Bogus NYT-CBS Poll: Only 27% of Americans Support Tea Party But They Sure Love the Public Unions
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 5:09 AM
We know these things for sure since Obama took office:
1.) There is nothing he can do that is viewed as too extreme to the state run media
2.) The state-run media is so corrupt today that you will never hear the full truth to any story
3.) The state-run media will do whatever it has to do to influence public opinion to support their radical leftist agenda
Yesterday the New York Times-CBS released a poll on the public employee union battle taking place in Wisconsin and across the nation. The numbers of protesters at the Wisconsin capitol are dwindling, the support for the public employee unions across the US is weak and most Americans want government to cut its irresponsible borrowing and spending. Knowing this, the state-run media had to put something together to support Obama and democrats and they had to be quick about it.
This is what they came up with.
The poll claims that 40% of Republicans support the public employee unions to some extent in this conflict.
My brother the international auditor put together this chart:
The poll also claims that 3 months after the historic landslide election support for the tea party sank from around 70% to 27%.
Yeah, right… That’s factual.
This poll is a crock. It was only published to shift support away from Governor Scott Walker.
The state-run media has no shame.
Related… For those employees in unions who want part of their dues refunded PACNW Rightly and UnionRefund.org have information that can help you.
UPDATE: HotAir has more on the skewed poll.
UPDATE: Professor Jacobson found similarly skewed numbers from the latest PPP poll.
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Bill Mitchell commented:
Well at appears they also polled 10% more Democrats than Republicans (their favorite trick) when we all KNOW that is bogus.
NickDeringer commented:
The important poll is coming in November of 2012. They will try to fake that one as well but we wont let them.
Steve commented:
The only reason that these lib-tards conduct these polls is so they can write the story that supports their agenda. They want to be able to say”See! The people agree with us, so why don’t you other non-believers like the crap sandwich you’re being force-fed?”
David Boone commented:
Propaganda befitting Pravda in the good old days
Khan Krum commented:
Sorry, I couldn’t get beyond “NYT-CBS Poll”… NEXT!
Militant Conservative commented:
Report from the traveling man: I travel alot in the states. I have contacts all over the U.S.
The anger at this poser in the WH is HUGE. The TPM is still strong. (I myself have infiltrated the Republican party as well as another). America in general does not like the direction this
Affirmative action organizer is taking America. Now with fuel going to 5 bucks a gallon and food going up too. Sure, delude yourself, the ass whoopin will be MASSIVE.
powder is dry, we got your number.
Neo commented:
So what do you expect … CBS to make “long distance” phone calls to outside the NYC area ?
Bruce MacMahon commented:
Actually, Bill, they polled 38% more Democrats than Republicans (36=26 x 1.38).
Hedgehog commented:
The Ministry of Truth has spoken. If you don’t agree, report to the high speed railroad station. Oh! Don’t forget to bring a shovel and warm clothes.
Khan Krum commented:
I think that Militant Conservative is right (as usual). There is a big disconnect between reality and *projection* of reality (the usual divide is reality vs. perception of reality). The usual suspects are working like mad to project a reality that favors their Obamessiah and the “Utopia” he wants to visit upon us. Polls like this, selective news coverage/lack of coverage, pop stars saying this or that, etc. are all part of this charade.
We should not be discouraged by this but see it as an affirmation of the victory of good over evil that is to come!
Granny commented:
This seems like an extremely small sample to base such a conclusion on, particularly in light of the fact that they could likely have rounded up that many participants without even leaving their offices. I suspect if they performed an identical poll in any town in Wisconsin other than Madison they would have gotten quite different results.
Deanna commented:
Two things: First , collective bargaining is not a right. So that makes the whole poll a waste.
Second, it states that 20% of respondents say someone in their household belongs to a union. That is way over the national average. And then it states that 33% of respondents say someone in their houshold is a public employee.
So much for the credibility of this poll.
