Mansfield Fox

Law student. Yankees fan. Massive fraggle. Just living the American dream.

Monday, April 26, 2004

HEADLINES MAY NOT REFLECT POLL, SURVEY FINDS Jonah Goldberg looks at this Sacramento Bee headline ("Poll: Nearly one of three Californians favor gay marriage. ") and responds by pointing out that :

One could also say "More than 2 out of 3 Californians Oppose Gay Marriage."


But why stop there? How about: "Poll: More Californians Believe Gay Relationships 'Morally Wrong' than Favor Gay Marriage"? Or "2 out of 5 Californians Believe Gay Relationships 'Morally Wrong'"? Or "On Homosexuality, Californians Only Marginally More Liberal than Rest of Troglodyte Country"?

How about: "Blog Entry: All of Above Headlines Equally Reflective of Polling Data"?