[IP] The press, the polls and Terri Schiavo

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: "Robert J. Berger" <rberger@ibd.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 19:30:06 -0800
To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@warpspeed.com>, Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: The press, the polls and Terri Schiavo

The press, the polls and Terri Schiavo
 -- Eric Boehlert  [11:58 EST, March 22, 2005]

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html?blog=/politics/war_room/20
05/03/22/schiavo_press/index.html

ABC News had to go and ruin everything by commissioning a poll
to find out exactly what Americans think about Congress'
unprecedented intervention into the Terri Schiavo saga. Up until
yesterday morning, reporters and pundits, always nervous about
labeling the GOP Congress as being out of the mainstream, had
done their best to tip toe around
(http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/03/21/polls_on_schiavo/index.html)
existing polling data that showed Americans supported, by an
overwhelming majority, Michael Schiavo in his attempt to remove
the feeding tube from his wife.

But the ABC poll laid everything bare: By the wide margin of 63
percent to 28 percent, Americans support removing the feeding
tube. Even more telling, 70 percent thought congressional
intervention was inappropriate, while 67 percent said that
Congress acted "more for political advantage than out of concern
for her or for the principles involved."

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