Pew:
Obama’s Ratings Little Affected by Recent Turmoil
Since the beginning of this year, President Obama has signed a controversial health care measure, coped with a stubbornly high jobless rate, and struggled to manage the largest environmental disaster in the nation’s history. In that period, Obama’s overall job approval rating has moved from 49% to 48%.
So, logically what conclusion would you draw?
As Brendan Nyhan at pollster.com writes (he gives a few examples from MSNBC, whose latest poll is driving the current narrative):
The narrative that President Obama’s approval ratings are being heavily damaged by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is quickly overwhelming the critical faculties of the media.
Google Obama+oil spill+poll to see the narrative spill over beyond MSNBC.
If you ever wondered why bloggers blog, you’re looking at it. You can’t leave something as important as facts to the media. And the media really need to read something other than their own polls.
