Article: Associated Press and other media distort Roe v. Wade and public opinion on abortion policy.

WASHINGTON - - Nearly 32 years after the Supreme Court legalized abortion on demand, some major organs of the news media continue to misreport key elements of what the Court has done, with the Associated Press (AP) being the latest offender.

An AP dispatch disseminated across the nation on November 28 highlighted an AP-sponsored poll conducted by Ipsos-Public Affairs (Nov. 19-21), in which 59 percent of respondents said they thought President Bush should nominate Supreme Court justices who would uphold Roe v. Wade, while 31 percent wanted nominees who would overturn Roe. However, these results were obtained only after respondents were first presented by the ...

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