Thursday, January 13, 2011

Poll: Majority of Americans Say Media Meme About Tucson Is A Partisan Stunt

Poll:  Americans Reject Pretty Much Every Media Meme on Tucson Shooting
by Lachlan Markay
NewsBusters
January 13, 2011

Yet another poll released Thursday by USA Today suggests that the American public has not bought into the media's ridiculous spin on Saturday's Tucson massacre.

According to the poll, conducted by Gallup, a majority of Americans think that attempts to link Saturday's shooting to conservative political rhetoric amount to "An attempt to make conservatives look bad." Only about a third of respondents said it was a "legitimate point."

While self-identified Democrats were predictably more likely to say blaming rhetoric from the right is a legitimate argument, a full third of Democrats agreed that it was just a partisan stunt.

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