If there's anyone left in America who still thinks the national newspapers aren't partisan, they must have missed the front page of USA Today on July 24. The banner headline across the top read, "USA Split on Trump Impeachment." It took a poll attempting to figure out very publicly whether the voters want Trump impeached yet.
Reporters Susan Page and Emma Kinery proclaimed a dark omen in the results, which is why the newspaper asked the poll question. They said, "Just six months after his inauguration, Americans already are split down the middle, 42%-42%, over whether President Trump should be removed from office, a new USA TODAY/iMediaEthics Poll finds."
What's the impeachable offense? If a national poll were to emerge with a 42-42 tie over the belief that the moon is made of Swiss cheese, would the subsequent analysis focus on the concentration of moon matter or the irrationality of 42% of the American people?
It doesn't matter that the prospect for impeachment is zero with Republicans in control of Congress. "The results," they reported, "underscore how quickly political passions have become inflamed both for and against the outsider candidate who won last year's campaign in a surprise."
Translation: The media's passions have been inflamed because Trump surprised them by beating Hillary Clinton. The media, like the rest of the Democrats, have refused to accept the election results. They believe it's an illegitimate presidency.
It doesn't matter at all to them that recent polls show Clinton remains every bit as unpopular today as she was in November. It doesn't matter at all to them that Democrats can't win a special election and remain in the wilderness. President Trump must go.
http://www.investors.com/politics/columnists/l-brent-bozell-usa-todays-impeachment-push-poll/
Reporters Susan Page and Emma Kinery proclaimed a dark omen in the results, which is why the newspaper asked the poll question. They said, "Just six months after his inauguration, Americans already are split down the middle, 42%-42%, over whether President Trump should be removed from office, a new USA TODAY/iMediaEthics Poll finds."
What's the impeachable offense? If a national poll were to emerge with a 42-42 tie over the belief that the moon is made of Swiss cheese, would the subsequent analysis focus on the concentration of moon matter or the irrationality of 42% of the American people?
It doesn't matter that the prospect for impeachment is zero with Republicans in control of Congress. "The results," they reported, "underscore how quickly political passions have become inflamed both for and against the outsider candidate who won last year's campaign in a surprise."
Translation: The media's passions have been inflamed because Trump surprised them by beating Hillary Clinton. The media, like the rest of the Democrats, have refused to accept the election results. They believe it's an illegitimate presidency.
It doesn't matter at all to them that recent polls show Clinton remains every bit as unpopular today as she was in November. It doesn't matter at all to them that Democrats can't win a special election and remain in the wilderness. President Trump must go.
http://www.investors.com/politics/columnists/l-brent-bozell-usa-todays-impeachment-push-poll/
