{"id":3681,"date":"2002-10-08T15:00:45","date_gmt":"2002-10-08T20:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3681"},"modified":"2002-10-08T15:00:45","modified_gmt":"2002-10-08T20:00:45","slug":"dont_bother_us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/10\/08\/dont_bother_us.html","title":{"rendered":"Don’t bother us with the facts, ma’am"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Times, the Old Grey Lady of journalism, is taking an increasing amount of flack about its editorial bias showing up on the front page. <\/p>\n

The current flap has to do with a poll conducted by the Times and CBS. The Times had huge headlines about the results, claiming that Americans think Bush and Washington in general are too focused on Iraq and overseas affairs, and not enough on domestic problems.<\/p>\n

Problem is, the poll says nothing of the sort<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Question Twenty-Nine. “In deciding how to spend their time, presidents have to weigh the importance of foreign policy problems and problems here at home. Given the importance of each, do you think George W. Bush has been spending too much time on foreign policy problems, OR too much time on problems here at home, OR has he been spending his time about right?”
\nAccording to the Times, which ran it as a five-column headline across the top of page A14 yesterday, the answer is clear: “Public Says Bush Needs to Pay More Heed to Economy, Less to Iraq.” Unfortunately, though, Actual Results Prove Times Account of Poll Dishonest. A majority of respondents (52 percent) told Times\/CBS researchers they think the president is dividing his attention “about right” and another two percent complained that Bush spends too much <\/i>time on domestic issues.<\/p>\n

The Times doesn’t actually provide any of the numbers in their story, of course, just the results they claim. CBS, the co-sponsor, has the questions and data breakdown here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Or do they? The document <\/a>linked to there now starts with question 27 — and question 29 is missing. How … odd.)<\/p>\n

(via Volokh<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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