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erpowers

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25. I Hate To Say It

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Wed Jan 31, 2018, 12:57 PM

Jan 2018

I hate to say it, but this type of writing is what allows Republicans to claim CNN has a liberal bias. Why not just title the article "48% of viewers approved of Donald Trump's speech"? Maybe the writer intended the title to be click bait in that he/she may have thought Donald Trump opponents would not attempt to read the speech if its title seemed to be positive towards Trump. However, that title would make it easy for a Republican to claim that CNN has a bias against Donald Trump.

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CNN Instant poll: Trump gets least positive reaction in at least 20 years [View all] CousinIT Jan 2018 OP

Something else Trump beat Obama at! fierywoman Jan 2018 #1

Factor in that viewership has to be weighted in his favor, Hortensis Jan 2018 #19

Ha-ha, good one! fierywoman Jan 2018 #31

Yet more confirmation of the year long polling of the people's deep regret for creating Shitler. Fred Sanders Jan 2018 #2

WTF were they thinking.. don't Cha Jan 2018 #3

Good TlalocW Jan 2018 #4

48% 'very positive' seems pretty damn good for Dump to me ... pathetically so ... mr_lebowski Jan 2018 #5

It's safe to say Republican viewers outnumbered John Fante Jan 2018 #7

Agreed, good point. But it is still way too high given he is committing treason and Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #26

Yep DownriverDem Jan 2018 #30

Did the poll correct for party affiliation? regnaD kciN Jan 2018 #8

Not really when you factor in that more Republicans probably watched than Democrats. Drunken Irishman Jan 2018 #9

Both Were Trump erpowers Jan 2018 #29

CNN hasnt had the best luck with polls lately Johndoe2150 Jan 2018 #6

Okay then. C Moon Jan 2018 #13

LOL Skittles Jan 2018 #14

Fox News polls rock. :/ C Moon Jan 2018 #15

You do realize that the national polls in 2016 were more accurate than in 2012 right? mythology Jan 2018 #21

What??? Where do you get that from? parkerMcDavis Jan 2018 #27

HRC Got 3 Million More Votes ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #28

Welcome Back to DU! nt RandiFan1290 Jan 2018 #22

The national polls were dead on, the voter suppression states were off uponit7771 Jan 2018 #23

He's melting faster than the glaciers torius Jan 2018 #10

Yep. Trump lost ground with that speech. nt SunSeeker Jan 2018 #11

Teleprompter trump Cha Jan 2018 #17

Droning Dotard. SunSeeker Jan 2018 #18

So much winning RainCaster Jan 2018 #12

Bwa ha ha ha Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2018 #16

What fraction of Americans watched? struggle4progress Jan 2018 #20

FYI - in Don's world it's "bad ratings" not "least positive reaction." Vinca Jan 2018 #24

I Hate To Say It erpowers Jan 2018 #25

And that is just for the people that watched. Hah! LiberalFighter Jan 2018 #32

From the Bard The Wizard Jan 2018 #33