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Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting

Follow the Bouncing Bush—We Have Another Winner! (6/15/06) by Greg Sargent. In an "absurd example...of the media straining for whatever scrap of evidence it can find that President Bush is rebounding in the polls," an NBC story headlined "Bush’s Standing Rises Slightly" credits the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi for their poll findings that "President Bush's standing has slightly improved, especially when it comes to the situation in Iraq."

Guess how much Bush's standing rose. One point! In two months!... The margin of error for the poll? Three points. So how do we know his rating has risen, then? We don't, of course. What's more, way down in the story, we learn that 53 percent say the decision to attack Iraq was the wrong decision, compared with 41 percent who say it was right.... So why wasn't this the headline: "Despite Good News, Majorities Still Oppose War and Are Pessimistic About Outcome"?