Posted on 08/26/2005 7:43:25 AM PDT by Isara
Public Opinion: Other than why the long and short ends of the yield curve can't get along, the biggest mystery surrounding the economy seems be why the average citizen is so unimpressed with it.
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Still another reason may be the way the media deliver the message. Is public confidence, in other words, affected by the spin (let's be blunt about it) that news outlets put on the information they disseminate?
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Not surprisingly, listeners to talk radio were by far the most positive, especially about the leadership that President Bush is providing and the direction in which he's taking the country. But then, talk radio is a haven for conservatives who have fled "mainstream" media they view as too liberal and too negative.
In fact, when we combined the six categories to determine an overall "National Outlook" index, and then broke that down by demographic group, Republicans registered a very upbeat 63.5 this month while Democrats came in at a dismal 35.7.
Also not surprisingly, those who depend most on two bastions of the mainstream media — newspapers and news magazines — had the most bearish readings.
Most of the country's major metropolitan newspapers, including The New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times, are considered liberal. So are the two leading news magazines, Time and Newsweek.
Viewers of cable TV were more positive than those who rely on network news. This probably reflects the influence of the top-rated Fox News Channel, another destination for conservatives put off by the left-leaning sameness of CBS, NBC and ABC.
So, yes, there appears to be a connection between where people get their information and how they feel about it.
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(Excerpt) Read more at investors.com ...
We're happy because we hear the truth. Anything's better than subjecting yourself to the nattering nabobs of negitavism and their Hate America leftist agenda day after day.
During the XXX-42 maladministration I was angry because I heard the truth.
Rush has just mentioned about this article.
We can all think of a few brain dead morons we know personally, who think the old media is on the level.
In my experience with these people two gems come to mind.
1) One of them told me he couldn't vote for Bush because
"you know I'm a retired steel worker and Bush passed a law that put THREE MILLION steel workers out of work.
2) Another told me jane fonda was just a kid in her Hanoi trip days, "She didn't know what she was doing.".
Neither of these guys gets any new mdia news.
Both of course are depressed about the economy.
"Conservatives are happy people."
Maybe it has something to do with conservatives being more likely to be religious.
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