Fox is a phony right wing media outlet. It wants conservatives and Republicans in office. Fox today reported that the "gap" between McCain and Obama is narrowing based on a poll. This is phony BS. Fox is trying to fashion the news, not report it.
Fox, not unlike many other news media, conducts polls and reports on them, but why is their poll so different and so divergent than just about every other poll that shows Obama continuing to outpace McCain, even in so-called "battleground states"?
Fox reported that,"the race has tightened with Barack Obama now leading John McCain by 47 percent to 44 percent among likely voters, according to a FOX News poll released Thursday. Last week Obama led by 49-40 percent among likely voters."
While CP did find that the Chinese news service Xinhua sort of but not completely agrees with Fox, let's compare Fox with other news media.
Reuters:
Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 7-point lead over Republican rival John McCain with five days left in the race for the White House, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Thursday.
Obama leads McCain by 50 percent to 43 percent among likely voters in the three-day national tracking poll, building on his 5-point advantage on Wednesday. The telephone poll has a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points.
It was the second consecutive day Obama's lead has grown as the two-year presidential battle draws to a close. McCain is struggling to overtake Obama's lead in every national opinion poll and in many battleground states.
Let's see what The Los Angeles Times has to say:
As history predicts, national polls began showing a distinct tightening in the presidential race between the Republican ticket of Sen. John McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Democratic Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden this week.
But with time running out before Tuesday's balloting -- and millions already having voted early -- state polls, which usually do trail national surveys, have yet to show any discernible movement toward McCain, according to new research just released by Karl Rove & Co.
Sixty-six new state polls since The Ticket last published this map on Sunday have seen Obama's leads solidify and moved Nevada's five electoral votes from the tossup category to Obama's column.
(CP NOTES--did you see that? Not even Karl Rove's outfit shows any movement toward McCain!!!--hey Fox, listen up!!)
CNN says:
With five days left to campaign, new state polls show a growing challenge for McCain.
Obama has widened his lead over McCain in Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, according to CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corp. polls in those states released Thursday.
Obama also is holding onto his lead of 4 percentage points in Ohio, while McCain is up by 7 percentage points in his home state of Arizona, according to the polls.
Associated Press writes:
Barack Obama has pulled ahead in enough states to win the 270 electoral votes he needs to gain the White House — and with states to spare — according to an Associated Press analysis that shows he is now moving beyond typical Democratic territory to challenge John McCain on historically GOP turf.
Even if McCain sweeps the six states that are too close to call, he still seemingly won't have enough votes to prevail, according to the analysis, which is based on polls, the candidates' TV spending patterns and interviews with Democratic and Republican strategists. McCain does have a path to victory but it's a steep climb: He needs a sudden shift in voter sentiment that gives him all six toss-up states plus one or two others that now lean toward Obama.
But don't take my word for it. You can of course do a web search or try this site which analyzes lots of polls and analyzes other analysts: usaelectionpolls/
The point of all this is not only that FOX is phony, but we must get our news from a diversity of sources, unless of course you only have time to read one--just read CP! It also shows us how all polls are suspect in one way or another and must be read and understood carefully. We know the only one that counts is on Tuesday SO PLEASE VOTE! If you are still undecided, maybe you should focus on what to have for dinner tonight. Hamburger? Maybe. Chicken? Possibly. Maybe a grilled cheese sandwich? How about a big salad and some bread? Oh, maybe you should just keep thinking about it....zzzzzzzzzzzz
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4 Comments:
From Stanford Erickson:
CNN is not much better. To be fair and balanced you might want to discuss that.
I enjoy both of them.
I like differernt points of view. It keeps me sharp. People who just play to by bias are worrying.
Stanford:
I often find it hard to accept CNN as well but Fox is consistently and by far, the worst. There is plenty to wonder about as bias creeps in at all media. Re-read my last paragraph please.
'fair and balanced' is a nuance. It lets Fox off the hook by allowing them to dispense with factual information and the truth in their claims of 'equal time' by purporting to be 'fair' and 'balanced'.
They can be 'fair and balanced' by showing white power skinheads on one side and sheep herders on another giving their opinion of, say, Isreal. Is it fair? Balanced? Yes- both sides will bloviate on and on about all sorts of homespun beliefs. Will it be factual and truthful? probably not.
Tom Thanks. While Fox likes to claim it is fair and balanced, I believe it is neither. But then what is? Fox is just the worst. I think I made a strong case with just a bit of research that their polling is off compared to all the others but..only Tuesday will tell.
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