MSM Bias - Terri Schiavo Poll

When Polls are taken tha results can be very skewed by the wording and bias of the questions, and ABC did just that with a poll on Terri Schiavo.

An ABC News poll reached the surprising conclusion that a majority of Americans think Terri Schiavo's feeding tube should remain out so she can be starved to death, but the question posed by the news network portrayed her as having "no consciousness" and being on "life support," rather than an awake, responsive patient with a feeding tube.

"Schiavo suffered brain damage and has been on life support for 15 years," the poll informed respondents. "Doctors say she has no consciousness and her condition is irreversible. Her husband and her parents disagree about whether she would have wanted to be kept alive. Florida courts have sided with the husband and her feeding tube was removed on Friday. What's your opinion on this case – do you support or oppose the decision to remove Schiavo's feeding tube?"

In response, reported ABC, "the public, by 63 percent-28 percent, supports the removal of Schiavo's feeding tube, and by a 25-point margin opposes a law mandating federal review of her case.

Since to most people, the phrase "no consciousness" suggests a coma and "life support" suggests a ventilator or other machinery, it's not surprising that many Americans – visualizing a comatose woman in a heart-lung machine – would consider Schiavo's life not worth living. The poll question also omits any reference to the fact that Terri's husband, Michael Schiavo, has been living with another woman for years, has sired two children by her, and is waiting for Terri to die so he can marry his girlfriend.

Ah, that sly ABC, biasing the question to give the results that THEY want to see. Why do the MSM and Donks want to see Terri die? Is it a power thing? Or is it advancement on their "Kill the Old, Infirmed and Babies" socialist agenda? Polls are only as good as the questions being asked, and the MSM and Donks are only as good as.... nothing.


Mr Minority