Fake poll—Leading by much more than that. Our Country is dying for heaven’s sake! – President Donald J. Trump:
How incredibly damaging have all the Trump scandals and “legal woes” been to his political appeal? The latest ABC-Washington Post poll found that “if the 2024 race is again between Biden and Trump, 48 percent of registered voters say they would support Trump while 46 percent would support Biden, a difference within the poll’s margin of error.”
As MRC’s Brent Baker pointed out on Sunday, ABC buried this particular finding on This Week, and The Washington Post put it in the penultimate paragraph of a 35-paragraph story in the print edition.
Stephanopoulos reported several other poll findings at the top of the show. For its part, the Post buried the story on this poll on page A-14. There was no plug on page one above the masthead — but they did tout that one anonymous NFL owner wants Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder to sell the team.
The headline on page A-14 seemed designed to be dull: “Poll finds sharp divides as midterms near.” It signaled to readers “go ahead and turn the page to A-16.” It did not suggest this was a bad poll for Biden and the Democrats.
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