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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