CNN was shocked, I say, shocked that so many young people could support President Bush, reports the Media Research Center. Propagandist Paula Zahn cited the results from a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll that shows that 62% of 18 to 29 year olds approve of President Bush overall, and 66% have a "favorable opinion" of him.

Zahn prompted Carlson's reaction, "Tucker, does any of this surprise you?"
Carlson offered: "It does surprise me. I mean, I think the theme throughout all of these numbers is hopefulness. People under 30 just are much more optimistic about America's future. They feel more secure in the job market with the economy. They think things are getting better. They think Iraq is going better than people over 30 do. It doesn't surprise me necessarily that they're going to vote or they say they're going to vote for Bush. How often they really do vote is an open question."
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Zahn then prompted Begala for his spin: "Alright, let me ask you this, Paul: Are these potential voters optimistic or ill-informed?"

Begala replied: "Uh, well, yeah, if ignorance is bliss, young people are the happiest folks in America, Paula. I mean, one of the things that comes out of the CNN poll here is that they are three times less likely than their older peers to be plugged into issues and ideas. In fact, Paula, they are our future and they are hopelessly ill-informed."

After finishing the interview, Zahn plugged an upcoming town hall forum which will subjecting the Democratic presidential candidates to questions from young voters: "And be sure to join Anderson Cooper next Tuesday for a 'Rock the Vote' special beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern. We will be following it up here with analysis at 8:30 where we will be standing by live in the spin room and I will have the opportunity to talk with most of the major Democratic candidates."

In other media bias news, I'm hearing rumblings that during the "Rock the Vote" special, questions were planted with the audience, and that some of the young folks asking the questions were not given freedom to formulate their own.