Beohun
2009-04-20 23:06:06
The article itself was entitled “Most Americans OK with Big Government, at Least for Now,” yet those “comfortable with big government” represented only 37 percent of the sample results. The 52 percent majority figure was derived by the journalist taking the 37 percent and throwing it in with 15 percent who approved “of current actions but view big government as a long-term threat.”
So basically USA Today borrowed from the great showman P.T. Barnum and took a 37% monkey torso and grafted it to a 15% fish tail and came up with a 52% Fiji mermaid.
