# liberal media now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 4, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-media-now/636712 "2012-10-04T16:50:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-media-now/636712/61 "2012-10-10T13:25:24Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > How about these? > > [Romney takes lead in 11 swing states](http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_swing_state_tracking_poll) > > [Romney surges in Pennsylvania](http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/oct/9/poll-shows-romney-closing-gap-pa/) > > You’re right, debates don’t usually affect things much. This one was different, probably because Obama lost it so badly and against all expectations. He sat there and lied his ass off for an hour and a half, and here you are, eager to tell me how he “won”. If you don’t care about facts, or truth, tell me: what do you care about? ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-media-now/636712/62 "2012-10-10T15:01:48Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > How did we get off the OP which asks what happened to the meme that the liberal media covers all stories in Obama’s favor, and that Romney can’t catch a break because it’s a rigged game? Which gives me an opportunity to mention that last night’s _Frontline_, a **PBS** show no less, aired a very well-done and evenhanded report on the life stories of both Romney and Obama, that on the whole treated each with equal amounts of admiration and criticism. Not that any amount of examples will do any good with some people, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-media-now/636712/63 "2012-10-10T15:19:18Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > How about these? > > [Romney takes lead in 11 swing states](http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_swing_state_tracking_poll) Correct me if I’m wrong, but that seems to be a combination of all swing state polls, and doesn’t break them down by state, if I’m I reading that correctly. State polling suggests a different story. > [@](#): > > **Rasmussen Reports issues our daily Swing State Tracking Poll to supplement, not replace, individual state polling**. In Colorado and Ohio, Obama leads by a point. In Iowa, the president is up two. He leads by three in Wisconsin and has jumped to double-digit leads in Michigan and Pennsylvania. Romney leads by one in Virginia and two in Florida. He’s ahead by three in Missouri, North Carolina and New Hampshire. The candidates are now tied in Nevada. So yes, the race has tightened according to the above, no doubt. But it’s its not as dire as your link name would suggest. [Romney surges in Pennsylvania](http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/oct/9/poll-shows-romney-closing-gap-pa/) > [@](#): > > A Siena Research Institute Poll on Tuesday showed the Republican nominee trailing Mr. Obama by only three percentage points, 43 percent to 40 percent, in the Keystone State. Other polls prior to the debate had shown Mr. Obama with as much as a 12-point lead. This would be more informative if the article compared Siena’s polling now with their earlier polls, instead of “[o]ther polls.” Also, the Siena poll’s Pennsylvania result contradicts the Rasmussen poll. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-media-now/636712/64 "2012-10-10T17:03:03Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > How about these? > > [Romney takes lead in 11 swing states](http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_swing_state_tracking_poll) > > [Romney surges in Pennsylvania](http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/oct/9/poll-shows-romney-closing-gap-pa/) > > You’re right, debates don’t usually affect things much. This one was different, probably because Obama lost it so badly and against all expectations. Good lord! How did the librul media let those stories slip through! I’m calling Stephanopolis! Heads will roll! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-media-now/636712/65 "2012-10-10T17:16:05Z")
[Actually, the mainstream media appear to be biased **against** Obama.](http://jimromenesko.com/2012/08/06/campaign-coverage-and-liberal-media-bias/) ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-media-now/636712/66 "2012-10-10T19:11:22Z")
At the moment, I’d actually say that’s true, although it will pass in a week or less. The media just smells blood in the water. They are Obama’s sharks, but they are still sharks and if he’s the one bleeding… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-media-now/636712/67 "2012-10-10T21:40:48Z")
Sorta understand that, got a dog tries to bite me when he’s drunk. But he’s too lazy to get up and walk over, so it kinda works. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-media-now/636712.md?page=3)