With WorldNetDaily readers, New Yorker cover apparently didn't come across as magazine intended

[kevinmc]

I would put the PUMA crowd in with the Worldnut Daily group..

http://mediamatters.org/items/200807140002?f=h_top

Summary: A WorldNetDaily.com poll asked the website's readers to "Sound off on the New Yorker's cover with turban-wearing Obama, gun toting wife," but while the New Yorker said in a press release that the cover "satirizes the use of scare tactics and misinformation in the Presidential election to derail Barack Obama's campaign," for a majority of respondents to WND's poll, the cover apparently provided support for their false perceptions of Obama's religion and patriotism: A majority of respondents selected the option stating that "he image isn't too far from the dangerous truth about the Obama family."

In a July 13 online poll, the conservative website WorldNetDaily.com asked readers to "Sound off on the New Yorker's cover with turban-wearing Obama, gun toting wife " by choosing one of 12 options, including the factually baseless options: "Funny, because there's some truth in it" and "The image isn't too far from the dangerous truth about the Obama family."

While the New Yorker said in a press release that its cover "satirizes the use of scare tactics and misinformation in the Presidential election to derail Barack Obama's campaign," for a majority of respondents to WND's poll, the cover apparently provided support for their false perceptions of Obama's religion and patriotism: As of 10:07 a.m. ET on July 14, the most popular option in the poll -- selected by 60 percent of WND respondents -- was "The image isn't too far from the dangerous truth about the Obama family."

The second-most popular option was "Funny, because there's some truth in it," which was selected by 11 percent of respondents...........

[NashVegas]

1. I'm Very, Very Concerned About What World Net Daily Readers Think

And so should we all be, correct?

[kevinmc]

2. Hmm....the PUMA line must have hit a nerve with you .. n/t

[NashVegas]

5. In Your Dreams

[cliffordu]

3. Do they vote?

[NashVegas]

6. The OP Seems to Think So

[kevinmc]

9. There is no difference between the two groups ......

both PUMA and Worldnut Daily readers are the same mentality. I guess they would vote the same.

[Enrique]

4. I bet more than one in there thinks it's a photo

[cliffordu]

7. Christmas card

:rofl: :rofl:

[ellacott]

8. And that's why some have a problem with the image

There will be some who won't get the satire. You already have 12% who still thinks he's a Muslim. I heard that number was going up.

[CTyankee]

10. uh, ellacot. if they say that in the poll, it's a good indication for us that

they had no intention of voting for Obama in the first place, cartoon or no cartoon.

[ellacott]

11. There are some around them who still can be influenced

It's not just them. It's those that don't know who could be influenced by these people.

It's not as unlikely as you would think. I know some harcore Republicans who are voting for him. I also know a couple who were sure whether he was a Muslim. When they found out he wasn't a Muslim they've looked at him differently. They're still in the undecided category but they don't like bush/mccain and are leaning towards Obama.

[CTyankee]

13. With them, I would bring up the cartoon, then.

That is called a "teachable moment." The cartoon is clearly ridiculing the notion that the Obamas are militants. You can ask them "Do you REALLY think this is what the Obamas are like? Haven't you seen actual photos of them with their kids and Michelle on 'The View." OR say "Where do people get such insane ideas?"

If these people are fair minded in the least, they will probably be straightened out soon. If they persist in their ignorance, well, you haven't LOST a vote for Obama: they never intended to vote for him in the first place, cartoon or no cartoon.

[SurfingAtWork]

12. I wouldn't worry about an online poll. Allot of the PUMA rejects post links to them

On their websites and urge its members to go and vote. They do the same thing with the AOL weekly poll. I find it amusing that they have convinced themselves that they are somehow going to alter political reality if they go and skew enough of these online polls.