NY Times, ABC, CBS wrongly suggested public equally dissatisfied with congressional Democrats as Republicans

In news reports that purported to show that the public disapproves equally of Democrats and Republicans over the Senate filibuster battle, The New York Times, CBS News and ABC News all failed to provide evidence to back up their central claim.

Indeed, except for an internal Republican poll cited by the Times, none of these news outlets provided any evidence to show that Democrats are suffering in public opinion to the same extent as Republicans, and the evidence they do cite shows that Republicans are faring worse than Democrats.

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