4/8 Evil AP: "The Republican president's job approval is at 44 percent,
with 54 percent disapproving."
Holy CNN: "In the poll taken Friday and Saturday, Bush's job-approval
/Gallup rating is 48%, 3 percentage points higher than in mid-March.
His standing on personal characteristics such as
trustworthiness remains above 50%."
\_ Regarding AP, only 1% is neutral or has no opinion? Hard to
believe.
\_ Evil AP:
"Overall, do you approve, disapprove or have mixed feelings
about the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?"
If "mixed feelings" or not sure: "If you had to choose, do you
lean more toward approve or disapprove?"
Holy CNN/Gallup:
"Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is
handling his job as president?"
\_ So AP forces people to make choices.
\_ The idea is to get the guy a higher approval rate.
Doesn't that make sense?
Independent of this, it is natural to assume (without
any evidence, usually) that the AP has liberal leaning
staffers, and CNN has pro-administration leaning staffers.
Following this reasoning, the true approval rating is
between 44 and 48%. |