Unbelievable... hard to believe these two Texas journalists are covering the same story, yes?
Headline One:
Poll: War support shrinking in Texas
By Don Jordan, Houston Chronicle
Mr. Jordan, taking full advantage of literary license, prefers to compare the results of the recent poll to a poll taken last year in spring, not long after the fall of Saddam. The drop from the pro-war stats, in the 70 percentile a year ago, looks to be a more dramatic drop to the new 56% in the most current poll.
I'm quite sure that Texas has done the up-down bit like the rest of the nation over the past year. And again, it can not be said enough that public opinion is formed by what the media shoves down our throats.
Headline Two:
Most Texans still back war
By Dave Montgomery, The Star-Telegram (Dallas-Ft. Worth area)
The yin to Mr. Jordan's yang, Mr. Montgomery provides a more fair journalistic report of the polling.
Read them both, compare... and remember their names for the next time you run across their versions of "truth". Obviously one has more journalistic integrity, and Mr. Jordan has an axe to grind.
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