Opinion | Fox News figure inflates Trump’s approval far beyond what Fox News polls show

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Opinion: Fox News figure inflates Trump’s approval far beyond what Fox News polls show

By Greg Sargent Greg Sargent Opinion writer covering national politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer April 11 at 3:32 PM Everybody is having a grand old time mocking Fox News’ Lou Dobbs for committing one of the great on-air polling pratfalls of all time. In case you missed the fun, on Thursday morning President Trump celebrated his soaring approval rating by tweeting out this graphic from Dobbs’ show:— Donald J.

It’s worth going back to the original Dobbs report -- video of which was posted by the Daily Beast -- on this poll. In a tone oozing with triumphant smugness, Dobbs claims: “The president’s overall approval is now 55 percent. Let’s hear that -- 55 percent!” Dobbs adds that 55 percent is “pretty robust.”

Fox News’ most recent poll, in March, puts Trump’s approval at 46 percent. That’s nine points below the finding that Dobbs imagined he saw.

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And you under-rate it!

Fake fox?

he DOES have a high approval rating in the party...

Now which network is FAKE NEWS, trumpuppets Faux entertainment!

FOXNEWS IS TRUMP TV!!! HE HAS NOW MADE IT HI NATIONAL TV STATION!!!

A lie, oh my goodness!

Inflate = lie about ?

No surprise that FoxNews and POTUS wouldn't know the truth if it bit them on their collective posterior's.

WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Just like the WP inflated Killary’s Presidential polls!

Because they are faux news and act as state tv for trump. When you lie to a liar, you just propagate more lies

WP is jealous of President Trump they will say and do anything

Eugene_Scott The PROPAGANDA NETWORK doing what it does! Make SHIT up!!!

German_badgirl Fox News = Fixed Trump State News Nothing in Fox News is reality.

Trump, as usual, using Hitler's 'Big Lie' propaganda technique & FOX helping him to do it. “If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.” -- Mein Kampf

All other media do play with their data. It is obvious dude

There are those that are Democrats that will vote for Trump because their party is no longer for the poor but for the rich because they are the rich? Congress is very rich! Poor when you come in rich beyond means when you leave?

Because the polls you all are so accurate lol. Reminder :2016

More WaPo fake news!

Because they are Trump news not real news. It’s NOT right to call them Fox news, they’re Fox Op/ed

realDonaldTrump POTUS seanhannity foxandfriends FoxNews REALLY? Don't TRUST MSM 😂😂😂 Reporting ACCURATE FACTS is CRUCIAL

Show me one thing about Trump that's not inflated.

FukFoxNews

No surprise, isn't that what propagandists do?

VictoriaDuggan2 FAUX? NEVER

Why is this an 'opinion'?

Lou Dobbs must come on the air and correct this. It's not enough to bury a correction in a voice-over on a different show. FoxBusiness

Rasmussen has realDonaldTrump approval at 53%. Not too shabby.

FoxNews Of course they do. Propaganda.

OK, so what’s new?

They seem low to me.

They knew this was an error and did it anyway. I have no doubt my mind whatsoever.

Dear Leader, who is the fairest or orangest of them all?

So...actual fake news. Imagine that.

Lol and they will grow even more in months to come. Best President ever !

Lying to their own viewser 'Yes, most people are in agreement with you, no need to worry that you've chosen a madman...' WorstPresidentEver FauxNews foxnewsnight

Would this be in the same bucket of ridiculous as your colleagues inflating poll numbers in 2016?

Fox is, and always has been, a propaganda channel. Fact-based people should not legitimize it by appearing on it. It only has the power we give it.

Hey, I thought Fox was irrelevant... what does it matter?

Dishonest journalism

And fox fools don't even question it, that's how blind and gullible they are

More fake news. SMH ostrichrepublicans LiarInChief

Argh, WaPo. You people. You spent the last of your credibility on the flimsiest of propaganda, and now instead of working to earn bank your readers' trust, you blithely keep rolling out tripe like this.

Everyone is used to being FoxWashed that no one is at all surprised.

What?! Fix lied? Spread propaganda

Of course. It is state tv for donnydimwit

Ah, go blow a bubble, WP. You post stuff just as click bait so I have to pay to read your article. Like that will ever happen. I do try to read articles to find the little modicum of truth from the media, but for you to post and then block without getting payment is wrong.

We all know Fox is FakeNews

“Meanwhile, Trump has not corrected his initial tweet. Needless to say, he never will.” The Trump GOP’s superpower (used for evil) is their total lack of shame.

Foxnews “never” does such things 😉

There’s a reason this post is categorized as “Opinion”.

Soon, trump will have invented the hamburger, written the greatest poem ever, single handedly defeated all of ISIS everywhere and compose a new national anthem, by himself, which will be the greatest peice of music in human history -- according to Fox.

'Opinion' huh lmao Hillary 93% chance of winning. What was WAPO 'Opinion' on that poll? Oh I remember you ate that sh*t up like it was a box of jelly doughnuts Your 'Opinions' sucks and misleads your reader's.

Fox News keeps making a fool of Trump. Everyday Trump quotes FakeNews because of them. His loyalty is beyond stupid. foxandfriends plays realDonaldTrump every fricken day. Gullible much? GettingSmarter

Fox news propaganda machine is working overtime.

James Klansnic was DBCooper

It couldn't possibly be that the obviously biased media all report BS polls. No. No. Definately not.

They photoshop his hands bigger also

And?

This was a deliberate action by state-run Fox News

It’s called PROPAGANDA, FoxNews LouDobbs !! A.K.A. FakeNews. FoxNewsisFakeNews

What a shocker-make America GAG Again!

No surprise.

They didn’t ‘inflate’. They reversed!

Breaking FOXNEWS report: Latest polls indicate Donald Trump is the most popular man in the history of the world.

FoxNews isn’t exactly known for being intelligent or aware of facts and truth.

And you suppress the numbers so I guess it evens out

AMERICA THE ONLY POLL NUMBERS THAT THIS MAN WILL UNDERSTAND IS ONE! When he's voted out! Then he will get that his LIES don't matter anymore. He's had his 15 mins. of fame! Now we need real leadership! VoteHimOut!

When are we going to stop pretending Fox has anything to do with real journalism First, the three Central American countries that are part of Mexico, and now this misrepresented poll. Both within the past two weeks. Does anyone over there check anything before they air it?

OK. That’s certainly an opinion. But it’s not a a fact. Nor is it journalism.

Fox is fake news.

WHAT? You mean you can manipulate polls to fit a specific narrative?

Who would believe WP?

..As per Trump's wishes?

I like how you put 'opinion' in this tweet. I guess you kinda have to when your article is bullshit, right? lol

Polls show Americans approve of Trump's inflated approval

Nice opinion you got there. Unfortunately it’s useless

The number of incidents of colorectal cancer is exploding...all that smoke being blown up our asses...

Fox is doing what fox does.

Of course it does. tRumps approval rating NEVER soared to that fictional level, EVER!

I live in Greenbelt where we seance FDR on a Ouija board

So blatant.

Duh.

Trump is on the rise and it infuriates the leftist media 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Inflates? You mean out right lied?

'Opinion: Fact' formatted headline doesn't make much sense.

Hahaha

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