Deanna commented:
Oops, my bad. It’s 25% say someone in their household is a public employee not 33%. Hey, it’s early. LOL
Scott commented:
Most of this falls on homeowners through their property taxes. Ask them! This poll is another sad MSM attempt to maninpulate data. Remember, there are lies, damn lies, and statistics!
Scott commented:
Ever wonder why in the information age government continues to grow and grow…The productivity gains that came with personal computing, laptops, cellphones, smartphones, Wifi, and every manner of data transfer has been lost on government. They employ more and more persons to pass paper amongst themselves. We should have the smallest government in history instead of the most bloated in our history.
Khan Krum commented:
#15 Excellent point.
Chippy commented:
I can’t wait for Government Electric (NBC) to come out with poll after poll that finds that lil barry has an approval rating that is miraculously climbing back up to 68 percent. We will be told about this through their many cable and broadcast entities night and day. This will begin now and all the way through the second immaculation of Imam Obama.
unseen commented:
Half of those on the right who complain about this poll will turn around and use a poll just has biased to explain to us how Palin is unelectable. Polls are worthless they are no longe rabout tracking public opinion they are now used by the left and the powers to be to SHAPE public opinion. Ayone that quotes any poll as to why Palin can’t win has fallen for the Left’s PR game.
This poll is crap. If anythign the reactions on the gorund show that the public is evenly divided on the issue. The fact that the unions had to bus in tons of supporters to WIS also tends to point to the fact that Walker is winning the issue. I think since the left and left leaning republicans has taken over all the polling firms we should no longer take any poll has evidence of support or opposition and instead study the facts on the ground….
gastorgrab commented:
Preference Falsification
Pat the First commented:
Hot Air has a really good breakdown of the internals of the poll.
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/03/01/a-peek-under-the-hood-of-the-nytcbs-poll/
Mrs. Galt commented:
At least half of the American are out to lunch. Scrapbooking, facebook, sports, etc. occupy most of their brain functions. What you people here (like gus, Militant Conservative, Chisum Ladue Pundit, Granny, etc.) have seen coming for a while is not on the radar of a lot of Americans.
They hate Palin but cannot say why (she’s stupid), and will sit through The View or American Idol.
When it comes crashing down, and it will, many people are going to suffer because they paid no attention and will have to pay the price. The sad thing is that a lot of them vote and brought us to this point.
eaglewingz08 commented:
I wonder how much support Medusa, er, I mean, Medea would give to a Christian Brotherhood coming to power in any country in the world, or a Jewish Brotherhood coming to power in Israel? Well, no, we know that if it’s Christian or Jewish values at stake, Code Pink would do everything in its power to obstruct and destroy groups asserting those values.
Bill Mitchell commented:
Yes, and Dems actually expanded their majorities in Congress in 2010.
Geesh. If America LOVES unions and HATES the Tea Party, why the f*** did Republicans WIN in 2010?
Peggy R commented:
The meaning of all the data in the spreadsheet is not clear from what is shown. More labels needed. Nonetheless, I have read elsewhere about the flaws in polling too many union and public employee households.
IAmRight commented:
Walker has one major problem. Teachers, firefighters, and policemen are all more popular and more trusted than politicians. That is just a fact. The police and firemen are all in favor of public unions because they are all public union members. Walker was smart to exclude them in the first round, but they realize they are next so they are siding with their “brothers and sisters” in public unions.
Walker is not going to win this in the polls. He needs to just do it. Since the police are already defying him, he needs to include them now. Bust the police public union, so he can fire all the renegade police that refuse to obey his orders. He’s not able to do that now because the police union leaders won’t let him. He can pick off the firemen next year.
Ladue Pundit commented:
These polls are bogus and Walker will win. Public unions have an ever spiraling appetite for higher wages and benefits–things their non-union working benefactors cannot afford and do not receive themselves.
If union members want a raise they can quit paying dues. Problem solved.
p.s. Mrs. Galt–thanks.
Adam commented:
Maybe it’s because the sample had a disproportionate amount of union members: http://freedomist.com/2011/03/01/cbs-creates-bogus-pro-union-poll-you-want-more-taxes-dont-you/