http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6619/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-celebrates-remarkably-high-approval-obama-not-tax-cut-support <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Times set Obama up for greatness - on the backs of those recalcitrant Republicans who failed to back his &quot;economic stimulus plan.&quot; And some inconvenient questions and answers were left out of the paper&#039;s poll package. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Tuesday'sfront-page story on a New York Times/CBS News poll, the first of Obama's presidency, celebrated Obama's "remarkably high" approval ratings: "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/us/politics/24poll.html?hp " target="_self">Survey </a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/us/politics/24poll.html?hp ">Reveals Broad Suport For President - G.O.P. Stance Is Faulted</a>." Reporters Jeff Zeleny and Megan Thee-Brenan posed Obama for future greatness - on the backs of those recalcitrant Republicans who failed to back his "economic stimulus plan."</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-celebrates-remarkably-high-approval-obama-not-tax-cut-support" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch BarackObama BiasByOmission Coffins DoverAirForceBase JeffZeleny MeganThee-Brenan NewYorkTimes NYTimes Poll TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:36:00 +0000 admin 6686 at http://archive2.mrc.org