Tom Miller wrote:
On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 07:50:59 -0500, "JerryMouse"
wrote:

Florida Patriot wrote:
A University of Maryland poll shows Bush supporters should start
paying more attention to the "biased" mainstream media, because
as it stands a very large percentage of Bush backers are
shockingly ignorant of the facts.

I don't know where they are getting their news now, but the
sources they are choosing obviously don't have their facts
straight.
No wonder some of them think the Washington Post and other
credible newspapers are "liberal rags." When the truth is
consistently at odds with your warped world view, you are bound
to perceive those who report facts as "biased."

The Separate Realities of Bush and Kerry Supporters
(PIPA, University of Maryland)
http://tinyurl.com/6aze2

You realize, of course, that the organization who did the study is
a liberal think tank and that the members of the 'commission' are
toadies? Anthony Lake, for example, was National Security Advisor
under Clinton.

For example, the "study" delves into world opinion as a major
factor (in something). Bush supporters, mainly, do not base the
actions of their government on what the rest of the world thinks
and do not seek a "permission slip" to do what they believe is in
their national interest.

So, let me see if I have this straight: A left-wing organization
reports that Bush supporters must be getting their news from
right-wing organizations. I think Hillary floated that idea
several years ago. Didn't work then, probably won't work now.



The University of Maryland is a left-wing organization? Boy, I bet we
won't be seeing that on Fox News! Even Bill O'Reilly wouldn't dare
claim that.

The report is not a "study." It's the results of public opinion
polling. They called up people and this is what the people told them.

Even if it were a left wing organization, that would not be relevant. They
are just reporting what people said. If you disputed the facts, that would
be a different situation. For example, if you were to claim that the
answers that people gave really were the positions of the Bush
administration, and the study was wrong, that would show bias. But these
questions were based on objective information.

I've seen studies from both sides that are biased. If somebody asks, "Would
you like tax money to be spent on providing healthcare to the poor, or on
tax breaks for the rich," then it's clear that the question is biased. But
these questions were simply ones that asked about issues where the Bush
administration insisted that their official position was what the survey
said it was. In fact, Bush is often attacked for misleading people on these
issues, and whenever it happens, he insists that his position is consistent
with what this study said it is.

This study is also consistent with a recent one on Fox News viewers that
found a high level of misunderstanding of the issues.

You can call all these people biased, but ask yourself why nobody is able to
dispute their findings.