boutons_deux
10-19-2013, 01:03 PM
Fox's Demonization Of Government Programs Is Failing
An October NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey (http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A_Politics/_Today_Stories_Teases/Oct_poll.pdf) determined that a majority of Americans now favor the government doing more, not less, to solve problems and meet the needs of the public. This finding runs counter to the Republican party's desire for limited government,
As the [Republican] party has used the shutdown and fiscal fight to campaign against the nation's health-care law and for limited government, the poll shows those efforts have backfired.
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And by a 52-percent-to-44 percent difference, respondents believe the government should do more to solve problems. Back in June, the public was split, 48 percent to 48 percent, on whether the government should do more or less.
The poll found (http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A_Politics/_Today_Stories_Teases/Oct_poll.pdf) that support for increased government intervention jumped during the 16-day government shutdown forced by the House of Represenative's tea party faction:
http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/nbcwsjpoll-20131018-govtmoreorless.JPG
These results should be especially interesting to Fox News -- long before it was championing (http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/10/08/you-built-that-fox-finds-fault-with-the-shutdow/196352) a government shutdown, the network was leading the charge against government programs and regulation. Fox has tirelessly demonized federal social programs and disparaged those they help, a campaign that does not appear to have had much effect upon the opinions of the public at large.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/10/18/foxs-demonization-of-government-programs-is-fai/196504
An October NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey (http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A_Politics/_Today_Stories_Teases/Oct_poll.pdf) determined that a majority of Americans now favor the government doing more, not less, to solve problems and meet the needs of the public. This finding runs counter to the Republican party's desire for limited government,
As the [Republican] party has used the shutdown and fiscal fight to campaign against the nation's health-care law and for limited government, the poll shows those efforts have backfired.
[...]
And by a 52-percent-to-44 percent difference, respondents believe the government should do more to solve problems. Back in June, the public was split, 48 percent to 48 percent, on whether the government should do more or less.
The poll found (http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A_Politics/_Today_Stories_Teases/Oct_poll.pdf) that support for increased government intervention jumped during the 16-day government shutdown forced by the House of Represenative's tea party faction:
http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/nbcwsjpoll-20131018-govtmoreorless.JPG
These results should be especially interesting to Fox News -- long before it was championing (http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/10/08/you-built-that-fox-finds-fault-with-the-shutdow/196352) a government shutdown, the network was leading the charge against government programs and regulation. Fox has tirelessly demonized federal social programs and disparaged those they help, a campaign that does not appear to have had much effect upon the opinions of the public at large.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/10/18/foxs-demonization-of-government-programs-is-fai/196504