On Zogby's home page there's a "new poll" about American attitudes towards the Terri Schiavo case. In spite of countless polls showing that America overwhelmingly agree with Judge Greer's decision, we now read (on Zogby) that:
Polls leading up to the death of Terri Schiavo made it appear Americans had formed a consensus in favor of ending her life. However, a new Zogby poll with fairer questions shows the nation clearly supporting Terri and her parents and wanting to protect the lives of other disabled patients. (More below the fold)
The Zogby poll found that, if a person becomes incapacitated and has not expressed their preference for medical treatment, as in Terri's case, 43 percent say "the law presume that the person wants to live, even if the person is receiving food and water through a tube" while just 30 percent disagree.
Another Zogby question his directly on Terri's circumstances.
"If a disabled person is not terminally ill, not in a coma, and not being kept alive on life support, and they have no written directive, should or should they not be denied food and water," the poll asked.
A whopping 79 percent said the patient should not have food and water taken away while just 9 percent said yes.
http://zogby.com/Soundbites/ReadClips.dbm?ID=11131
So, I googled the poll. I found LOTS Of references to this story, all on RW sites (Free Republic, Malkin, etc.) that ALL link back to the reference above.
But putting aside the "push poll" nature of the questions themselves, ALL of the references, even the reference on the Zogby site, lead back to this story on the "pro-life" (read anti-abortion) site "Life News": http://www.lifenews.com/bio891.html
Does anyone know how they pulled this one off? Is it time to expose another "Jeff Gannon" on this, or can anyone post a "news" story on Zogby?
America didn't change it's mind overnight on this.