CNSNews.com editor in chief Terry Jeffrey merges two of his favorite interests — hating Obama and cherry–picking Gallup poll data for anti-Obama tidbits — for a Dec. 28 article carrying the headline “‘None’ Beats Obama in Gallup’s ‘Most Admired’ Survey.”
But buried in the article is the inconvenient fact that “none” typically battles with the president for top billing, and even President George W. Bush was beat out by “none” on a regular basis:
In 2008, “None/No opinion” took 25 percent, bettering outgoing President George W. Bush, who took 5 percent, but not President-elect Obama, who lead the field with 32 percent. In 2009, Obama beat “None/No opinion” again, 30 percent to 25 percent. In 2010, however, Obama lost to “None/No opinion,” 22 percent to 25 percent.
President George W. Bush managed to beat “None/No opinion” in each of his first three years in office. In 2001, he beat “None/No opinion,” 39 percent to 22 percent. In 2002, he narrowly edged “None/No opinion,” 29 percent to 28 percent. And, in 2003, he beat “None/No opinion,” 29 percent to 25 percent.
In George W. Bush’s second presidential term, “None/No opinion” beat him all four years.
Jeffrey apparently hates Obama so much that he’ll throw what little journalistic integrity he has out the window in order to publish bitter, misleading stories like this.
If CNS ever was journalistically inclined, it certainly isn’t now — it’s nothing more than a right-wing talking point factory.