Many thanks for posting that well written article which puts the numbers in context.
I'm actually traveling now (in Seattle), and it's frustrating not having a proper keyboard on which to type. If I could type, I'd have a lot more (negative) stuff to say about Harvey and his show which I almost never miss. Sent from my iPad > On Apr 9, 2018, at 6:46 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > I remember watching Reliable Sources regularly, and early on liking the show, > or at least the idea of the show. I also remember Howie not so slowly > transforming into a joke, and an embarrassment. The fact that he continues to > have a job is an even worse embarrassment, even for Fox News. > > Melissa - here is an article about the poll in question: > https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_us_040218/ > > The question was something like: “Who do you trust more?”, and then > respondents were asked to compare each of the three cable news outlets with > Trump. The point of that graph is that in all three cases respondents trusted > all three more than they did Trump. The poll does not directly ask > respondents which outlet they trust more, and the numbers are misleading, > since they omit a third option, which is trusting both the news outlet and > Trump the same. > > I actually suspect this is the exact article that Howie was basing his entire > segment on, since the bulk of it is about the rising percentage of Americans > who believe that “fake news” on mainstream outlets is on the rise. I can see > Howie telling his staff to put up a graph from this article, and somebody > used some of the data from the first three questions for which data is > provided at the end of the article, rather than from the questions Howie > actually cared about. > >> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 6:00 AM Melissa P <[email protected]> wrote: >> I saw that on the show and am glad it's getting some publicity. But as >> someone who analyzed numbers for a living, I don't understand the existence >> of the column on the right. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Apr 9, 2018, at 4:50 AM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Remember when people in earlier versions of this group liked Howard Kurtz? >>> >>> >>> https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/take-watch-fox-host-howard-kurtz-panic-graphic-shows-fox-news-least-trusted-network/amp/?__twitter_impression=true >>> >>> Not sent from an iPhone >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
