WashPost Buries Its Tilted Sample, GOP 'Zeal' for Romney on A-4

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Source: newsbusters.org --- Monday, October 15, 2012
It?s always wise to look inside the paper for the real news when The Washington Post reports on improving polls for Republicans. The headline in Monday?s paper is ?GOP?s zeal for Romney grows,? but adds underneath ?Race is still close after 1st debate; Poll shows little change among likely voters.? On the front page, reporter Dan Balz and pollster Jon Cohen urged on readers that ?Even as voters overwhelmingly perceive that Romney won the first debate, the vast majority say their opinion of the president did not shift as a result.? Only inside do you learn about how enthusiasm now for Mitt Romney doubles John McCain?s at this point in 2008, and that the ?virtual dead heat? touted in the first paragraph is matched in paragraph 17 with a 9-point Democrat sampling push: read more ...

Source: http://newsbusters.org./blogs/tim-graham/2012/10/15/washpost-buries-its-tilted-sample-gop-zeal-romney-4

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