Flemington, NJ, June 5, 2009 – A series of national media studies conducted during the seven months of President Obama’s term of office revealed that his highest rated speech to date was his speech to congress on February 24, 2009, followed by his speech in Egypt yesterday.

The studies were conducted by the MediaCurves.com® website from January 2008 to June 2009, to obtain Americans’ perceptions of various speeches given by President Barack Obama during his time in office.

The series of studies were conducted on major speeches given by President Obama to derive overall ratings for each speech. The ratings were based on a scale of 1-7, which was used to measure viewers’ perceptions of Obama’s likeability, believability and sincerity after watching each speech.

President Obama’s highest rated speeches included his speech to congress on February 24, 2009, which earned a rating of 5.5, followed closely by his speech in Egypt yesterday, which earned a 5.4. His lowest rated speeches were his speech on al Qaeda on March 27, which received a rating of 4.9, and his recent speech regarding General Motors on June 1, 2009, which also received a rating of 4.9.

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