TheThing the Electorate Knows

Now that the media has admitted it was favorably reporting for Obama in the election, John Ziegler is attempting to find out just how much impact media bias had for Obama. Using the Zogby Polling firm, a bunch of people were asked some question concerning politics and politicians. Some of the results are as follows.

When asked which candidate said they could "see Russia from their house," 87% chose Palin, although the quote actually is attributed to Saturday Night Live's Tina Fey during her portrayal of Palin during the campaign

Nearly half (47%) did not know that Biden was the one who predicted Obama would be tested by a generated international crisis during his first six months as President.

Interesting. An SNL joke is mistaken for fact and a no-kidding real-life potential situation is unknown by the majority. Or, a non-gaffe is attributed to the person who said no such thing and a real gaffe is shrugged off. Another example.

[94%] of Obama voters correctly identified Palin as the candidate with a pregnant teenage daughter.


57% of Obama voters were unable to correctly answer that Democrats controlled both the House and the Senate.

Wow, that is either a condemnation of a voyeuristic country or a round indictment of what the media feeds people as important to making a p0litical decision. I find it uncomfortable how much people know about Palin and how little they know about Obama and Biden due to media coverage. Watch as Tom Brokaw and Charlie Rose attempt a little CYA on media bias. To his credit, I think Brokaw saw this coming for the past year. He was instrumental in having Olbermann relieved of anchor duties as MSNBC. But, the damage has been done.