Buyer's Remorse; The Bush Story The Press Won't Tell

There's developed a pervasive press obsession with trying to be the first to document Bush's rebound in the polls. Secondly, and just as disturbing, is the categorical refusal by the press to put Bush's consistently dreadful poll numbers into any kind of historical context. Why, for instance, is there virtually no mention of the fact that Bush is currently running between 20 and 30 points behind where his predecessor stood during his sixth year in office?

And just look at the all the press attention paid to Tuesday's Gallup poll showing Bush climbing up to a 44-percent approval rating. In any other recent administration, that kind of rating would be cause for embarrassment. But the media rules are different for Bush; his 44 rating is treated as a sweeping success.

Read the full Media Matters column here.