Chicago Tribune story misleads on gay marriage poll

[WillParkinson]

Chicago Tribune story misleads on gay marriage poll

The Chicago Tribune published an article on the paper’s recent study of Chicago public opinion regarding gay marriage. Time Out Chicago says the article (but not the poll) is biased against gay rights.

Time Out points out that the article quoted just three people, all of whom opposed gay marriage. It lists a number of statistics that were gathered from the study, but only halfway through the article does it present this encouraging number: “The overall opinion on legalizing same-sex marriage, when city respondents are factored in, is split: 42 percent oppose it, 42 percent support it and 15 percent have no opinion.”

Until this statistic, the Tribune article presents the information as if it demonstrated Chicago’s opposition to same-sex marriage.

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