Why does media report approval rate for Bush of only 29% , but no report of congress' low 11% approval rate?

where are you getting your numbers?

http://www.pollingreport.com/CongJob.htm

the Bush one seems to be right?

http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm

maybe that's why?

EDIT: seems odd they are so far off in such a small amount of time? but I can't say based on the info given

It's not popular right now to imply that anyone in America could possibly be hated more than the current President. The Media reports what they think most people want to hear. If they tacked on "Oh, and we all hate the Congress, too" it turns the story into something anti-government when we all like to feel that we're really patriotic, it's just that guy Dubbya mucking the country up.

I find it amusing that your question doesn't explicitly state that you support Bush, yet several of your replies are as abrasive as if you'd posted "OMG BUSH IS TEH BEST!!!" My favourite is the one telling you to shut up, because that's definitely a mature way to deal with people who present you with information that doesn't neatly fit with your world-view - just scream at them until they go away. Nice.

All Media is biased one way or another. Some are more obvious than others, but at the end of the day it's good to remember that all Media outlets have an agenda, and at the end of the day it's to make money and air whatever sells. (Trying to stir public sentiment and enact policy change can sometimes be secondary goals.)

Media bias is what it is. Even though the media covers it up, most already know, this Congress is a do nothing congress, has not keep any promises. All they have done is witch hunt and keep trouble going since they walk through the doors, they could care less about the promises they made to the people who voted for them. As for as doing their jobs, it is a joke. Gets more and more like a soap opera every day, instead of people who are in the positions of authority that is suppose to be working for the people. Real mess!!

It is reported in the news - I read it again yesterday in the Sacramento Bee. Everyone who is paying attention knows the numbers for Congress are worse than the President's. So what? Have you done anything even remotely patriotic, like writing or emailing any of your elected representatives? Have you bothered to even consider any candidate or platform other than those that begin with R or D? The media isn't doing ANY reporting on third party (plus) candidates. There are over 30 official political parties in the USA fielding presidential candidates - can you name even one of them not an R or D?

OOhhhhh, a toughy. enable's see, infants, we could perform a little math. The so called mainstream media must be called, wait, what's the observe, liberal?? and somewhat some might additionally evaluate congress to be..... liberal? So, this is form of like the army arresting people interior the army for harming the enemy. Oh wait, this is exceeded off too. Ummmm, enable's see, yet another analogy? Oh, this is one. this is like people being elected to supposedly help united states of america as an entire, and rather merely waits tens of millions and billions of dolaars for issues like a $50 million dollar butterfly backyard in Alaska. I advise heavily, do you think of Alaskan's are giong to offer up scaling down timber and eating pine merely so they are in a position to look on the butterflies? C'mon people.

Pure and simple, the mainstream media has an ultra liberal bias and an agenda to destroy Bush and anything he stands for to get a Democrat elected president in 2008. They don't care that their hypocrisy is putting our nation in danger and destroying a lot of good things this administration is trying to accomplish for the nation just because of a political agenda. They are not going to show us anything that contradicts their ideology and political agenda.

Two reasons for that. One, the President is a higher office & it's a singular office and it's easier to "point a finger" at a single person than a big fat group. And, Two, the press, in general, does not like the President or Republican party members so they want to trumpet that number over the number for Congress. Pretty childish, really.

because Bush occupies the highest, most visible office, and Congress is 435 people......people may have a low opinion of Congress, but a majority think their own Representative is great.....it's all the others they don't like.

I wouldn't be proud of the fact that I am part of that 30%--if I were you.

The man is an embarrassment to the country. And those that continue to support him are nothing more than natural born idiots.

Not in the medias interest since the dems hold both houses, but if repubs controlled both we would never hear the end of it.