Counter to the actual numbers in the polls, reputable news sources such as The New York Times, CBS, and msnbc.com noted that "President Obama is benefiting from remarkably high levels of optimism and confidence among Americans about his leadership, providing him with substantial political clout." Somehow, they forgot to note the fact that Obama's approval has fallen at an alarming rate. In just one month, the disapproval rates have DOUBLED from 12 points to 24. His approval was at 80% on his election day. One month later, he is looking at a rate of just 58%. But apparently that means nothing to the world's leading unbiased news sources.
shameful.
2 comments:
...he did say though that he could not (nor could anyone) fix the nation's problems in a day, or even in years. I think it's true though that people made him into too much of a celebrity-deity before he took office. I think approval ratings falling was inevitable. People always don't want what they've got once they've got it.
I think my problem is mainly with the media trying to keep that celebrity-deity imagine up as it crumbles around them. I think the American people are quickly realizing that their view of the "pure" Obama who wont take the same old DC politics is so far from the truth. He's already started surrounding himself with corrupt and untrustworthy people. The time to be impressed with his rhetoric is over.
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