NEWS AND OPINION:
Tattoos appear to be the norm lately. And in fact there’s a ballot to lend perception into this phenomenon and its dynamics.
“Tattoos have become a more common sight in workplaces around the United States, even making appearances among members of the U.S. House and Senate. Amid this shift, a large majority of U.S. adults say society has become more accepting of people with tattoos in recent decades. And 32% of adults have a tattoo themselves, including 22% who have more than one,” studies a singular survey performed by the Pew Research Center itself.
There are some advanced dynamics at work.
Seven out of 10 people who find themselves tattooed say the explanation they bought a tattoo within the first place was “to xremember or honor someone or something,” whereas 47% say their tattoo is to “make a statement” about their private beliefs. A 3rd really feel {that a} tattoo improves their private look.
Ink admiration can also be bipartisan.
“There are no major differences by political party or whether Americans live in an urban, suburban or rural community. A third of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents have a tattoo, as do 32% of Republicans and Republican leaners. And roughly a third of adults across urban, suburban and rural areas report having a tattoo. There are no differences between veterans and non-veterans, either,” the ballot evaluation mentioned.
“Surprisingly, perhaps, 38% of women say they have at least one tattoo, compared with 27% of men. This includes 56% of women ages 18 to 29 and 53% of women ages 30 to 49. In addition, 39% of Black Americans have a tattoo, compared with 35% of Hispanics, 32% of Whites and 14% of Asian Americans,” the ballot discovered.
And final however not least, solely 24% of the respondents say they remorse getting a number of of their tattoos. The ballot of 8,480 U.S. adults was performed July 10-16 and launched Aug. 15.
FAULTY COVERAGE
The information media seems to have a love-hate relationship with former President Donald Trump. They like to cowl him — however they hate to report something optimistic in regards to the forty fifth president.
Case in level: The Media Research Center — a conservative press watchdog — reviewed each ABC, CBS and NBC night newscast from Jan. 1 by way of July 31, together with weekends, with a deal with the Trump protection.
Here’s what the group discovered.
“Mr. Trump has received a staggering 664 minutes of evening news coverage — more than five times that of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (126 minutes), and ten times that of former Vice President Mike Pence (63 minutes). Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott received 17 and 12 minutes of airtime, respectively,” the research mentioned.
“None of the other candidates received even 10 minutes of airtime during the seven months we examined,” the report famous.
Then there may be the tone.
“The vast majority of Trump’s coverage (90%) has been negative, and heavily focused on the legal allegations made against him by Democratic prosecutors and the Biden Justice Department. But the networks’ coverage of Trump’s top GOP opponent, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was nearly as bad (78% negative), suggesting a media hostility that extends beyond Trump himself to other Republican candidates and their conservative policy positions,” the research suggested.
FAULTY SCIENCE
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise seems weary of President Biden’s local weather agenda, a plan which generally dwells on international warming, zero emissions objectives, unreasonable rules, renewable vitality, a preoccupation with environmental considerations, and different issues.
The Louisiana Republican has some recommendation for the Biden administration.
“It’s about time that we start following the real science — not the political science — the actual science that talks about whether or not this stuff is working,” Mr. Scalise informed the Fox Business Network.
“All these leftist nuts who want to wreck economies, they also love trash in America. They will go find a microphone. They’ll fly across to the globe on a private jet to go tell you how bad America is,” Mr. Scalise suggested.
BERNIE ON THE MOVE
New Hampshire is the vacation spot of selection for some politicians apart from Republican presidential candidates.
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a self-described democratic socialist, will go to the Granite State on Saturday and ship a speech titled “The Agenda America Needs” on the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown.
“We invited him — but he’s coming here for a reason. And I think it opens up the door for a lot of other thoughts about whether or not Biden’s going to be the nominee, whether or not Biden is going to be running in this election,” New Hampshire Institute of Politics government director Neal Levesque informed radio host Jack Heath.
“And the White House, I’m sure, is very interested in the fact that he’s coming here. It’s a national story,” Mr. Levesque mentioned.
FOXIFIED
During the week of Aug. 14-21, Fox News Channel led the competitors in primetime, incomes a each day common of 1.7 million viewers, in comparison with MSNBC with 1.6 million and CNN with 770,000.
The community additionally marked 131 consecutive weeks main the whole cable realm all through the day with a median viewers of 1.1 million, in comparison with MSNBC with 1 million, CNN with 551,000, ESPN with 451,000, and HGTV with 438,000 to spherical out the highest 5.
Fox News additionally had 62 of the highest 100 cable information telecasts for the week.
Among the standout applications: “The Five,” with a median each day viewers of two.6 million, “Hannity” with 2.1 million and “Jesse Watters Primetime” with 1.8 million. On weekends, “Life, Liberty and Levin” loved the biggest viewers with 1.3 million viewers.
POLL DU JOUR
• 26% of U.S. adults suppose opioids and fentanyl are the “No. 1 threat to American public health at this moment.”
• 23% suppose weight problems is the No. 1 menace.
• 20% suppose entry to weapons or firearms is the No. 1 menace.
• 11% cite most cancers.
• 3% cite use of smoking or tobacco merchandise.
• 3% cite unsafe roads or driving usually.
• 2% cite the coronavirus.
• 2% cite alcohol abuse.
• 7% cite another trigger.
SOURCE: An Axios-Ipsos American Health Index ballot of 1,162 U.S. adults performed Aug. 11-14.
• Contact Jennifer Harper at jharper@washingtontimes.com.
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