I get the daily NBC First Read sent to me (as I'm sure most of you do!). I enjoy it for the most part. It keeps me abreast of the political issues the mainstream media thinks are important.
As a news organization, I expect them to keep to the facts and leave opinions to the pundits.
However, this mornings First Read left me wondering. See below for the content of the e-mail...
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First Read: The day in politics by NBC News for NBC News
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Over in Rome, President Bush met with the President of Italy earlier this morning. He and Laura Bush attend a reception at the US embassy at 11:00 am ET, followed by dinner with the Prime Minister if Italy at 1:05 pm ET.
First Read devotes as much space to the intersection of politics, faith and values as anyone. So a day when Presidents Bush, Bush and Clinton and 40 members of Congress are in Rome paying their respects might seem like an odd time for us to pivot to the US economy. Except that according to the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, the second-most watched story after Terri Schiavo over the last several weeks, up through April 3 (with the Pope close behind by then, of course), was gas prices.
Gas prices narrowly beat out Social Security as the second most-watched story by one point, 28% to 27%. Cool, the White House might think about the fact that Americans are paying so much attention to Social Security. But consider how much effort the White House is devoting to that issue, and how little they're expending on gas prices. Psych, Democrats might think when they see the White House dropping the ball on this most basic of pocketbook issues. But Democrats' only big move on energy lately has been to oppose oil drilling in ANWR.
For More: Today's edition of First Read is available now at http://www.FirstRead.MSNBC.com !
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(Bolding is mine...)
So, is it just me or does this slamming of the dems sound more like an opinion than news?