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Four out of ten isn't bad?

Media gets 44% approval rating overall in new poll According to this story in Editor and Publisher, 39% of Americans say they have say "not much" confidence in the media's ability to report the news fairly, and and 16% say they have "none at all." Joe average isn't so average it seems. The crap war coverage might have something to do with that. The only ones in a "quagmire" are the 60's retreads in the media. Mark Steyn observes about the media's reaction to the Iraqi presidents visit this week:

They're six feet from Iraq's head of government and they've got not a question for him. They've got no interest in Iraq except insofar as they can use the issue to depress sufficient numbers of swing voters in Florida and Ohio. Who's living in the fantasyland here? Huge forces are at play in a world of rapid change. As the prime minister said, ''We Iraqis will stand by you, America, in a war larger than either of our nations.'' But the gentlemen of the press can barely stifle their ennui. Say what you like about the old left, but at least they were outward-looking and internationalist. This new crowd -- Democrats and media alike -- are stunted and parochial, their horizons shriveling more every day.

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