3rd November 2005

Tabloid Issue!

CIA HAS SECRET RING OF TORTURE PRISONS!
AMERICANS ARE SHOCKED!

NO, REALLY! SHOCKED!

posted by saurabh in Tabloid issue | 1 Comment

3rd November 2005

BREAKING NEWS: Americans think for selves

The remarkable thing about this new CBS News poll is not the President’s pathetic 35% approval rating, which is comparable to the approval of rock singers who bite the heads off house cats, but rather Americans’ apparent ability to see through the mass media’s decorous quiet on Plamegate. The press has remained unsensationalistic, keeping stories very understated and never suggesting that the President was a traitor. Yet Americans see the scandal as equal to Watergate in importance. When I remember the number of stories I saw about Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp eight years ago, I find it pretty amazing that the public still sees Plamegate as a much bigger deal.

Plamegate (11/06) Blowjobgate (1/98) Whitewater (3/94) Iran-Contra (2/87) Watergate (5/73)
Great importance 51% 41% 20% 48% 53%
Some importance 25% 21% 29% 33% 25%
Little or no importance 12% 37% 45% 19% 22%

posted by hedgehog in Uncategorized | 4 Comments

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