State of the Union

I listened to part of the State of the Union address tonight on NBC. It just ended. The first thing the commentator on NBC mentioned was not anything materially related to the President's speech, but instead a comment on how his approval rating in his first State of the Union address was 82% and now it's at an all-time low of 28%. Tell me, what has that got to do with the substance of the President's speech? It almost seems to me that comments like that are designed to remind people that the President is unpopular and to downplay anything he might have said that appealed to anyone that might be sitting on the fence. I seem to recall that Jesus Christ's political approval with the Pharisees was at an all-time low too just before he performed his most remarkable miracle.

Just out of curiosity, I switched over to Fox to see what Brit Hume had to say. He waited until the President was done exiting the Senate and then he commented on the President's proposal to reduce fuel consumption by 20% and to increase health care for those that don't have it. Another one of their pundits commented that he was most impressed by the foreign policy proposals.

Out of curiosity, I switched back over to NBC and they were talking about what the Democrats would likely mention in their response.

Who's biased?

Fox played the Democrats' response and they talked about what they liked in it. The only questions they had were a statement, the Dems made, that most of the troops do not support the war; they wanted to see evidence of it and a comment that the Democrats want a favorable conclusion in Iraq. They said that in contrast the President said he wants victory. Fox said that "favorable conclusion" could mean different things to different people.

Now they have Rudy Giuliani talking about the Democrats' response.

I really do think Fox IS "fair and balanced" compared to what I saw and heard on NBC. Just my observation and opinion, I could be wrong.

RGD