Friday, August 3, 2007

Russert's Irrational Hatred of Hillary


Thanks to the Daily Howler for this one.
"RUSSERT PICKS CHERRIES AGAIN! Clinton leads Rudy in ten of twelve polls. Guess which two Russert presented?"
We and Media Matters have noticed too.
"Russert has repeatedly cherry-picked polls to assert that Clinton is running behind Giuliani in a head-to-head matchup. As Media Matters for America documented, during a discussion of Clinton's "electability" on the June 13 edition of NBC's Nightly News, Russert cited a June 1-3 Gallup poll that found Clinton's "favorable rating amongst all Americans was 46 percent, her disapproval, 50 percent," and called this "a real warning sign." He concluded that "it would be a very difficult, hotly contested campaign -- winnable -- but no doubt difficult." In his response, Russert did not address a June 8-11 NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll that found Clinton would win a head-to-head matchup with Giuliani 48 percent to 43 percent."
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