The Washington Times reports on a survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
Despite all the main stream media's negative coverage of the war in Iraq the Pew survey finds that 56 percent of the public thinks that efforts to establish a stable democracy in Iraq will succeed.
The survey also found a huge disconnect between the perceptions of the general public and many of the so-called opinion leaders.
The percentage of respondents who thought that the efforts to establish a stable democracy in Iraq will succeed varies greatly among various groups:
Academics - 27 percent
Journalists - 33 percent
Military - 64 percent
Nearly half of the American public, 48 percent, think the decision to take military action in Iraq was the right one, but again this is seen differently among journalists, academics and the military:
Academics - 21 percent
Journalists - 28 percent
Military - 49 percent
The survey, "America's Place in the World," was conducted in two phases. 2,006 adults were polled between October 12 and 24, and 540 members of the press, academia and five demographic groups were polled from September 5 to October 31. The survey has a margin of error ranging from three to five percent.
The complete results are available here.
It never ceases to amaze me how far to the left of the general public journalists and academicians are.
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