{"id":16739,"date":"2012-12-16T08:29:58","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T13:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16739"},"modified":"2012-12-16T08:29:58","modified_gmt":"2012-12-16T13:29:58","slug":"twisting-the-numbers-to-change-the-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16739","title":{"rendered":"Twisting The Numbers To Change The Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday the Daily Caller<\/a> posted a story about Bloomberg News<\/a> and its reporting of a poll<\/a> it conducted last week. The poll was taken by an Iowa<\/a>-based firm and asked Americans how they felt about the coming ‘fiscal cliff.’<\/p>\n

The article states:<\/p>\n

A poll conducted last week by an Iowa-based firm showed Americans are conflicted about whether or not to support raising tax rates<\/a> on wealthy Americans to avert the so-called \u201cfiscal cliff.\u201d But that\u2019s not how Bloomberg News, which commissioned the poll, reported the results Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Somehow, when the story was reported, the headline read, \u201cAmericans Back Obama Tax-Rate Boost Tied to Entitlements.\u201d So what did the poll actually show? The article reported that fifty-eight percent of the people polled thought President Obama<\/a> was right to insist on raising taxes<\/a> on the wealthy as a precondition for talks about the fiscal cliff. However, when you take a closer look at the numbers, you find that fifty-two percent responded that they preferred limited tax breaks to a tax-rate hike. Thirty nine percent said that they wanted to see tax rates on the wealthy increase, and nine percent said they were not sure.<\/p>\n

Please follow the link above to read the entire story. There is also an attempt in the story to convince the reader that raising taxes to increase government spending<\/a> is a solution to our current economic problems.<\/p>\n

Bloomberg<\/a> news is a respected financial news source. They do a disservice to themselves and the American people<\/a> when they do not accurately report the news..<\/p>\n

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