by David W. Moore on Apr 12, 2013
Do 9 of 10 Americans Really Support Gun Buyer Background Checks? Pretty Much!
Recent polls from Quinnipaic, Marist, CBS News, Fox News, ABC/Washington Post, and Pew suggest that about nine out of ten...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 23, 2013
Pig Saving Goat Hoax Video: Why Haven’t News Outlets Posted Corrections?
A slew of media outlets -- from NBC's Nightly News to ABC's Good Morning America -- were hoaxed by a fake...
by David W. Moore on Mar 14, 2013
Why the ABC/Washington Post Poll on the Sequester is Really ‘Deeply Misleading’
Last week I blogged about the ABC/Washington Post poll on the sequester, citing with approval Matthew Yglesias’ characterization of the...
by David W. Moore on Mar 07, 2013
Two Misleading Polls on the Sequester
Two recent polls come to contradictory conclusions about the public’s willingness to accept spending cuts imposed by the sequestration that...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Mar 05, 2013
Super Hero Firefighter? NBC News Caption Said ‘Fireman Holds Up a Fire Truck’ in Sinkhole
Did a firefighter act like a super hero and lift a fire truck with one hand? Apparently, a caption writer...
by Hallie Golden , Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jan 12, 2013
ABC News Caption Refers to ‘President Biden,’ Anonymous Sources Add Doubt to Gun Ban Push
“A Senior administration official” and “some in the media” were key sources ABC News used to both undermine and defend...
by David W. Moore on Jan 10, 2013
Pew Poll: 8 of 10 Americans Tuned out about Fiscal Cliff Agreement
With all the media attention given to the so-called fiscal cliff crisis at the turn of the year, you might...
by David W. Moore on Dec 26, 2012
Banning Semi-Automatic Weapons – Why Do Three Polls Report Conflicting Responses?
Three recent polls show how convoluted the debate can become over what the public thinks about banning semi-automatic weapons. All...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 07, 2012
ABC News Calls for $1 Billion ‘Pink Slime’ Libel Lawsuit to be Dismissed
ABC News is defending its "pink slime" comments as "imaginative expression" and "rhetorical hyperbole," Courthouse News Service reported. As iMediaEthics...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 31, 2012
ABC News Clarifies Real Housewives of Orange County Child Support Report, Retracts Tony Scott Brain Cancer Story
This month, ABC News has issued two statements about its reporting. Earlier this month, the network retracted some claims made...