A February 2023 Fortune headline ran “Trust in media is so low that half of Americans now believe that news organizations deliberately mislead them.” A recent national poll by John Zogby Strategies included questions that asked whether the news voters watch is reporting or distorting facts. The questions specifically asked: Generally speaking,…
Today on the podcast we’re excited to welcome a very special guest, Jim Lichtman – author of the new book “Trust and Confidence: Inside the battle between the secret service and Ken Starr.” Jim has been writing and speaking on ethics to corporations, associations and organizations since 1995. Feature stories and appearances include USA TODAY,…
by Paul Bedard, Washington Secrets Columnist Longtime Democratic pollster John Zogby has always liked President Joe Biden. “I think that he’ll be regarded as a great president,” he said Friday on a podcast he shares with his son Jeremy Zogby, also a pollster. But even the Biden fan in chief sees a disaster around the corner for the Democrat’s reelection…
There’s a new poll out regarding President Biden’s performance and it’s very bad news. He gets a 39% approval rating which is lower than his predecessors at this stage. But in addition, 58% say that they are worse off than they were before Biden became president. 22% say they are better off. A whopping 73%…
Let’s begin by talking about what some of the latest polls after the first GOP Primary debate. Now that the dust has settled, what can we learn? When we look at polls like these, and there are many of them – what is actually meaningful and what doesn’t really matter? How can we understand what’s…
It’s the morning after the first GOP presidential debate and we’ll give you our first takes on who the winners and losers were. Who over-performed and who under-performed? Who were the adults in the room, and who focused on creating headlines this morning? Let’s get into it. And let us know who you thought won…
Today let’s preview the upcoming Republican debate – but we’ll do so without focusing on Donald Trump who will not be in attendance, and who is counter-programming the event. What may not garner as much attention are each of the other candidates. So let’s look at each of the candidates that qualified for the GOP…
Every few years the country gets fascinated by the prospect of a 3rd party. But that comes fraught with controversy and problems, particularly when they are not founded from the bottom-up grassroots movement. Do we actually need a 3rd party, or a 3rd party-like candidate? The system is gamed against having a 3rd party anyway.…
Today on the podcast we’ll have more of a lightning-round style discussion with questions focusing on the current state of the 2024 race, particularly as it relates to Biden’s numbers. We’ll also turn to the topic of AI and share some data around how Americans are feeling about the pace and scope of this technology.…
Although it sounded daft to say back in October of 2020, I wrote about how deep fakes (a type of AI) could potentially play a role in the final weeks leading up to the November Presidential election. This was in the context of October surprises. While not that explosive, indeed there were chaotic events…