Media manipulation by the Washington Post.

A Monday article in the Washington Post carries the headline: "Bush Approval Rating at All-Time Low". For several paragraphs, it insinuates that the public is blaming Bush for hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. But way down in paragraph 14, the article manages to mention this little tidbit:

"But Americans were even more suspicious of Democrats' motives. Six in 10 said that Democrats critical of Bush for his handling of the hurricane were just trying to use the disaster for political advantage while a third said Democrats were genuinely interested in finding out what went wrong. A third of all Democrats were suspicious of their leaders' motives, as well as eight in 10 Republicans and six in 10 independents."

And buried even further down in the article is this:

"The new poll found that Americans are divided over the best way to pay for the cleanup effort, now estimated to cost more than $100 billion. Four in 10--39 percent--say the government should cut federal spending, while 17 percent support increasing the federal budget deficit, now estimated to reach $500 billion this year. Another 16 percent would raise taxes. Only 4 percent said the country should finance reconstruction by pulling out of Iraq."

Only 4 percent support that last idea? No wonder they snuck that in at the bottom of the page.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/12/AR2005091201158.html