If you had doubts, the call to action should put your fears to rest.
The Fake News Media is out to get us, it reads.
This is a fight we cant afford to lose.
kindly contribute to FIGHT BACK.
Contributions, conveniently, are set to $100 by default.
The trouble starts on question 10, with problematic wording.
This is commonly referred to as response bias, or a leading question, specifically.
Conveniently, this is also the simplest way to ask said question.
It’s free, every week, in your inbox.
Granted, thats assuming the dataset hasnt already been skewed by the non-neutral polling ground.
In polls, where you ask the questions matters almost as much as the question itself.
For conservatives, its the same idea as a Second Amendment poll appearing at CNN.com.
If a neutral survey was the intention, better options exist.
WhiteHouse.gov, would be a great choice, as would a third-party, non-partisan polling operation like Pew Research.
But its clear that a neutral survey isnt, nor has it ever been, the intention.
APolitico/Morning Consult pollshowed clear support for the executive order.
And this is just picking a handful; polling data on this topic is all over the place.
In reality, the answer is far more nuanced than the question.
This actually leads us to our next problem, nuance.
Support or oppose are too broad to give a clear indication of public opinion.
I mean… how?
I dont see how this affects coverage.
But I digress, on to the next point.
Question 15: Do you believe that people of faith have been unfairly characterized by the media?.
I could continue, but honestly Im exhausted, and youre all smart people.
Im sure you get the idea.
Well analyze the results together if the government grants my FOIA request before I reach retirement age.
Story byBryan Clark
Bryan is a freelance journalist.Bryan is a freelance journalist.
