Bryon Daly wrote: > I notice that this survey didn't look for any misperceptions > of the type > that the > more left-leaning media might help propagate, and that far > more democrats > would > be likely to believe...
Well, the topic of the survey was 'Misperceptions, the Media and the Iraq War'. It is a 23 page report and makes for interesting reading. You can find the whole of it here: http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Iraq/Media_10_02_03_Report.pdf > Again, why didn't they test for any possible misperceptions > that match > democrat > opinions and thus they would be more likely to be willing to > believe? > Surely there > must be some liberal-favored misperceptions they could look for? I'm sure there are many liberal flavoured misperceptions but isn't it understandable that they would want to focus on the ones which have cost the US so much money and lives? > >Asked "Has the US found clear evidence Saddam Hussein was > working closely > >with al Qaeda?" 68 percent of Bush supporters replied > affirmatively. By > >contrast, two of every three Democrat-backers said no. > > Any chance these were politically motivated responses, rather > than just > simple beliefs? Did you find these to be politically motivated responses or politically motivated beliefs? The impression I got was that these beliefs depended as much on the kind of media exposure as on the political leanings of the respondents. Do you think that if this war had been a Democrat project, the numbers of misperceptions would have been the same, albeit on the different side of the political spectrum? Ritu GCU And Then There Were Facts _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
