POLL: IFC/ZOGBY overwhelming media bias

December 29, 2008

Independent Film Channel/Zogby poll shows overwhelmingly that Americans believe the news is biased and that the biased coverage influenced the outcome of the presidential election. Surprise.

They polled 3,472 adults nationwide on November 5 and 6, 2008 with a very good split of sampling. Of those surveyed: Dems 38%, Rep 31% and Independents 28%. East (22%), South (26%), Center/Great Lakes (30%) and west (22%). Nearly all (99.6%) were registered to vote,99.7% voted. 53% voted for barry 46% McCain. MOE +/- 1.7%.

RESULTS:
93.1% barry received more coverage
4.1% thought McCain received more

74.7% thought media coverage of the presidential election influenced the outcome
94.2% Rep
55.6% Dem
79.3% Men
70.2% Women

Overall unreliable
80% TV
84% Radio

72.6% believe the news they read/see is biased.
88.7% Rep
57.5% Dem
77% males
67% females
73.3% White
76.7% Hispanic
62.2% Black
70.6% Asian
83.5% Other

Most reliable source of news
37.6% Internet
20.3% National TV News
16% Radio
11.3% Valid newspapers
4% Local TV News

Most trusted Newspaper
20.1% don't read newspapers
19.6 NY Times
19.2% Local
17.4% WSJ

Most trusted source:
39.3% FOX
16% CNN
15% MSNBC
10.1% PBS
6% NBC

Least trusted:
0.6% CNBC
1.5% CBS
3.3% ABC

81% Rep trust FOX
30.3% Dems trust MSNBC
26.2% Dems trust CNN

Most trusted news personality:
12.5% Rush Limbaugh
10.1% Bill O'Reilly
10.3% None listed
8.5% Brokaw
8% Hannity
6.9% Olbermann
6.6% Williams
6.3% Maddow

Least trusted:
0.6% Elisabeth Hasselbeck (How is she considered a news source?)
1.6% Colbert
1.9% Matthews
2.1% Stephanopoulos

Most trusted news personality:
­14.2% Dem Keith Olbermann
29.2% Rep Rush Limbaugh

Don't think media giving a true representation of Iraq
73% overall
90% Rep
55.6% Dem

So 73% believe there is media bias in general, 75% thought media bias influenced the outcome of the presidential election and 93% thought barry got more coverage.

Sure doesn't get a lot clearer than that or folks who need stats to point out the obvious.

Quote to the day: "I think he's sexually attracted to me!"

October 26, 2008
Joy Behar was on Larry King discussing the election. She sure has made had a lot of press lately. Larry played a videotape from The View.

BEHAR: When he comes on the show, when he is backstage with us, he's a lot of fun. The John McCain that I'm seeing now is not the same guy that I see backstage. He's not!

HASSELBECK: He's a dignified figure in the Senate! Barack Obama is so far left.

BARBARA WALTERS: Elisabeth, do you ever, ever doubt anything about the Republicans? Do you ever doubt what you're saying -- what?

HASSELBECK: Sure. I've sat here and talked about Rush Limbaugh. I actually -- when Barack Obama gave his speech, and I've said this...

BEHAR: He's not a Republican.

BEHAR: He's a terrorist. Rush Limbaugh is a terrorist! You heard it here, ladies and gentlemen!

HASSELBECK: Barack Obama actually potentially could have had my vote after his speech at the DNC...

BEHAR: Oh, come on.
HASSELBECK: You don't believe me?
BEHAR: No, I don't.
HASSELBECK: Call me a liar then, Joy.
BEHAR: I don't think you're lying, I think you're delusional...
HASSELBECK: ... the first person to say -- I was not delusional!

Interesting. I wonder if Walters has ever doubted what barry's says. I bet she hasn't even looked at him with her once sharp professional journalist's eye. Now she's just in love. I remember her kissing the Dalai Lama not too long ago. He was amused. I wonder what goes on inside his mind. He has a permanent smile like devious child. Anyway Behar goes on about Palin, O'Reilly, McCain and PTSD.

BEHAR: Oh yes. I'd like to thank Sarah Palin for helping my career. And I'd like to thank Elisabeth Hasselbeck and all the Republicans that I can rub up against, you know. It helps a lot to have all of that fun and friction.

[Palin] has become a joke. let's tell the truth here, Larry. The woman is a joke. Look at Tina - you can see how hilarious she is. And all you have to do is quote the woman and reproduce what she says, and you've got a comedy bit.

So if they start to spotlight you and make fun of you, the comedians, that means that your campaign is a joke. That's why they can't do it to Obama so easily, because he's really not that funny. He's not a joke. There is nothing to make fun of with the guy. It's very hard.

This is called obamerism. The joke? All the obamerized masses, of which she is one, believe his every word. I find it very sad. Imagine what he will do to all the people who have put their hope in him? The world? And he ends up exposed a fraud? What are they going to do when the MSM can't hold back the truth anymore? Brian Williams and Tom Brokaw are a shame to the profession. They are as impartial as Behar and Walters except they are suposed to be real journalists...impartial and conveyers of the whole truth. They can't even begin to know who barry - nor do they care. Now she moves on to O'Reilly. See here for his appearance on The View.

