News Comment #8 —10.25.12
Obama is fighting facts, according to FoxNews.com. They claim Obama’s holding onto to an imaginary lead, and realistically, Romney is taking over. I think the throw-away lead is pretty good. It says lays the groundwork for the rest of the article, which I think is what it’s supposed to do. The picture is of Obama with quite a few women in the background, which ties in to the part of the article that claims Romney has made an amazing recovery from 40% approval of women, to 49%–overcoming Obama’s original 56% approval. The rest of the article is more banter about campaign swings. Back and Forth, never ending. I think the article is newsworthy because of the election coming up in two weeks, and I think it’s good for people to see where the polls are at periodically. However accurate or inaccurate the polls may be.
October 28th, 2012 at 12:23 PM
Better, Jordan. Provide a link to the story. I remember seeing a similar story, but didn’t read it. You make an interesting observation: the story and image can reinforce each other. It’s funny how people selectively pay attention to polls.