Wednesday, December 31, 2008
O'Reilly Spins a Survey
On the O'Reilly Factor last night, Bill offered up his newest survey question on his website, which asks whether the respondent is "rooting for Obama to succeed." Clearly, this poll is pointed at Bill's conservative listeners, seeking to determine whether they're able to put aside their 'druthers and support the man who won the election. This is the same wording that Hannity has been using as his cautious support of the POTUS-elect. That Bill would lift Sean's syntax for his own poll is rather cheap, but the intent of the question is still a worthy one. But the wording of the question is troublesome, and hinges on the definition of "succeed." If one were to answer "Yes", does this then mean that the respondent hopes Obama is successful in implementing all of the policies that he put forth as campaign promises. Even many Democrats would not like to see that, most of them being less Liberal than Obama, by record. And if one were to answer "No", does that mean that the respondent is an intractible ideologue who can't let go of what shoud've been? Or worse, unpatriotic for not supporting the President? While I wouldn't accuse O'Reilly of purposely creating a set-up, he clearly doesn't know a poorly worded question when he creates one, which is quite disappointing for such a veteran investigative reporter. What did you intend to ask, Bill?
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