BEHAR: I think O'Reilly is -- you know what, Larry? I think he's sexually attracted to me. That's all I have to say.

You know, I have to say something about this, seriously. Now I liked McCain. I always liked him. But before he was in the position of running, before he became the desperado that he is, he was a much more amiable guy. And you've got a glimpse of it on those Alfred Smith -- that Alfred Smith night. I thought he was very amiable that night and not so wacky, as he has been acting lately.

But has anybody asked -- now I'm a big girl -- a big therapy freak, OK? I believe in psychotherapy, the talking cure. This guy was in a -- in the Hanoi Hilton for five years. They broke his arms. They burnt him. They hurt him. Then he was in four or five plane crashes, I heard, too, right? Am I right about that?

KING: I think so, yes.

BEHAR: OK. He is -- he could be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, that he is now...

KING: All this time later?

BEHAR: What? Yes. Because it could be triggered. If it hasn't been treated in the initial incident, it could be triggered. And the election is making it -- I think it's triggering it off, especially when you're so behind in the polls.

The guy is getting upset. He keeps saying the same things, "my friends," "my friends," "my friends," "my friends." What is wrong with him? Why does he keep saying that? And who are these friends anyway?

[What about Ladies and Gentleman? or barry's The American People?]

BEHAR: "Joe the Plumber," "my friends," "I'm a maverick," I mean, all of these like buzzwords. He just keeps, you know, saying the same thing over and over again. That could be PTSD.

KING: Who is going to win the election, Dr. Behar?

(LAUGHTER) BEHAR: Well, I think that Obama will win. I'm hoping that he will win. I think that we need it very much. And I will do what I can to help him, as you may have noticed.

I don't usually do this. I don't usually come out strongly for a candidate. But this time I just feel strongly about it. I was strong about Hillary, too. But then when she didn't make it, then I threw my weight behind him. And I think it would be great for the country.

I don't recall her vocality for Senator Clinton, do you? She certainly has had no problem ridiculing her to help barry. And most definitely has been all over Mr Bill for not supporting obama when obama never bothered to call him. "He was busy."

Quote of the day: "He's a Communist!"

October 22, 2008
The View
Bill O'Reilly takes on the Viewbots. Elisabeth must have looked forward to work for once having some back up. It's only fair. (She's going to Florida to introduce Gov Palin this weekend.) I enjoyed the body language. Look how he is turned away from Sherri - clearly finding Joy to be his biggest threat. I forget how much space he takes up outside his words. I find it curious that Whoopi was "sick". A few snippets. Video courtesy of ExFilms.

O': "He's a Communist!" The crowd doesn't like it. Check out tabloidist Walters. "Lighten up! This is The View - this isn't 60 Minutes!" I don't think they realized he was putting them down.

BEHAR: "It's about name-calling today." And Elisabeth? "You know what a 'red flag' that is - Commie in this country."

O': "Did I offend?...He's a socialist, not a Communist...I'm not a partisan...You take it way too seriously. Your name is Joy, you should be joyful!"

WALTERS: "Can I go on about you instead of you picking on us?" Now she gets a glimpse of what Elisabeth feels everyday.

O' to Sherri: "I love you, by the way."

SHERRI: "I'm gonna get all emotional."

WALTERS: "Kiss of death."

BEHAR: "She's not on your side, Bill."

O': "I don't have a side."

BEHAR: "Yes, you do! You're on FOX TV- you have a side."

O': "I don't have a view" and he makes the cross sign with his fingers. And then BEHAR wants to know why Olbermann hates him and grabs his arm. He says "She's grabbing me!" and that"everyone hates me." BEHAR: "I don't hate you. I dislike you." O': "they're just jealous".

SHERRI: reads Obama's quote where he whines that he would be 2-3 points higher in the polls if it wasn't for FOX. She pronounces 'effete' as "EF-FE-TE". Yes, barry and you wouldn't be the nominee without MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NY Times...."How do you feel abut that quote?"

O': "I think it's accurate."

SHERRI: "Why won't Sarah Palin come on your show."

O': "I want her to come in. I have outfits she can wear!"

Then O' on video goes postal on Barney Frank and they discuss it.

BEHAR: "I don't believe anything you say." O' asks Sherri if she's got the Kool-Aid for Joy and then tells Joy she's a "Kool-Aid drinker".

BEHAR: "You drank the Kool-Aid on George Bush for eight years!"

WALTERS: "He's (O') the same pussycat he has always been."

Then they show an altar boy type picture of O' on his book. BEHAR: "That's what the devil will look like when he comes."

They're discussing how he doesn't like "American Idol" and "Dancing with the Stars". WALTERS: "Yeah, but can't you have some entertainment?"

O': "Yeah and that's why we watch 'The View'!"

