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Powerlineblog has a great reference to a recent Rasmussen poll article on the effect of framing a poll question. The key note is that when left-wing Paul Krugman is identified as a "New York Times columnist Paul Krugman" that his unfavorable rates rise and his very unfavorable ratings triple. A virtual unknown, John Fund, has the opposite effect when identified as a "Wall Street Journal columnist" His favorable ratings rise.
For the New York Slimes...uh New York Times, the writing is on the wall. They are no longer journalists but partisan hacks who can't even keep their readers informed of an important scandal like the recent ACORN-pimp parade.  Instead, the NYT plays partisan and creates Bias of Omission for the readers that they seek to serve.  In the relationship between Business and Customer, this is certainly a deceptive business practice. In the information age, it is more. Fraud. Even NYT readers are complaining that they rely on the paper and don't get the news they deserve.Â
Here's the original article:
Most voters (55%) don’t know enough about Paul Krugman to venture even a soft opinion about him. Those with an opinion are fairly evenly divided—22% favorable and 22% unfavorable. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just one-in-10 voters has a strong opinion about Krugman, with four percent (4%) voicing a Very Favorable opinion and six percent (6%) a Very Unfavorable view.
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