In a December 6 editorial, The Washington Times cited a six-week-old poll to claim that "Americans are about evenly divided on the question of whether going to war in Iraq in the first place was a good idea," but the editorial -- saying only that the poll was "released on Nov. 17," but not that it was conducted in October -- ignored the fact that several more recent polls have reported that significantly more Americans believe the Iraq war is a mistake. In addition, the Times used a poll conducted by the International Republican Institute (IRI) to show that, in contrast to American political and media figures, Iraqis are optimistic about developments in their country. The Times did not tell readers, however, that IRI -- as its name implies -- is an organization with strong Republican ties and that its "face-to-face" survey excluded an entire province of Iraq.
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