Media Bias Alert: New York Times Stacks Health Care Poll Deck

The New York Times made news—or rather manufactured it—by publishing a public opinion poll that seems to show Americans overwhelmingly supporting a single payer or similar health care funding system.  The only problem is, those questioned voted by nearly 2 to 1 for Obama over McCain, which the paper’s story on the poll somehow failed to mention. More at Secondhand Smoke .

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