\u201cThe Media\u201d are just people, and all people have their biases. Inevitably, those biases subtly creep into the stories they report. Rarely do you find bald-faced, deliberate distortions of the truth, especially in reputable media outlets. The July 17th edition of the Inside-the-Beltway publication, National Journal, isn\u2019t subtly, or unintentionally biased. It flat-out lies.<\/p>\n
Here is the headline and lead paragraphs as they appear in the National Journal\u2019s story about a poll on the Senate immigration bill:<\/p>\n
Shane Goldmacher<\/p>\n
Momentum for a major immigration overhaul has stalled in the House, as Republican leaders there have declared the Senate\u2019s 1,200-page bill dead on arrival. But backers of the Senate\u2019s framework\u2014a combination of beefed-up border security and a path to citizenship for those already here illegally\u2014have one key advantage going forward: broad public support.<\/p>\n
A strong majority of Americans, 59 percent, said they would like to see the House either pass the Senate\u2019s immigration bill as is or pass a version with even tougher border-control measures, according to the latest United Technologies\/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll.<\/p>\n
In contrast, only one in five voters said they prefer that the House pass no immigration legislation at all, and only 13 percent said they want the House to strip the path to citizenship from the Senate\u2019s bill.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Here is the actual poll question and the topline results on which the National Journal bases the headline and the report:<\/p>\n