As a frequent visitor to the Fox News website it’s been rather clear for quite a while now that with Rupert Murdoch handing his offspring the reins, the network’s moving considerably left.
Substantiation of the leftward movement can be seen, as has been mentioned here before, by the continual presence of an article by Dana Blanton originally published on FoxNews.com on March 15, 2017.
Headlined “Fox News Poll: Trump approval slips, even as more feel economy improving,” the column contains praise of the economic upswing while also putting the new POTUS in the dimmest of light possible, as follows:
“Voters think President Trump is ahead of most previous presidents on fulfilling campaign promises, and the most voters in more than a decade see an improving economy. Yet that isn’t enough to put the president’s job rating in positive territory, according to a Fox News Poll released Wednesday.”
In this case, the column’s verbiage is secondary to the fact that website viewers eyes will catch the headline and its bold message which is old “news,” yet has almost undoubtedly been left there as an ongoing reminder that the president’s job rating wasn’t in “positive territory.”
Rush also picked upon the same theme yesterday, discussing a news article he’d read in the Washington Post. Rush said: “Trump’s approval number all-time low, modern times, new president, end of hundred-day honeymoon, blah, blah, blah. You have to read all the way to the second-to-last paragraph to learn that Donald Trump, with the lowest approval ratings and the highest unpopularity in the modern era, would still beat Hillary Clinton if the election were held today. And not just the Electoral College, he would win the popular vote.
“Second-to-last paragraph of a long story that had shown that Clinton would still lose despite high disapproval ratings and problems with his first 100 days, detailed by the paper. It says the new survey finds 46% saying they voted for Clinton, 43% said they voted for Trump. And that might be fairly close to accurate if you acknowledge that these polling results represent the popular vote back in November. And that’s similar to Hillary’s two-point national vote margin in the actual election.
“These same respondents, it was 1,004 people, “Asked how they would vote if the election were held today, 43 say they would support Trump and 40 percent say Clinton.”
“Well, this is quite a plunge. When you have in 2012 people acknowledging that the Democrat Party is in touch with them and understands their needs and cares about people like them to now 67% think the Democrat Party’s out of touch. The Republican Party it’s around 53, don’t misunderstand. Both parties are in the 30’s in terms of in touch, care about me. But the Democrat Party’s where the gigantic plunge has taken place here. Sixty-seven percent say the Democrats are out of touch with their concerns. And again you have to dig deep to find this.”
Yet, despite all the interpretation and hyperbole that comes from the media, pundits and commentators regarding what’s transpiring across the nation, other far more indicative evidence of citizen’s true feelings can be found in news items needing little or no clarification at all.
A steadily growing positive attitude among everyday people comes from Diana Olick who writes @cnbc.com: “Even as more homes come on the market for this traditionally popular sales season, they're flying off fast, with bidding wars par for the course. Home prices have now surpassed their last peak, and at the entry level, where demand is highest, sellers are firmly in the driver's seat.
"I've been selling real estate for 25 years and this is the strongest seller's market I have ever seen in my entire real estate career," said David Fogg, a real estate agent with Keller Williams in Burbank, California. "A lot of our sellers are optimistically pricing their homes in today's market, and I have to say in most cases we're getting the home sold anyway."
Fred Imbert also reported @cnbc.com: “U.S. equities got off to a strong start on Tuesday as solid quarterly reports from several large-cap companies rolled through.
“The Nasdaq composite jumped about 0.5 percent, sending the index above 6,000 for this first time ever. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 200 points, with Caterpillar contributing the most gains. The S&P 500 advanced 0.5 percent, with financials and materials rising more than 1 percent to lead advancers.
“Here are some of the firms that posted quarterly results before the bell:
- Caterpillar: posted EPS of $1.28 and sales of $9.822 billion, versus expected EPS of 62 cents and $9.271 billion revenue forecast.
- McDonald's: posted EPS of $1.47 and revenue of $5.68 billion, versus expected EPS of $1.33 and sales of $5.53 billion.
- 3M: posted EPS of $2.16 and revenue of $7.685 billion, versus expected EPS of $2.06 and sales of $7.472 billion.
- DuPont: posted EPS of $1.64 and sales of $7.743 billion, versus expected EPS of $1.39 and revenue of $7.504 billion.
On another, hot button topic, illegal immigration, Kyle Olson wrote @theamericanmirror.com: “Arizona ranchers John Ladd and Fred Davis invited House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to see the southern border from their property, but she never responded.
“But they responded this morning to Pelosi’s recent claim that the border wall is “immoral, expensive, unwise.”
“Appearing on Fox & Friends on Tuesday, Ladd said border crossings by illegal aliens have decreased 90% to 95% since Donald Trump took office.
“Perhaps more shockingly, Ladd has determined through Border Patrol data that some 500,000 illegal aliens have crossed his property in the 30 years he’s owned it.
“Davis disputed Pelosi’s notion that a wall would divide border towns.
“All the communities that I know about, all the cities along the border, already have high fences,” he told co-host Steve Doocy, disputing Pelosi’s argument.
“Where the wall is necessary is in a lot of the outlying areas that still only have a four-wire barbed-wire fence between Mexico and us.”
And, most importantly is something having nothing to do with “immorality” regarding typical illegal entrants at all: Davis said the wall is one tool that’s necessary to stop drug cartels and other criminals from entering the U.S.”
And now that major items have been covered illustrating the significant change for the better in two major categories, the economy and border crossings, both of which are moving in a positive direction under Trump, it seems that even Obama is taking his first shot at personally benefiting from pure and outright capitalism.
Yesterday Fox News reported that: “Former President Barack Obama, less than 100 days out of office, has agreed to speak at a Wall Street conference run by Cantor Fitzgerald LP, senior people at the firm confirm to FOX Business. His speaking fee will be $400,000, which is nearly twice as much as Hillary Clinton, his secretary of state, and the 2016 Democratic Party candidate, charged private businesses for such events.
“Obama has agreed to speak at Cantor’s health care conference in September and will be the keynote luncheon speaker for one day during the event, people at the firm tell FOX Business. These people say Obama has signed the contract, but the company, a mid-sized New York-based investment bank, is waiting to coordinate with the former president before making a formal announcement.”
The news is remindful of a scene at the end of the movie Arthur where after his fiancé Linda attends to his wounds, the couple discuss living a life of poverty. Arthur’s horrified grandmother Martha tells him that he can have his fortune because no Bach has ever been working class. Arthur declines, but at the last minute, talks privately to Martha. When he returns to Linda's side, he tells her that he declined again – Martha's dinner invitation, he means - but he did accept $750 million. Arthur's pleased chauffeur Bitterman then drives the couple through Central Park. (info obtained from Wikipedia.)
Thus, just like Arthur, while typical leftist leaders like Obama endlessly spout about their dedication to the helpless, they’re always sure to abscond with as much as possible for themselves first, foremost and forevermore.
That’s it for today folks.
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