Fox News Still Keeping it Classy

Take a look at the poll results above. Now, tell me what they mean?

The way I read the poll is that 61% of those interviewed Favor Taking Away Collective Bargaining.

Only they don't.

Here are the actual results from the USA Today/Gallup Poll:

The exact opposite is true: 61% of those surveyed support collective bargaining rights.

In fact, this particular poll is rather damning for the Republican Party. There is a 62/31 split in favor of collective bargaining rights among independents, and only a 54/41 split among Republicans themselves for terminating collective bargaining rights.

Let me say that again: 41% of Republicans do not believe collective bargaining rights should be terminated.

Of course, and as always, this may have just been a simple mistake. But it gets harder to concede that point because it took place on a heavily produced morning show, and not in the midst of a hastily-crafted 24-hour news report.

Again, Fox News, through malice or mistake, imprinted these results on its viewers as fact. And this false impression of fact plays to support the views of the Republican Party.

Here's the video if you want more.

(I have to wonder if anyone in the news media was asked, would they be able to define what "collective bargaining rights" are? What about the general population?)