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To: Lane3 who wrote (24468)	1/15/2004 7:48:48 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793712

When folks approach communications the way she says the authors do, In this case, I have read enough of the book to know that she has pulled sentences out to try to make her point. That "review" was such a piece of enraged nonsense that I pulled it from "Timeswatch," who had posted it as an example of the impossibility of the "Times" treating a book like that fairly.

To: Lane3 who wrote (24468)	1/15/2004 5:29:02 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793712

Mr. Ernest on the case. <ggg> Bush Over Dems by 21 Points MSNBC: “No Groundswell for Bush” A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that, as Tim Russert explained on Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News, President George W. Bush beat every top tier Democratic presidential candidate “by anywhere from 17 to 21 points. At this point in the race it’s only a snapshot, but the President’s comfortably ahead.” Yet this is how the MSNBC.com home page on Wednesday night headlined the finding, “Poll: No groundswell for Bush.” And on the inside page, the MSNBC headline declared: “Barely half say Bush should be re-elected.” At least the subhead acknowledged: “No Democrat runs close in new NBC/Journal poll.” Russert, from Burbank before the taping the Tonight Show on which he appeared, ran through the major findings of the poll which determined that by 51 percent to 42 percent the majority want Bush to be re-elected. He emphasized the partisan split, with Republicans wanting Bush to win by 86 percent to 10 percent while only 18 percent of Democrats wish to see Bush remain in the White House compared to 76 percent who hope he loses. But independents favored Bush by 48 percent to 39 percent. On Iraq, by 52 percent to 40 percent, most feel the war was worth the cost, with Republicans seeing it that way by 77 percent to 16 percent, independents by 51 percent to 42 percent, but with just 26 percent of Democrats seeing it as worthwhile compared to 66 percent who do not. Tom Brokaw then asked Russert about the fall race: “It’s a little bit early for this kind of a horse race, Tim, but the President against the Democratic field. Any of them, at the moment, threatening him?” Russert: “Tom, we did the horse race questions with George Bush against all the leading Democrats. He beats every one of them by anywhere from 17 to 21 points. At this point in the race it’s only a snapshot, but the President’s comfortably ahead.” NBC’s on-screen graphic as Russert spoke showed a picture of Bush next to a Democratic donkey with this text below: “DEFEATS ALL DEMOCRATS BY 17 TO 21 POINTS” Yet, anyone who went to the MSNBC.com home page on Wednesday night was greeted with this headline, “Poll: No groundswell for Bush.” Clicking on that headline brought you to a page headlined: “Barely half say Bush should be re-elected.” The subhead: “No Democrat runs close in new NBC/Journal poll.” Despite the headlines, MSNBC.com reporter Alex Johnson’s story stressed how poorly the top Democrats match up against Bush. An excerpt: Barely half of Americans say President Bush deserves to be re-elected, but they are even less enthusiastic about his Democratic challengers, any one of whom he would overwhelm if the election were held today, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. The poll found that 42 percent believe the president does not deserve to return to office, compared with 51 percent who think he does.... Half of all those questioned -- 49 percent -- said they were likely to vote for Bush in November regardless of whom the Democrats nominated, compared with only 39 percent who said they were likely to choose the Democrat. The margins were wider across the board when Bush was put up against four leading Democrats. The poll found that former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean would just barely run the strongest against Bush, who would beat him by 54 percent to 37 percent. Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts and Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri all trailed by similar margins, losing to Bush by 18, 19 and 21 percentage points, respectively.... END of Excerpt mediaresearch.org