The results of this poll do not reflect well on the media
A Zogby poll on the recent presidential contest, summarized by Flopping Aces, serves as a serious indictment of the media’s reporting on the presidential election:
57.4% could NOT correctly say which party controls congress (50/50 shot just by guessing)
81.8% could NOT correctly say Joe Biden quit a previous campaign because of plagiarism (25% chance by guessing)
82.6% could NOT correctly say that Barack Obama won his first election by getting opponents kicked off the ballot (25% chance by guessing)
88.4% could NOT correctly say that Obama said his policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry and make energy rates skyrocket (25% chance by guessing)
56.1% could NOT correctly say Obama started his political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground (25% chance by guessing).
And yet…..
Only 13.7% failed to identify Sarah Palin as the person on which their party spent $150,000 in clothes
Only 6.2% failed to identify Palin as the one with a pregnant teenage daughter
And 86.9 % thought that Palin said that she could see Russia from her “house,” even though that was Tina Fey who said that
We’ve noted the media’s “squeals of delight” at their candidate’s victory, and the “thrill” they get when they hear their man speak. We have observed their “giddy boosterism” and the self-admitted slanted coverage of the election among the elite media. We have on occasion remarked on the outright journalistic malpractice on display in the media’s coverage of the campaign. This Zogby poll indicates that the media’s performance was even worse than all that. What’s still up in the air is the price to be paid for the one-sidedness of this coverage, and who in the end will end up paying that price.