Viewing Markos in those front page snippets from MSNBC, I'm kind puzzled why Markos didn't point out on TV that most AMERICANS believe that Barack Obama is an American citizen, eligible to be president. In fact, by focusing solely on the majority of Republicans who question whether Obama is a citizen, Markos inadvertently implied that the idiotic theory has credibility.
Seriously, if Fox did this, we'd be screaming bloody murder. Reporting only on what Republicans think may seem like a good idea to those who fully understand how crazy Republicans are, but on TV, many of your viewers don't understand how crazy Republicans are.
These clips don't tell the whole story about Markos' poll. The whole story is: MOST AMERICANS believe Barack Obama is eligible to be president. That's 77 percent of Americans. Among Republicans, 58 percent disagree or don't know.
Seriously, distracted viewers won't get it. They'll leave the TV thinking, "wow, a lot of people believe this Kenyan citizenship thing. Maybe there's something to it. Hello? Sure I'll take your poll. Uhh. I'll go with 'not sure.'"
I'm no media genius like Markos is, but sometimes smugly laughing at the other side makes you arrogant, and arrogance makes you assume everyone believes as you do and understands what you're saying.
When your poll says 77 percent disagree with a popular Republican opinion, why the hell don't you say so on TV?