National Poll Shows Voters Are Widely Misinformed

[madhatter]

http://www.justfacts.com/news_2017_poll ... wledge.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

National Poll Shows Voters Are Widely Misinformed About Key Issues

pretty comprehensive article on the poll ...no real surprises either...

[MarieM]

" while it is true that all the facts listed on JF are validated or peer-reviewed in some way, JF do not attempt to report a balanced view of the totality of information, they do not include information that disagrees with their preferred conclusions, and they present facts (especially time series) selectively in such a way that those very facts seem to support the opposite of what the full data really support. Based on not presenting research and facts from both sides we score this 6/10. Our last criteria is political affiliation which looks at a combination of ownership, funding and the general tone of the information. The owner of this website is James D. Agresti who also operates the website Just Facts Daily that we have rated as also having a right-center bias. Mr. Agresti is also author of the book Rational Conclusions, evidencing factual support for the Bible across a broad array of academic disciplines. Mr. Agresti’s Christian political bias is evident on the Just Facts Daily website, but less so here. Just Facts is a Non-Profit. For political affiliation we rate Just Facts 6/10 right, based on ownership bias and demonstrated bias on the sister site. When added up this website scores 3.5 Right, which falls within the Right-Center category. (3/4/2017) Updated (5/29/2017)"

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/just-facts/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[madhatter]

" while it is true that all the facts listed on JF are validated or peer-reviewed in some way, JF do not attempt to report a balanced view of the totality of information, they do not include information that disagrees with their preferred conclusions, and they present facts (especially time series) selectively in such a way that those very facts seem to support the opposite of what the full data really support. Based on not presenting research and facts from both sides we score this 6/10. Our last criteria is political affiliation which looks at a combination of ownership, funding and the general tone of the information. The owner of this website is James D. Agresti who also operates the website Just Facts Daily that we have rated as also having a right-center bias. Mr. Agresti is also author of the book Rational Conclusions, evidencing factual support for the Bible across a broad array of academic disciplines. Mr. Agresti’s Christian political bias is evident on the Just Facts Daily website, but less so here. Just Facts is a Non-Profit. For political affiliation we rate Just Facts 6/10 right, based on ownership bias and demonstrated bias on the sister site. When added up this website scores 3.5 Right, which falls within the Right-Center category. (3/4/2017) Updated (5/29/2017)"

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/just-facts/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

whats your point?

also from the link you provided:

What I did was I looked at all the policy positions presented and read sections of each and applied what I read to our methodology. Our first criteria is use of loaded words and headlines. My review shows zero use of loaded words and headlines always match the content of articles, therefore Just Facts scores 0/10 in this criteria. The second criteria we evaluate is factual reporting/sourcing. In this category Just Facts is downright impressive as everything is sourced to credible information from respected sources. Our third criteria is Story Choices (do they cover both sides). In this category Just Facts selected a wide variety of policy topics. However, in this category we found a rightward bias based on the selection of information presented.

I read through the original poll before I posted it.. is there something there you care to refute?

[madhatter]

and here's what just facts has to say about the media bias link you posted:

http://www.justfactsdaily.com/media-bia ... dishonest/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[MarieM]

"There is a definite bias to the right."

"Correct answer given by 41% of all voters, 13% of Democrat voters, 71% of Republican voters, 43% of third-party voters, 49% of undecided voters, 44% of males, 37% of females, 43% of 35 to 64 year olds, and 39% of 65+ year olds."

Nothing to refute, just a skeptical observation.

[madhatter]

"There is a definite bias to the right."

"Correct answer given by 41% of all voters, 13% actually 31%of Democrat voters, 71% of Republican voters, 43% of third-party voters, 49% of undecided voters, 44% of males, 37% of females, 43% of 35 to 64 year olds, and 39% of 65+ year olds."

Nothing to refute, just a skeptical observation.

that's not a "bias to the right" those are the results of the answers to the questions....now if the questions are biased to the right THAT would be a worthy observation...that 31% of D voters gave the right answers overall isn't slanted if its the actual result ( 90% of D's answered the "has the earth measurably warmed" question correctly, only 8% of D's correctly answered that the upper earners pay most of the tax revenue...only 6% of D's correctly answered there has been no increase in storm intensity...almost no one got the area covered by landfills if recycling stopped question...poorest showing women at 3%, men the highest at 14% followed by republicans at 13%)...so I agree nothing to refute...D's answers are consistent with their largely misinformed ideology....

not sure what you are "skeptical" of...