BEHAR: "We are in the NY Times on a regular basis these days. DO NOT minimize the effect of The View!"

BEHAR: "I shop at Kmart"

WALTERS: "Sarah Palin won't do this show either."

Disgusting quote of the day: "Are you going to apologize for being a political whore?"

April 15, 2007
FOX TV Michelle Malkin & Malik Shabazz discussion of the wrongly accused Duke men.

Malik Shabazz, New Black Panther Party (who endorsed Obama on Obama's official website and who provided protection for Wright) protesting against the Duke Lacrosse team and when they are exonerated Shabazz refuses to apology and says something is still wrong, implying they are guilty but got away with it because it was a rich white university and rich white men. The DNA from multiple men in her underwear - none of the three suspects - and her subsequent pregnancy and delivery 9 months later proves they were not guilty - reinforced by the DA Nifong. Shabazz instead rants about the "over 1,600,000 black women have been sexually assaulted and raped by white men since we came here on slaves ships. None of them have been prosecuted. I will not apologize for defending black women." Where does this number come from? And how is his disgusting treatment of these men related to slave ships? They had nothing to do with that woman or slavery.

Malkin: You’re not going to apologize the Duke Lacrosse team that you smeared – you convicted. Didn't you hear the North Carolina Attorney General’s statement? Did you hear that they say—

Shabazz: Did I hear—

Malkin: That the evidence is that there is no attack? What exactly--

Shabazz: No I didn’t hear that…

[Blah blah blah He says he is a criminal defense attorney. Rich white people against the poor black women. Same old same old.]

Shabazz: “All women who will bring sexual assault charges in the future will be adversely affected by this. So the victim-the accuser is a victim here as well. No, I will not apologize.”

Yes because she lied. It is her fault. She is not the victim – as least as far as this goes. She destroyed these men for life over a complete and utter lie and when she had the chance to make it right – she didn’t. She should go to jail. What other restitution is there? And then he tries to justify his smear by saying the accused were guilty of crimes of another nature. How evil is this man? In the face of irrefutable evidence of their innocence he refuses to apologize. How can this man’s word ever be worth something?
[…]

Malkin: "Mr Shabazz, you and your so-called party--how many members do you have? Fifteen? Have made a career out of stoking racial demagoguery.

Shabazz: Let me say this, let me say this. I would much rather be a member--

Malkin: Can I ask a question first, sir?

Shabazz: Go right ahead.

Malkin: And last May of your members said to Reade Seligmann one of the Duke lacrosse player, 'that he was a dead man walking'. You're not going to apologize for that?"

Shabazz: First of all, I can't confirm that's true. Will you apologize for being a political prostitute for Bill O'Reilly, a white male chauvinist racist of a woman of color?

Malkin: You’re calling me - you want to call me a whore on national TV?

Shabazz: Yes. A political--

Malkin: There's only one whore on this split screen and it's you, Mr Shabazz.

Shabazz: --as a woman of color you should be ashamed of yourself for being a mouthpiece--

Malkin: You should be ashamed of yourself for profiting off of your racial poison--

Shabazz: --for a male chauvinist racist Bill O'Reilly. You should be ashamed of yourself for defending and being a spokesman for Bill O'Reilly.

Malkin: You still supporting OJ Simpson, Mr Shabazz?

Shabazz: Do you support the acquittal?

Malkin: Are you?

Shabazz: Do you stand by or does Bill O'Reilly apologize when a jury verdict--

Malkin: Do you want to say some of your anti-Semitic propaganda that you’ve made your whole career about?

Shabazz : What is your point, Ma'am?

Malkin: What is you point is that you are calling me a political prostitute, when that is your entire life. And you will not apologize to these young men who have been exonerated. Uh, when was the last time you talked to the accuser in this case? [Crystal Gail Mangum]

Shabazz: I have…that’s between me and that family. Bit there are sources--

Malkin: Aha. Are you still providing security and protection for this woman?

Shabazz: Well…

Malkin: For this women who has been completely debunked and exposed?

Shabazz: This woman is a victim. Like many other women who will now be in fear - and you should sympathize with them who are afraid to go forth with serious charges because of prosecutors like Nifong-Neefong whatever it is.

Malkin: You've done treacherous harm not only to your own community [his beeper beeps] Mr. Shabazz but to every true and bona fide rape victim woman in this country.

Shabazz: "I am a defender of women, of black women, and I will not apologize UNTIL WHITE AMERICA DOES JUSTICE FOR THE MANY BLACK WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN RAPED BY SLAVE TRADERS.

Malkin: No, it’s clear you will not apologize--

Shabazz: -- AND YOU SHOULD APOLOGIZE FOR BEING A MOUTHPIECE FOR A WHITE RACIST CHAUVINIST BILL O'REILLY.

Malkin: Hmm-mm. Good-

How is that a defender of woman? It’s clear he is not capable of respect. Calling her a prostitute – that’s what the accused admitted to being -- but he will defend her honor. He spews hate. Skin color doesn't change that.