Poll Vaulting

There seems to be a concerted right-wing push to spam an internet poll by Zogby that allegedly shows Obama’s approve/disapprove at 50% each — which as Nate Silver points out is an incredible outlier. (He also points out that Zogby’s track record with internet polling is abysmal.)

Meanwhile, check out how CBS chose to parse their own poll on Obama. Bear in mind that in this poll, Obama’s overall approval rating went up slightly (two points, fro 62% to 64%), and his approval rating on the economy went up significantly (five points, from 56% to 61%). But that’s not what CBS’ headline focused on:

Poll: Mixed Reviews For Obama On AIG

One has to go to an online source, the Huffington Post, to find an honest take on CBS’s own poll.