Majority of War Opponents Question Its Underlying Rationale

The reasons given by those who oppose the war are strikingly different from the way the administration has characterized opposition. Full Story »

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David Shugarts
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by David Shugarts - Oct. 1, 2008

The story is I think an attempt to report fairly on a poll result that is certainly germane, since the Administration constantly characterizes the opposing view in a form of straw man argument. (Just as they have tried to make "cut and run" synonymous with "Democrat," when most Democrats do not favor precipitous withdrawal, and do favor a continuing U.S. military presence in the region.) However, there is a serious flaw in the story. Under the subhead "Bottom Line," we see this said about the 36 percent: "These individuals, most of whom identify themselves as Republicans . . " But, nowhere else in this story are we given statistics to show party affiliations. What percentage of the 36 percent are Republicans? What percentage of the 61 percent are Democrats? If these stats are known, why are they not in the story? I think this may be a sin of omission, not bias, but the net result looks the same.

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