What the media doesn’t want you to know: Obama’s 100 Days poll worse than Bush’s

The immensely popular Barack Obama with some other guy.

Once again, bias and politics skew what should be a simple matter for so-called news outlets to report. But then, poll results are never simple or straightforward when you have an agenda.

The media is covering up the real results of polls that reflect the comparative performance of President Obama after his first 100 days in office.

History News Network lays out the numbers of the past six presidents (minus Ford) side by side:

Gallup reports that 56% of the public believes that Obama is doing an excellent/good job. Gallup reported 62% approved of George W. Bush’s job performance after the first 100 days. MSM tells us how popular Barack Obama is but the numbers tell a different story especially when used comparatively. Comparing the Gallup poll taken following the first 100 days of George W. Bush and Barack Obama is rather informative especially given the highly contentious nature of the 2000 election.

Here are the numbers for other presidents:

April approval ratings in first year in office
G.W. Bush, 62% 

Clinton, 1993 55% 

Bush, 1989 58% 

Reagan, 1981 67% 

Carter, 1977 63% 

Nixon, 1969 61% 

Sampling error: +/-3% pts

Now justify these headlines:

Gallup: First 100 Days Obama Meets Exceeds Expectations. By the way, the wording of the question is most suspect as many (including me) expected him to do just as poorly as he is doing. But Gallup is going even further. It uses his daily tracking poll to cover up the results of the 100 day poll.

USA Today: Poll: Public thinks highly of Obama

Chicago Tribune: Obama riding high in polls

The CNN headline for W. at the time was: Poll shows praise for Bush in most cases

And then there’s this one: AP Poll: Americans high on Obama, direction of US

In psychology this is what’s referred to as “projection.” Obviously it’s the MSM headline writers who are high on Obama. Or just plain high.

Source: History News Network

Tagged as: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, polls

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