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October 28, 2005
Ouch! CNN caught in liberal bias?
I caught this over at Redstate and thought it was just too damn funny not to pass on. Gallup did a poll about the recent Miers nomination withdrawal, and they asked folks about what kind of philosophy the next nominee should have. The results are as follows:
Very Conservative: 14%
Somewhat Conservative: 23%
Moderate: 34%
Somewhat Liberal: 16%
Very Liberal: 8%
No opinion: 4%
How should we interpret those numbers? Well, according to CNN, this is a big nod of support for the left.
On the question of the philosophy of Bush's next nominee, respondents came down solidly on the side of someone who has moderate or liberal views -- with 34 percent choosing "moderate" and 24 percent picking "liberal."
Only 14 percent thought the nominee should be "very conservative" and 23 percent chose "somewhat conservative."
Notice how they grouped "somewhat liberal" and "very liberal" together to make the liberal side seem bigger than the conservative side? But given the numbers, wouldn't it have been more accurate to say instead:
On the question of the philosophy of Bush's next nominee, respondents came down solidly on the side of someone who has conservative or moderate views -- with 37 percent choosing "conservative" and 34 percent picking "moderate."
Only 8 percent thought the nominee should be "very liberal" and 16 percent chose "somewhat liberal."
IMO, this is a clear sign of bias of the author/editor. Of course, this is popping up all over the conservative (both "very" and "somewhat") side of the blogosphere, so it might not take long for CNN to "correct" the article.
Of course, when I rule the world and have all those soft-headed bleeding hearts executed... er, I mean, if I had written the article, it might have read:
On the question of the philosophy of Bush's next nominee, respondents seemed evenly spread but with a slight lean towards the conserviate side -- with 37 percent choosing "conservative", 34 percent choosing "moderate", and 24 percent choosing "liberal".
But I've long since given up hope of seeing good, unbiased reporting coming out of the major media outlets.
Politics by Dan at October 28, 2005 02:02 PM
Comments
Is Fox saying anything about this poll, and if so, how are THEY couching it?
Posted by: Julia at October 28, 2005 09:52 PM
I did a quick search on Fox's news site and didn't find anything on this poll. They had their own poll, but it hadn't asked a question about the next nominee. It's possible Fox wouldn't cover this anyway, because I think there's a tight business relationship between CNN and Gallup that might place limits on who gets to report the polling data when. (I frequently see the phrase "a Gallup/CNN poll", and that's what I'm seeing as the tight relationship.) Fox's poll was done by someone else, a name I didn't recognize.
BTW, I'm not trying to imply that the Gallup poll itself is biased, just CNN's reporting on it.
Posted by: Dan at October 28, 2005 10:43 PM