Obama's Approval Rating Jumps; But That's Not the Story the Beltway Press Wants to Tell

Posted by Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America at 12:20 PM on October 7, 2009.

We'll see how much media play this poll gets.

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And it's a big jump, too, according to the AP:

An Associated Press-GfK poll says 56 percent of those surveyed in the past week approve of Obama's job performance, up from 50 percent in September. It's the first time since he took office in January that his rating has gone up.

We'll see how much media play this poll gets, and then try to compare that coverage to how we think an AP poll reporting a sharp drop for Obama would play inside the Beltway right now. (Hint: that coverage would be significant.)

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