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Poll: GOP voters say news media poses greater threat to US than white supremacists
The Hill ^ | August 30, 2017 | John Bowden

Posted on 08/30/2017 11:20:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A new Fox News poll released Wednesday finds that an overwhelming 69 percent of Republican voters believe the news media poses a greater threat to the United States than white supremacists.

In comparison, just 18 percent of Republicans in the poll said that white supremacy was a greater problem.

In the same poll, 70 percent of all respondents said that President Trump hates the news media more than he hates white supremacists. That number includes 83 percent of Democrats and 53 percent of Republicans.

Participants were also polled on their view of Trump's response to violence in Charlottesville, Va., earlier this month. Trump initially blamed "many sides" for the violence that resulted in one death and dozens of injuries.

The responses were split among party lines, with 72 percent of Republicans approving of Trump's response to the violence, while 91 percent of Democrats disapproved.

Similar divisions exist over whether voters believe the president respects minorities: Eighty-two percent of Republicans said he does, while 92 percent of Democrats said he doesn't.

The poll also found less support for taking down Confederate monuments. Just fifty-three percent of Democrats said Confederate monuments should be taken down after the violence, while 87 percent of Republicans said they should stay up.

The Fox News poll was conducted by two polling firms, Democratic firm Anderson Robbins Research and Republican polling group Shaw & Company Research. It surveyed 1,006 registered voters on landline and cellphones from August 27-29, and carries a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.


TOPICS: Issues; Parties; Polls; State and Local
KEYWORDS: media; mediathreat; poll; racism; republicans; voters; waronart; whitesupremacy
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To: Telepathic Intruder
Ultimately, all politics is local racial.
21 posted on 08/31/2017 3:43:39 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s been a long time dream and goal of the leftist MSM to link any right wing and mainstream republicans, like the Tea Party for example, to the KKK and neo Nazis. The MSM will never stop.


22 posted on 08/31/2017 3:47:59 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
GOP voters say news media poses greater threat to US than white supremacists

Same thing.

Both the white supremacists and the RATagandists are left-wing radicals.

23 posted on 08/31/2017 3:58:30 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Quite true considering the US is inundated with simple minded voters (liberals) who will believe anything the media airs. The MSM knows this and sell the public with their pathetic lack news


24 posted on 08/31/2017 4:15:32 AM PDT by okie 54
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Quite true considering the US is inundated with simple minded voters (liberals) who will believe anything the media airs. The MSM knows this and sell the public with their pathetic lack news


25 posted on 08/31/2017 4:15:36 AM PDT by okie 54
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To: okie 54

“.....the news media poses a greater threat to the United States than white supremacists.

The “poll” is probably correct in two respects. The media (greater in numbers) has multiple outlets to distribute their garbage which is intended to destroy rather than build up. The “white supremacists” USE the media to help them get their message out. Therefore it is the media which has multiple opportunities to report on or create which, IMO, gives THEM the edge.


26 posted on 08/31/2017 5:08:16 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Nateman
Since these organizations now see fit to use their monopoly status to enforce the collectivist narrative I say give them a taste of their own medicine and bust them up.

I agree with this part of your statement absolutely. The existing media is a monolithic group dedicated to helping their political allies get elected.

The media manipulates elections with their biased coverage, and as an ideological monopoly under one party control, they need to be broken up.

27 posted on 08/31/2017 6:51:48 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Exactly.


28 posted on 08/31/2017 6:52:22 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: cgbg

In my entire (long) life I once met one white supremacist who tried to pitch their views to me—once—many years ago.

The news media pitches their lies on the air on channel after channel 24-7—today, tomorrow, yesterday, five years ago, five years from now—all the way back to Operation Mockingbird when I was but a tiny child.

This is Captain Obvious time.


The media has always been happy to give “White Supremacists” time. George Lincoln Rockwell, David Duke, etc. All got plenty of air time to spread there nonsense.


29 posted on 08/31/2017 6:57:33 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, duh!


30 posted on 08/31/2017 7:03:29 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: Telepathic Intruder

If nothing else, the sheer numbers are a factor.

How many actual white supremacists are there in the US? 5? 50?

Does anyone know an actual white supremacist???? This is like asking if you know anyone who has been killed by a trash compactor. Yes, it happens, and there must be someone somewhere who has been the victim or knows a victim, but it makes the news precisely because it is so rare. To hear the media talk about it, you’d think there was a white supremacist on every street corner.

OTOH, there are thousands of journalists and many of them are spewing so much hate (often, ironically (but not to them) under the guise of “anti-hate”) that it’s no wonder that the left wing nuts become violent. Most of them are on shaky ground already, mental health-wise.


31 posted on 08/31/2017 7:51:41 AM PDT by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No shit Sherlock. Consider the power and reach that MSM has. White Supremacists have barely any media presence.


32 posted on 08/31/2017 2:28:36 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: cgbg

Same with me. At an event celebrating free speech one speaker got up to talk down Jews. Just so happens that the event organizer attracted some people from that spectrum.

Actually it was in England that I got some blood libel about Jews spoken to me. I would argue there is a lot more Jew hatred in England and Europe than America.


33 posted on 08/31/2017 2:30:50 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: Lady Heron

I met some on America History X...oh right that was movie.


34 posted on 08/31/2017 2:31:20 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: Telepathic Intruder
When have white supremacists ever been a real threat? It’s just as fake a one as Russians and Reptilians.

I consider 'white supremacist' Hillry Clinton a very real threat... Talk about 'white privilege.

35 posted on 08/31/2017 2:34:20 PM PDT by Just mythoughts
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