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Study: Wrong impressions helped support Iraq war, Knight Ridder Newspapers http://propaganda.lege.net/misperceptions/article/

Misperceptions, The Media and The Iraq War, October 2, 2003 Report by PIPA/KN http://propaganda.lege.net/misperceptions/report/

Content of the above PIPA/KN October 2, 2003 Report:
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page 1
INTRODUCTION
page 2
three polls, conducted over June through September
FINDINGS
Links Between Iraq and Al Qaeda
page 3
Perceived Iraq-Al Qaeda Relationship
Saddam Hussein and 9/11
page 4
Evidence of Links to al-Qaeda
Perception: Evidence of Iraqi-Al Qaeda Link Found
Weapons of Mass Destruction
page 5
Perception: Weapons of Mass Destruction Have Been Found
Perception: Chemical and Biological Weapons Have Been Used
World Public Opinion
page 6
Perception: World Public Opinion on War With Iraq
Perception: European Public Opinion on War With Iraq
Composite Analysis
three polls, conducted in June, July, and August-September
page 7
60% had at least one of these three unambiguous misperceptions
8% had all three of the misperceptions
Frequency of Misperceptions
page 8
POLLS OF WORLD PUBLIC OPINION ON THE IRAQ WAR
Misperceptions of Attitudes in the Islamic World
page 9
Misperceptions and Support for War
Links to al-Qaeda
Pre-War (Feb 03) Approval for Unilateral Action and Beliefs About al Qaeda Links
page 10
Support for War and Misperception of Evidence of Iraqi Links to al Qaeda
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Support for the War and Misperception Iraqi WMD Found
World Public Opinion
page 11
Support for War and Perceptions of World Public Opinion
Composite Analysis
Support for War and Cumulative Effect of Misperceptions
page 12
Variations in Misperceptions According to Source of News
Primary source of news
Composite Analysis
page 13
Frequency of Misperceptions
Number of misperceptions per respondent
News Source vs. Average rate per misperception
Evidence of Links Between Iraq and Al Qaeda
Evidence of Links Between Iraq and al-Qaeda
page 14
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Weapons of Mass Destruction
World Public Opinion
page 15
World Public Opinion
The Effect of Demographic Variations in Audience
Fox viewers are more Republican
PBS-NPR is higher in education and less Republican
Looking just at Republicans
Republican Fox viewers
Republicans who get their news from PBS-NPR
page 16
Average Rate of Misperceptions Among Republicans According to News Sources
Misperceptions According to Level of Attention to News
Evidence of Al-Qaeda Link
page 17
Weapons of Mass Destruction
World Public Opinion
Misperceptions According to Political Position
Support for the President
page 18
Support for President and Frequency of Misperceptions
Evidence Of Al-Qaeda Link
Support for President and 3 Key Misperceptions
Weapons of Mass Destruction
World Public Opinion
Party Identification
page 19
Political Bias Not Full Explanation
Variation in Misperception by Support for President and News Source
Compounding Effects of News Exposure and Political Positions
page 20
Exposure to News and Frequency of Misperceptions Among Bush and Democratic Nominee Supporters
Support for the War
Exposure to News and Support for War Among Bush and Democratic Nominee Supporters
page 21
METHODOLOGY

A few examples on how "misperceptions" arise http://propaganda.lege.net/misperceptions/examples/

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Updated 27 October 2003