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[Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>]

On Oct 27, 2004, at 12:55 PM, Tanner Lovelace wrote:

> You might try looking at this report entitled "The Separate Realities 
> of
> Bush and Kerry Supporters":
>
> http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Pres_Election_04/Report10_21_04.pdf
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57582-2004Oct23.html

Really interesting!

"Though this poll was taken immediately after chief weapons inspector 
Charles Duelfer delivered his  report to Congress on whether Iraq had 
WMD, a majority of Bush supporters misperceived the  conclusions of his 
report.  Fifty-seven percent believed that that he concluded that Iraq 
did have either  WMD (19%) or a major program for developing them 
(38%). "

As far as I can tell the main reason for the misperceptions is Fox News 
and right-wing radio.  The majority of Bush supporters get their news 
from those sources, which report falsehoods on a daily basis.  I read a 
study that measured perceptions of basic facts about Iraq based on 
where people got their news, and a huge percentage of Fox viewers still 
believe Iraq has WMD, where only 1 or 2% of NPR listeners held this 
belief.

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