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Major Nets' Evening Newscasts All Ignore Poll Showing Lowest Obama Approval Numbers to Date

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:25:00 +0000

Matt Hadro

The latest presidential approval poll shows Barack Obama's ratings at his lowest point of his tenure: 42 percent. But the three major broadcast networks took no notice whatsoever on their Wednesday evening newscasts.

Neither CBS, NBC, nor ABC reported the Quinnipiac poll results on their respective March 30 evening news broadcasts. The results, released Wednesday, recorded 42 percent of respondents approving of the job President Obama is doing, and 48 percent disapproving.

MSNBC's Brewer Laments After Everything President Obama Has Done, 'What Else Do People Want?'

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:40:00 +0000

Rachel Burnett

Despite polls showing Americans unhappy with Barack Obama's handling of the economy, MSNBC's Contessa Brewer on Thursday touted how the Preside

CBS: Financial Reform 'Big Win' for Obama, Adds to 'Long List' of 'Accomplishments'

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:44:00 +0000

Kyle Drennen

On Thursday's CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric touted the just-passed financial reform bill as a "big win" for President Obama, "as was the passage of health care reform." She then lamented how despite that: "...there are rumblings he's in big political trouble as the midterm elections approach."

CBS 'Early Show' Skips Part of Poll Finding Most Americans Want Smaller Government

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000

Kyle Drennen

Touting the latest CBS News/New York Times poll on Friday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith and Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer concluded that Americans were upset with President Obama and Congress simply over the influence of "special interest groups," without mentioning massive government spending or ObamaCare as other possible reasons.