Killing Civilians Is More Popular Than You'd Think–Especially Among Pundits
Where do Americans get the idea that it's OK to kill civilians? Could it be that they're listening to media pundits?
View ArticleHow Many Iraqis Died in the Iraq War?
How many Iraqis died in the Iraq War? Public responses to that question are disheartening because they reflect a very distorted public perception of the war. But they are indicative of an even bigger...
View ArticleO'Reilly Discovers the Dangers of the Surveillance State
Republicans who were less concerned about government overreach in 2006 have changed their minds in 2013, and some Democrats have gone the other direction. This switch can be seen in the views of some...
View ArticleNate Silver Didn't Fit In at the New York Times Because He Believed in the...
Nate Silver's failure to fit in with the culture of the New York Times illustrates the difference between objectivity and "objectivity"--the latter being the belief that it's impossible to know what's...
View ArticleWhat's the Message of Clinton's Noncampaign for the Office She Might Run for...
Hillary Clinton hasn't announced that she's running for president in 2016, and launched a campaign yet. But the Washington Post is already complaining that her nonexistent campaign for an office she...
View ArticleNew York Times to New Yorkers: You're Supporting the Wrong Mayoral Candidate!
A New York Times story headlined "Poll Finds Support for de Blasio, if Not All His Ideas" could have more accurately been called "Poll Finds Support for de Blasio, Along With Most of His Ideas"
View ArticleThe Media's 'New American Center' Is Well to the Left of the Media
Media don't tend to define The Center as "Things Most People Support," because letting people know that most Americans support raising taxes on the wealthy, cutting military spending or providing...
View ArticleUSA Today Finds Public Doesn't Like Iran Deal if They Don't Know What's in It
USA Today hyping a poll that contradicts others finding public support for the Iran deal. Has public opinion shifted? Not really--you simply have to look at what the polls are asking.
View ArticleAP Distorts Poll to Support Obama's Inequality Dodge
It's hard to remember a better time for politicians to talk about the issue of income inequality. But according to the Associated Press (1/24/14), Barack Obama's State of the Union address will attempt...
View ArticleDo You Trust Fox News to Tell You How Trusted Fox News Is?
Fox News is certainly the place for Republicans to go to be told what they want to hear--including that their favorite news outlet is the one that Americans in general find most trustworthy.
View ArticleNew Keystone Poll Reveals Media Failure
The public strongly supports building the Keystone pipeline--and they wrongly think it will create a lot of jobs. Aren't media to blame for failing to set that straight?
View ArticleDo Palestinians Living in Israel Count?
If a poll of a country's population excludes 20 percent of the people who live there, journalists should make that clear.
View ArticleIf Social Media 'Silence Debate,' What Do Corporate Media Do?
A new study has some outlets saying that social media inhibit debate. You want to compare Twitter's record to the corporate media on that score?
View ArticleDoes the Public Want More War?
USA Today's August 29 edition boasted the front-page headline "More Want US to Flex Muscle." The evidence comes from a new Pew poll, so it's worth noting how that data is transformed into a desire for...
View ArticleBill O'Reilly, Bill Maher and Islamophobia
Fox host Bill O'Reilly decides to lend fellow Islamophobe Bill Maher a hand.
View ArticlePointless 2016 Election Journalism, 2014 Edition
Trying to cover the 2016 presidential election based on a poll in 2014 is a waste of time.
View ArticleNonvoters Are People Too
When pundits talk about what 'the public' thinks in an election season, remember that they're not really talking about the whole public.
View ArticleYoung People Going Republican? Not So Fast
A new poll out of Harvard's Institute of Politics is getting a lot of attention, probably because it appears to send a surprising message: Young voters are moving towards the GOP. But some caution is...
View ArticleMost Americans Agree That Netanyahu, the Only One Who Can Save the Puppy,...
You can see propaganda being manufactured before your eyes: Any subtleties are ironed out to create an assertion that the American people are calling for Netanyahu to speak.
View ArticleFunny How Russian Propaganda, US Free Press Produce Exact Same Mood Swings
The anti-American sentiment in Russia is pretty much a mirror image of anti-Russian sentiment in the United States, which has likewise risen to record heights since polling began roughly 25 years ago.
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