Oops: MSNBC Flips the Script on Obama’s Approval Rating

You have to give MSNBC’s Alex Wagner credit for opening her show Monday with a look at President Obama’s falling second term approval rating. But while Wagner reported correctly that Obama’s approval rating has dropped to 41%, down 14 points from last December, the Chyron graphic on the screen indicated a 41% disapproval rating. It stayed up on the screen without mention or correction for nearly two minutes.

The Washington Free Beacon’s Lachlan Markay spotted the error and posted a screengrab on Twitter:

The 22% approval rating for the Republican Party, which also got ample attention in the opening segment, did not suffer the same fate. It appeared on screen without error:

Watch video below, via MSNBC:

[h/t @lachlan]
[photo via screengrab]

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