FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation.
I was struck by this December 30 headline at the Huffington Post: “Only 21 Percent Of U.S. Voters Support Net Neutrality.” Really? Well it turns out the poll was conducted by Scott Rasmussen, whose polling has made him afavorite at Fox News Channel. The real story here is that the poll question was clearly cooked […]
The Rasmussen poll has been criticized for putting a right-wing skew on its questions–a strategy that helps Scott Rasmussen garner frequent appearances on Fox News and the like, but severely diminishes its usefulness as a guide to public opinion. The latest example of Rasmussen’s tilt is particularly tendentious: “How important is it to you that […]
