This morning, President Trump took to Twitter and mentioned a poll discussed on Fox News which showed his approval rating near where former President Obama’s was a year into his presidency:
While the Fake News loves to talk about my so-called low approval rating, @foxandfriends just showed that my rating on Dec. 28, 2017, was approximately the same as President Obama on Dec. 28, 2009, which was 47%…and this despite massive negative Trump coverage & Russia hoax!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2017
CNN’s Brian Stelter spotted “fake news”:
This is a prime example of how “Fox & Friends” does a disservice to viewers: https://t.co/ErJBOTAHbo
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 29, 2017
Maybe somebody from CNN should sit out any “fake news” finger pointing.
What is the disservice? Giving the viewers accurate information? It's literally a fact that Trump and Obama's approval ratings are only one percentage point off on Dec. 28 at the quarter term mark. https://t.co/0oiVbwV2pB
— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) December 29, 2017
Lollllll
This is an apple https://t.co/SGoVVMqEyF
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) December 29, 2017
The same is true for CNN's hourly box truck update https://t.co/6GCeDgSgjT
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) December 29, 2017
How many hours did you spend one a truck at a golf course, and the number of diet cokes Trump drank. #journalist https://t.co/ilKhmCRk7B
— Tejas Conservative (@TXGaryM) December 29, 2017
This is a prime example of how a lack of oxygen inside your bubble can do serious damage to your brain.
Also amusing coming from a network obsessing over a truck and a Democrat-started rumor that Trump would fire Mueller. #Caring https://t.co/LUsZF2h9eX— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) December 29, 2017
Stelter defended his slam on Trump and Fox News by pointing to a CNN polling story:
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 29, 2017
Since it’s from CNN we’re not quite sure if that’s an apple or an orange.
So you take issue with the Rasmussen poll's methodology and the day-to-day comparison then? Rasmussen most closely predicted the 2016 election. FiveThirtyEight, who scored Rasmussen with the C+, had Clinton up by 4. Seems you're cherry picking polls just as badly as Fox.
— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) December 29, 2017
