ABC News, Washington Post Withheld Results Of Poll Favorable To Obama

MediaMatters:

ABC News and The Washington Post issued staggered releases of the results of their latest poll, withholding from their first release results favorable to Sen. Barack Obama, including the finding that 50 percent of registered voters would vote for Obama for president versus 42 percent for Sen. John McCain. The next day, the Post ran an article headlined "Poll Finds Voters Split on Candidates' Iraq-Pullout Positions," which did not mention Obama's 8-point lead over McCain. Later that day, ABC News and the Post issued a second release with additional poll results that stated: "Obama continues to hold most of the advantages in the presidential race."

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Comments

[wbramh]

A Network run by Mickey Mouse with a news anchor fashioned after Goofy.
What did you expect?
As we know from the Primary debates, this alternative Cartoon Network is not known for its subtle prejudices.
If it quacks like Donald Duck, it must be ABC.

[ConcernedCtzn]

What gives? The story is gone.

[TinaSC]

The thought that the press favors Obama is such a myth. Every night you here "Why isn't his lead bigger?" or "Why does he have a problem with white voters?" or "Is Obama a flip-flopper?" Meanwhile we hear nothing of McCain's major flip-flops. Obama may get more press than John McCain but it certainly has not been positive.