ophrah's fans
Aliens from Mars & Venus
I think Americans will want Dems in charge!
Posted by: CParis | Jun 29, 2007 5:31:53 PM
I'm reminded of a Newt Gingrich quote: "you work for one team or the other, whether you know it or not." So when Murdoch questions whether things are put in right/left perspective, I suspect he thinks stuff like independent research, facts, honesty, seriousness, sobriety, and judisciousness all work against republicans.
Don't know why he'd think that, but that seems to be where he's coming from.
Posted by: A different Matt | Jun 30, 2007 3:58:54 PM
Ezra
Keep up the good work.
Chuck
Posted by: chuck morris | Jul 3, 2007 11:58:33 PM
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