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As President Reagan said, "Trust but verify".
"A new Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) public opinion poll is out predictably, but misleadingly, claiming the public supports Brown’s budget plan and favors closing the state budget deficit with a mixture of spending cuts and taxes. Nothing could be further from the truth and the power of this PPIC poll is the power of suggestion to shape public opinion....What is more important about the above question about how to fix the state budget deficit is the strength or magnitude of direction of the answers not the precise percentages. For example, a strong answer is 90 percent or 10 percent either favoring or not favoring an issue. Mid-range answers (30 percent to 60 percent) are not very strong indicators.
The strongest answers reported in the PPIC poll were that only 9 percent of the respondents favored tax increases and only 7 percent favored more borrowing. Thus:
What the news headlines should have reported:
“Poll Finds Public Doesn’t Want Taxes or More Borrowing,”
Once again the lamestream media is misreporting the news. It is broadcasting propaganda instead of presenting information honestly.
Question news reports, do not automatically believe them--even those on these papers.
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"A new Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) public opinion poll is out predictably, but misleadingly, claiming the public supports Brown’s budget plan and favors closing the state budget deficit with a mixture of spending cuts and taxes. Nothing could be further from the truth and the power of this PPIC poll is the power of suggestion to shape public opinion....What is more important about the above question about how to fix the state budget deficit is the strength or magnitude of direction of the answers not the precise percentages. For example, a strong answer is 90 percent or 10 percent either favoring or not favoring an issue. Mid-range answers (30 percent to 60 percent) are not very strong indicators.
The strongest answers reported in the PPIC poll were that only 9 percent of the respondents favored tax increases and only 7 percent favored more borrowing. Thus:
What the news headlines should have reported:
“Poll Finds Public Doesn’t Want Taxes or More Borrowing,”
Once again the lamestream media is misreporting the news. It is broadcasting propaganda instead of presenting information honestly.
Question news reports, do not automatically believe them--even those on these papers.
More...