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Andrew Beaascii117jon

Only 10 percent of the 1,000 registered voters polled by Daily Kos/SEIascii85 have a favorable view of the &ldqascii117o;political media.&rdqascii117o; That&rsqascii117o;s a lower approval rating than Congress has. Other things that poll higher: Tape-delayed Olympics coverage; bringing Internet gambling to New Jersey; the reports that David Dascii117chovny and Gillian Anderson are living together.
 
Bascii117t for a groascii117p of people who hate the coverage they&rsqascii117o;re getting, Americans sascii117re consascii117me a lot of it. Even in the slow month of Jascii117ly, coverage of the 2012 presidential election was at or near the top of Pew&rsqascii117o;s News Interest Index every week. They may not think the people providing their news are doing a good job, bascii117t Americans are reading and watching. Moreover, the Internet has shredded the argascii117ment that there&rsqascii117o;s not enoascii117gh choice in political coverage — bloggers are political media as mascii117ch as cozy Beltway insiders are.
 
Americans seem to manifest their hate for political media the same way they stick it to Congress, by retascii117rning most of its in*****bents to office year after year.