posted March 02, 2006 07:10 PM            

About 80% of respondents do not believe even most of what the NY Times prints, let alone all.

posted March 02, 2006 08:37 PM            

So, exactly what pearl of wisdom were you attempting to showcase with that link to the Pew Report...that the NY Times only has a 21% credibility rating? If that's true acoustic...stated that way, then it also means the NY Times is found incredible...meaning not credible by 79% of respondents.

Were you attempting to show the press is on a credibility train bound for hell? I've already told you that. It's clear the press is found to be not credible over a broad spectrum of news outlets....including the NY Times.

posted March 02, 2006 10:23 PM            

The commentary also states rather specifically that Republicans are behind driving the credibility statistics down. It also talks about how this transition in the minds of Republicans has happened since Bush came to office. Imagine that.

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that the NY Times only has a 21% credibility rating?

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posted March 02, 2006 10:59 PM            

"Most of the other print sources tested in the poll receive similar ratings for believability. Time Magazine is viewed as highly believable by 22% of people familiar enough to rate it, and the New York Times gets a 21% rating. Newsweek and USA Today get a high rating from 19%; that is also the rating respondents give to their own daily paper. The Associated Press is viewed as highly credible by 18% of Americans who can rate it." http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=838

Neither can the lack of public credibility of the press be attributed to Republicans. Among Democrats only 31% believe all or most of what's printed in the NY Times.

posted March 02, 2006 11:11 PM            

That number correlates to column four.

Those are the people who think those sources are, "highly believable."

The rest work down from that.

If Column 4 is/equals, "highly believable," then it stands to reason that Column 3 would be at very least categorized as, "believable."

posted March 02, 2006 11:31 PM            

Only category 4 responders rated the news sources "highly believable". Because the word most was used and I'm assuming the Pew staff knows what they're doing and what they mean, the best that could be said is that 79% of responders believed nothing ranging up to 50% of what the Times prints.

You aren't going to get away with changing the definitions of common words acoustic. I well understand why you would attempt to do so. The leftist press has been the vehicle for spreading leftist drivel for more than 50 years. But most people no longer believe them, don't trust them and a hell of a lot of people are not buying their publications any longer. Lots of advertisers are cutting back on their advertising as well and papers are cutting staff...same with broadcast media.

posted March 02, 2006 11:53 PM            

"Highly believable" = "Believe All or Most"

Once you understand this you'll start to understand the chart. I've gone ahead and drawn you a picture to help you understand.

posted March 03, 2006 12:09 AM            

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You aren't going to get away with changing the definitions of common words acoustic.

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I'm not. I'm illustrating for you that Pew did not establish 'most' as specifically meaning as little as 51%. As I illustrated earlier 'most' very seldom means anything close to half. Even a four year old knows this.

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Because the word most was used and I'm assuming the Pew staff knows what they're doing and what they mean

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I'm certain they know what they're doing and what they mean as well, so why don't you take your confidence in your own conclusion to them. I'm absolutely certain that if they respond to you that they will say that I am correct in my assessment. It's not gray at all. It's black and white, and I'm right.

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The leftist press has been the vehicle for spreading leftist drivel for more than 50 years.

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"In 1998, 44% of Democrats and 39% of Republicans gave CNN very high ratings for believability. By 2002, the partisan gap had widened significantly: 45% of Democrats and 32% of Republicans gave CNN the highest rating. In the current survey, CNN's rating among Democrats remains at 45%, while falling further among Republicans (to 26%)."

"More surprising is the sharp decline among members of both parties but especially Republicans in ratings for the Wall Street Journal. In 1998, Republicans were more trusting than Democrats of the Wall Street Journal by a margin of 48% to 42%. That was still the case in 2002 when 35% of Republicans and 29% of Democrats gave the Journal a very high rating for believability. Today, Democrats are actually more trusting of the Journal 29% give it a high rating vs. 23% of Republicans."
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It's clear that the last six years have had a lot to do with this issue.

posted March 03, 2006 12:12 AM              

the scales of the Universe are off, so nrmally half would be true..but, since so many people are sleeping, and cannot see..only about 25 % is true..

the universal laws
are out of balance

posted March 03, 2006 12:17 AM            

I'm just going to ignore you if you don't mind.

posted March 03, 2006 12:23 AM            

As I said, only in the little fantasy world of the left is it necessary to make it up as you go along. But it's not permitted to do so in the real world..this world acoustic.

CBS is just as credible as the Times, which is almost not at all. If they both keep racing to the bottom, they're going to get there. Your beloved AP is even less credible than most of the others. When one must weight everything they say, none of them are performing the functions of a free press. Lying press, most certainly, dying press, coming soon to news rooms all across America and their wounds are self inflected.

posted March 03, 2006 12:54 AM              

it's all in how you see things
and not everybody will see them the same way