Thread: Example Of How The Press Deceives Us

The headlines on Foxnews.com read: 04/20/06 FOX Poll: Gloomy Economic Views; Bush Approval at New Low. But nowhere in the story that follows, does it say anything about illegal aliens. But, if you click on a link at the end of the story, you can see the total results of the survey. Here is some of what it says:

10. Do you think illegal immigrants from Mexico should be given special
treatment and allowed to jump in front of immigrants from other countries
that want to come to the United States legally, or not?

Yes No (Don't know)

4% 90 6

Democrats
3% 89 8

Republicans
4% 91 5

Independents
6% 87 7


11. Do you think there is a difference between immigrants who are described as “illegal immigrants” and those that are described as “undocumented workers,” or do the two phrases describe the same group of people?

Different groups Same groups (Don’t know)
21% 71 8
Democrats
23% 67 10

Republicans
22% 73 5

Independents
19% 72 9

12. Do you think most people around the world think the United States has
the right to control immigration by restricting who and how many people can move to this country, or do most people around the world think the United States should have open borders?

Has right to Should control & restrict have open immigration borders Don’t know)

58% 27 15

Democrats
64% 23 13

Republicans
55% 29 16

Independents
54% 29 17


13. What about you -- do you think the United States has the right to
control immigration by restricting who and how many people can move to this country, or do you think people should be able to move to the United States without restriction?

U.S. has right to U.S. should control & restrict open borders immigration w/out restrictions (Don’t know)

91% 7 3

Democrats

87% 10 4

Republicans
95% 4 1

Independents
93% 4 3

14. Do you think it is appropriate for immigrants who are in the United
States illegally to protest for changes to U.S. law?

Yes No (Don’t know)

26% 71 3

Democrats

33% 64 4

Republicans

20% 78 2

Independents

26% 71 3


15. Have the immigration protests and demonstrations made you more or less likely to support easing immigration laws in the United States?
More likely Less Likely (Don’tknow) Don't know difference

20% 47 25 8

Democrats

27% 36 28 9

Republicans

18% 55 21 6

Independents 14% 54 23 9




Sorry for sloppy spacing, but it was copied from a PDF file.

Apparently FOX doesn't want us to know the real reason Bush's ratings are so low.

Fox News seems to favor Bush.

FOX has been "moderate" for some time. They are playing up the arrests yesterday, but I am not hearing of anymore. Cavuto had the "Ice Princess" on earlier the re-run should be on later if anyone wants o watch.