There's an Update on Security for Biden's Gaza Port and a New 'Peacekeeping...
Biden Blows Off Respects for Murdered New York City Police Officer
New York City Councilwoman Gets Ratioed Into Oblivion Over One Question
Federal Court Makes Major Ruling on Ballot Verification in Pennsylvania
Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced in Massive Crypto Fraud Case
‘No Tampons, No Peace!’: Panic at Vanderbilt University Sit-In As Protestors Realize It...
Charlotte Radio Host Speaks Out About His Interview With KJP That Made Headlines
Trump, Biden Will Both Be in New York on Thursday...but for Very Different...
Democrat Flips Republican District in Alabama Special Election. Here's What She Campaigned...
Flashback: Two Cycles After Running on Gore's Ticket, Lieberman Endorses McCain at GOP...
Here's When Impeachment Articles Against Mayorkas Will Be Presented to the Senate
Tennessee Music Venue to Host ‘Trans Day Of Vengeance’ Event One Year After...
There Was Very Little Pete Buttigieg Was Able to Tell Us About Bridge...
An Illegal Alien Encouraged Others to Invade American Homes. Here's What Happened Next.
Time for Another Bizarre, Easily-Disprovable Lie From Joe Biden
OPINION

The Media's Weird Iran 'Victory' Bandwagon

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

On Sept. 11, The New York Times demonstrated once again the media's peculiar sense of patriotism. The 9/11 attacks were not remembered at all on the front page. Instead, the top-right headline in capital letters read "DEMOCRATS HAND VICTORY TO OBAMA ON PACT WITH IRAN."

Advertisement

The House of Representatives voted against it. The Senate voted against it. The American people are overwhelmingly against it. None of that mattered.

Times reporter Jennifer Steinhauer relayed sugary words from Sen. Charles Schumer -- who, last we checked, opposed the Iran deal -- proclaiming "fair-minded Americans should acknowledge the president's strong achievements in combating and containing Iran."

The networks sounded just like that on a previous night for "victory," Sept. 2, when liberal Sen. Barbara Mikulski made the agreement veto-proof. "A big victory for President Obama," announced ABC anchor David Muir. "In a major win for the Obama administration, the nuclear deal with Iran now appears unstoppable," gushed NBC anchor Lester Holt. "This is a major diplomatic victory for the President. ... This is something that will shape the Obama legacy," declared CNN reporter Jim Acosta.

These Obama servants have a problem with those aforementioned "fair-minded Americans." They don't trust the Iranians as far as they can throw them. NBC's Andrea Mitchell briefly mentioned on NBC that "Polls show Americans are sharply divided over the agreement but Republican candidates sure aren't."

Advertisement

"Sharply divided" is a spin. The American people are sharply opposed to the Obama deal.

On Sept. 2, the latest Quinnipiac poll showed the Iran deal was wildly unpopular -- 25 percent in favor, 55 percent opposed. Independents gave it thumbs down, 59 to 24 percent. When asked if the deal would make us more or less safe, 28 percent said "safer," and 56 percent checked "less safe."

If George W. Bush was losing a foreign-policy debate by 30 points, do you think the press would portray the public as "sharply divided"?

Other polls showed the same result. A Pew poll conducted Sept. 3 to Sept. 7 found 21 percent in favor and 49 percent opposed. When asked, "How much confidence do you have that Iran's leaders will uphold their side of the agreement," 20 percent said "a great deal" or "a fair amount." Seventy percent picked "not too much" or "none at all."

A CNN poll conducted Sept. 4 to Sept. 8 asked how likely it was that Iran would violate the deal: 37 percent said "extremely likely," 23 percent said "very likely," 30 percent said "somewhat likely," and just 10 percent put their heads in the sand and picked "Not at all likely." When CNN asked if Iran was a threat to America, 49 percent picked "very serious threat" and 33 percent said "moderately serious threat." Just 11 percent said "just a slight threat" and 7 percent picked "no threat at all." When asked if America should go to war if Iran violates the deal, 64 percent picked "yes." Now try to find where CNN reported its own poll results on television. They're allergic to these results.

Advertisement

Polls only surfaced at the very end of The New York Times "victory" story on Sept. 11. "While polls show that support for the deal has been slipping in recent weeks, it is unclear how much political impact Thursday's vote will have. Voters so far have largely kept their focus on economic issues."

The Times crew knows this deal is unpopular, but won't report so directly. Obama's "major victory" and "legacy" and "foreign policy achievement" are the terms that prevail.

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos