I don't know whether to laugh or cry

In the aftermath of the election, not enough has been made of the piss poor job the press did in covering all of the candidates with the same fervor and fairness. You might think the job the press does is not really important. Well - it had an impact.

Zogby did a poll that showed how much negative people absorbed from the press about Republicans, and how little that knew at all about any Democrats. It is anecdotal I agree, but it does show the power of the press - especially when it is mis-used.

Here are some results of the survey (with a tip of the hat to Scott at Conservatism Today).

• 57.4 could NOT correctly say which party controls congress (50/50 shot just by guessing)
  
• 81.8 could NOT correctly say Joe Biden quit a previous campaign because of plagiarism (25% chance by guessing)
  
• 82.6 could NOT correctly say that Obama won his first election by getting opponents kicked off the ballot (25% chance by guessing)
  
• 88.4% could NOT correctly say that Obama said his policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry and make energy rates skyrocket (25% chance by guessing)
  
• 56.1 % could NOT correctly say Obama started his political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground (25% chance by guessing).
  

But, these people did get some info from the press.

• Only 13.7% failed to identify Palin as the person their party spent $150,000 in clothes on
  
• Only 6.2% failed to identify Palin as the one with a pregnant teenage daughter
  
• And 86.9 % thought that Palin said that she could see Russia from her “house,” even though that was Tina Fey who said that!!
  

Net result? Well, the Washington Post finally did admit that they were in the tank for Dear Leader, Obama, the Healer. And by seeing all of the layoffs happening in the print media, it seems that the public is figuring out the scam. And that is fine.

But, the damage is done. People were very badly misinformed prior to the election. It appears to have been a deliberate dis-information campaign on the part of the press - and it worked.

Now, that is not to say it is the reason that the Dear Leader won. The Republican incompetence cannot be over-stated. Plus, the appeal of electing a 'new' kind of politician may still have proven overwhelming.

But, having said that, shame on the MSM for the one-sided, slanted job they did in covering the election. Shame on you and a pox upon all your houses.