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COMMENTS: Softpedaling the President

Both ABC News and CBS News published their first political opinion polls of the new Presidency. CBS' Chip Reid ran down the list of Barack Obama's economic plans: loans to Detroit's Big Three--majority opposed; bailout for high finance--majority opposed; borrowing for fiscal stimulus--majority supports; foreclosure prevention--majority supports. ABC's George Stephanopoulos reported an overall 68% approval rating for the new President: 90% among Democrats; 67% among independents; 37% from Republicans.

There is no sign that the Obama honeymoon is over on the nightly newscasts, especially at ABC. Since Inauguration Day, ABC's Stephanopoulos has admired behind-the-scenes Oval Office photographs and ABC's Diane Sawyer has made Reggie Love, Obama's gentleman's gentleman, the Person of the Week and ABC's David Wright has profiled First Lady Michelle. Now ABC anchor Charles Gibson files a feature on Obama's daily routine of reading a purple folder containing ten selected letters from citizens. Such soft features give credence to those who generalize that the MainStreamMedia is in the tank for the new President. By the way, NBC's Brian Williams has examined Obama's jacketless dress code in a similarly soft vein.

Andrew Tyndall 2/24/09 10:53:28 pm

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The Tyndall Report monitors the weekday nightly newscasts of the three American broadcast television networks: ABC World News with David Muir (formerly Charles Gibson and subsequently Diane Sawyer), CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (formerly Katie Couric and subsequently Scott Pelley and subsequently Jeff Glor) and NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (formerly Brian Williams).

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Each day, Andrew Tyndall blogs the three newscasts. He has been monitoring television news for 20 years. He claims to be the only person on the planet who has personally watched every single weekday network nightly newscast since the summer of 1987. Other people go on vacation: he records them all and logs the news he missed into his database when he returns. three American broadcast television networks: ABC World News with Charles Gibson, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric and NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams.

All external links on this site (unless otherwise indicated) are to free advertising-supported streaming video of network TV news.

Each day, Andrew Tyndall blogs the three newscasts. He has been monitoring television news for 20 years. He claims to be the only person on the planet who has personally watched every single weekday network nightly newscast since the summer of 1987. Other people go on vacation: he records them all and logs the news he missed into his database when he returns.