{"id":2517,"date":"2007-07-09T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2007-07-09T18:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2517"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:39:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:39:31","slug":"media-very-slow-to-acknowledge-majority-want-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/media-very-slow-to-acknowledge-majority-want-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Very Slow to Acknowledge Majority Want Impeachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/bedsheetimpeach.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/bedsheetimpeach.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"bedsheetimpeach.jpg\" align= \"left\"\/><\/a>Syndicated Journalist a Poster Child for Media Bias or Simply Mediocre?<br \/>\nby Mikael Rudolph <a href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/index.php\">ImpeachforPeace.org<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nMuch of the American media has apparently grown so accustomed to regurgitating &#8216;creative&#8217; White House press releases that when handed a fact, they seem incapable of recognizing it for what it is. &#8216;War is peace? Love is hate? Sure, we&#8217;ll buy it and make a buck on the resale!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A most recent example is how so many mainstream, corporate news hounds have yet to come to understand that the majority of American citizens want impeachment according to the last week&#8217;s American Research Group Poll. This national poll is the first done on the issue of impeachment since one done by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pollingreport.com\/bush.htm\">CNN in August\/September of 2006<\/a> (Scroll down or search &#8216;impeach&#8217; to find these poll results).<\/p>\n<p>An essay by syndicated columnist Steve Chapman published today, entitled: &#8216;Bogus Claims of Bigotry&#8217;, tosses out the grossly inaccurate statement &#8220;Conyers has, after all, endorsed the impeachment of President Bush, which even most liberals reject&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Chapman wrote these words despite the fact that the American Research Group poll referenced above revealed that 76% of Democrats support the impeachment of Cheney and 69% favor Bush&#8217;s impeachment. Independents also are shown to favor Cheney&#8217;s impeachment 51%-29% and support Bush&#8217;s impeachment 50%-30%. Overall, Cheney&#8217;s impeachment is strongly desired by a 54%-40% ratio among all adults polled and Bush&#8217;s impeachment is favored by a more narrow 46%-44% of all voters polled.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming Mr. Chapman actually is an unencumbered journalist, writing from his own understanding rather than being surreptitiously on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/washington\/2005-01-06-williams-whitehouse_x.htm\">&#8216;Armstrong Williams payroll&#8217;<\/a> from the Bush Administration, then perhaps his readers should inform him that 76% and 69% do represent a majority and whether he is just bad at math or adroit at Orwellian doublespeak, the effect is the same.<\/p>\n<p>He and far too many of his cohorts in the media are failing their audiences miserably in their responsibilities as members of the &#8216;Fourth Estate&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Chapman, the stakes are far too high. We need you. Please pay stricter attention to the facts and disconnect yourself from simply mainlining and passing on the &#8216;company line&#8217;. We would like to assume you are committed to and capable of rising above it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syndicated Journalist a Poster Child for Media Bias or Simply Mediocre? by Mikael Rudolph ImpeachforPeace.org Much of the American media has apparently grown so accustomed to regurgitating &#8216;creative&#8217; White House press releases that when handed a fact, they seem incapable of recognizing it for what it is. &#8216;War is peace? Love is hate? 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