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发帖数: 29846 | 1 调查发现，6年前布什担任总统时，73%民主党认为总统可以影响油价，现在奥巴马是总
统，只有33%民主党认为总统可以影响油价
MRC's Tim Graham and Neil Cavuto Compare Coverage of Gas Prices (Bush vs.
Obama) on Fox News
By NB Staff | March 23, 2012 | 22:56
On Friday's Your World with Neil Cavuto on the Fox News Channel, MRC
director of media analysis Tim Graham appeared to review how the media
covered the politics and economic of gas prices under the Obama
administration as compared to the Bush administration. Fox News ran a series
of headlines showing the difference in approach -- high gas prices could
doom Bush, but aren't Obama's fault, and could be a good sign.
Tim mocked Friday's headlines on the front page of The New York Times as
well, which demonstrated the media urge to happy-talk President Obama to a
win in the fall. transcript by Scott Whitlock below, audio: http://newsbusters.org/sites/default/files/2012-03-23-FNC-CAVUTO-GRAHAM.mp3
NEIL CAVUTO: Gas prices jumping yet again overnight. The national average is
now just 11 cents shy of $4 a gallon, but that is not all. Just two weeks
ago only three states had an average gas price of $4 a gallon. Today, three
times as many. And the media is playing that as good news to media watcher
Tim Graham. It is a little weird. I remember a little different play on this
phenomena few years ago under a different president.
TIM GRAHAM: Certainly in 2006, George W. Bush got a much harsher press. It
was really kind of funny because they were saying that things were going to
go really badly for Bush in the midterm elections, which of course they did.
But when gas prices went down in the fall of 2006, then Katie Couric did
story where she basically said, "Is this an oil industry plot to drop the
gas prices before the elections?" They just assume whatever spin that they
can find. Yeah. The front page of New York Times this morning? "U.S. Inches
Towards Goal of Energy Independence."
CAVUTO: I couldn't believe that! I looked at that and I said, "Are you
kidding me?" I mean, obviously, fast and loose with some facts here, and
some trends and leaving out the potential shale oil production and fracking
possibilities that could exponentially change the entire drilling equation.
But, that tells you all you need to know-
GRAHAM: 45 percent [of our liquid fuels still coming from abroad] --
CAVUTO; -- about where the media is.
GRAHAM: Well, and then underneath that, Neil, "Obama Seizes Chance to Score
As an Everyman," where we see he loves college basketball and his dog.
CAVUTO: Well, you know, my view on this, if the media is going to go, you
know, one way and be very kind of be soft on an issue or fuzzy on an issue,
then at least be that way with everyone. If you're going to be hard on
President Bush on gas prices and the effect, and I do remember the fear that
this was going to really disrupt economic expansion at the time and
certainly imperil the President's reelection, then, then, then apply the
same tough standards today. Now, I will say this, though, that we are seeing
some of that apply. I just don't think enough. I just don't think with the
same sort of real checking the facts, the drilling issue, our indebtedness
to the Middle East issue, I just don't think- the weak dollar issue and now
that is contributing- we are not doing our homework.
GRAHAM: Well, there is lot of emphasis, now, on how it is not the President'
s fault. There is nothing he can do about it. I mean, and the Washington
Post went out and did a poll. Is the President, you know, can he do anything
about this? What was funny was, then they put the two numbers side-by-side.
So, six years ago, 73 percent of the Democrats said the President can do
something about gas prices. Now they say, 33 percent of them say, the
President can do something about gas prices. That is a 40-point double
standard gap. That's where the media lives.
CAVUTO: Something's weird. You're right. That's right. And I'll just say,
guys, I don't care whether you're right or left, just fair is fair. Right is
right. Tim Graham, thank you very much. Good seeing you again.
GRAHAM: You bet. |
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