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Is the media dumbing us down?

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It seems to me that important news gets censored while we get to hear all about the lives of celebutards. Am I completely off base in this assumption?
1) Do you watch or listen to the news?
1) Yes, and I believe everything they say!
2) Yes, but they often lie
3) Yes, but they often censor or neglect to report real news
4) Sometimes
5) No. They have a liberal bias
6) No. They have a conservative bias
7) No. They lie
8) No. They don't report actual news
9) Other
2) Which of these topics is important to you? You may choose as many responses as you want.
1) The war in Iraq
2) Issues involving our constitutional rights
3) Issues around 9/11
4) Global warming
5) The outing of Valerie Plame
6) The Downing Street memo
7) Torture/secret prisons
8) Habeus Corpus
9) Celebrity trials
10) Which celebrity is going out with which other one
11) The life and times of Brittany Spears
12) The Anna Nicole Smith controversy
13) Heartwarming stories about puppies and kittens
14) Natural disasters
15) Cool car chases
16) Watching cops go after "bad guys"
17) Other-please post-I know I left out a ton of stuff
3) What is more important to you? Brittany's new "comeback" or the debate over when to end the war in Iraq?
1) Brittany
2) The War
3) Both equally
4) Neither is important
5) Not sure
4) What was more important to you? The Paris Hilton drunk driving saga or the outing of Valerie Plame who was working for the CIA by people in the Bush administration.
1) Paris Hilton
2) The outing of Valerie Plame
3) The outing of Valerie Plame is not important. It said so on Fox news so I believe it.
4) They are equally important
5) Neither is important
6) Other
7) Not sure
5) How much does the media scrutinize the Bush administration?
1) Way too much! The media is run by elite Hollywood liberals
2) A bit too much
3) Just the right amount
4) The Bush administration should be scrutinized a bit more
5) The Bush administration is lying to us and stripping away our rights. This doesn't get questioned at all by the corporate media which acts as a propaganda arm for them!
6) Other-please post
7) Not sure
6) What is more important? A candidates haircut, prior drug use, stands on the issues, record with the issues, or familiarity with the Bible?
1) Haircut
2) Prior drug use
3) Stand on the issues
4) Record with the issues
5) Bible familiarity
6) Other
7) What do you think of the presidential debates so far?
1) These so called "debates" are an insult to my intelligence
2) The questions usually have no relevance to what is really important
3) The questions are too "safe" and candidates aren't pressured to answer questions that aren't
4) The debates are o.k. but could use some improvement
5) Too much attention is given to the leading candidates and not enough attention is given to the other ones
6) The debates are great. The questions are very relevant
7) I wish there were more questions about haircuts, affairs, Bible verses, and prior drug use
8) Other-please post
9) Not sure
8) Finally, if the election were held NOW, who would you vote for? I may leave someone out, you are welcome to post your choice if I do.
1) Hillary Clinton
2) Rudy Guliani
3) Barak Obama
4) Mike Huckabee
5) John Edwards
6) John McCain
7) Dennis Kucinich
8) Ron Paul
9) Bill Richardson
10) Fred Thompson
11) Chris Dodd
12) Duncan Hunter
13) Joe Biden
14) Tom Tancredo
15) Mike Gravel
16) Mitt Romney
17) Alan Keyes
18) Al Gore (I know he's not running, but then who knows, so I'm including him anyways)
19) Other-please post
20) Not sure
This poll was created on 2007-12-15 19:56:21 by totoro