Zogby Comes Late
I haven't been saying much about the Schiavo case because there has already been a blizzard of disscussion, intelligent and not, on the issue and I didn't feel like adding to the storm. However, I just have to comment shortly on the new Zogby poll that's been released (post-mortum). Apparently, if you ask less biased questions, a majority of Americans did fall on the side of supporting Schiavo's right to live. The story is availible here:
Apparently the media thinks it can tell America how it feels about things, again. It would have been nice if a majority of the country knew that a majority of the country agreed with them. That may have made the difference in saving Terri's life. But by releasing polls that made it seem no one supported keeping Terri alive, major media (with it's agenda) managed to weaken the support for Terri, contributing to her death. It's like the Nov 2004 early exit polls all over again. If you can tell everyone they are losing, maybe it will really happen.
The credibility of the major media has reached a new low. If you had to chose between an alcoholic bum who promised not to spend your donation on liquor or CNN's latest poll, you would be better off believing the bum.
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Apparently the media thinks it can tell America how it feels about things, again. It would have been nice if a majority of the country knew that a majority of the country agreed with them. That may have made the difference in saving Terri's life. But by releasing polls that made it seem no one supported keeping Terri alive, major media (with it's agenda) managed to weaken the support for Terri, contributing to her death. It's like the Nov 2004 early exit polls all over again. If you can tell everyone they are losing, maybe it will really happen.
The credibility of the major media has reached a new low. If you had to chose between an alcoholic bum who promised not to spend your donation on liquor or CNN's latest poll, you would be better off believing the bum.
posted by fm_illuminatus at 1:43 PM
2 Comments:
I agree george. Actually, I think if terri had clearly stated that as her wish, most people would be fine with her feeding tubes removed (and either way it would have been none of their business). But, what made the case so controversial is that Terri's wishes were not definatively known. Of course, Michael said she wanted to die, and her parents said she wanted to live, both with obvious motives (Michael wanted the rest of the settlement money, the parents didn't want to give up hope for a miraculous recovery). Therefore, the only fair thing to do would have been to give her the benefit of the doubt, and keep her alive, at the very least until everything was sorted out. The original poll questions "Do people have the right to die if they are in the state terri is (was) in?" (or something to that effect) didn't even address the issue at stake. You don't kill somebody right in the middle of the whole mess. It's almost like executing a convict without a single appeal, but worse, because Terri wasn't guilty of anything.
Good post!
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