The Fox News poll has got to depress Democrats. The president is still beating Kerry easily in the battleground states. Then there’s this piece of news:
The beheading of American civilian-Nick Berg-by Muslim terrorists was a much more upsetting news story to Americans than the prisoner abuse scandal (60 percent and eight percent respectively), with 29 percent saying both news reports were equally upsetting.
The blogosphere understood that. The mainstream media didn’t seem to. Why? Here’s part of the answer:
[S]ince 1995, Pew found at national outlets that the liberal segment has climbed from 22% to 34% while conservatives have only inched up from 5% to 7%.
We knew that, didn’t we? Maybe someone could let Eric Alterman know.
The Dish 