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    Pushing the Envelope? The Political Activities of Religious Organizations in Campaign 2004

    10:30am-Noon Washington, D.C. Speakers: Richard Land, President, Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Robert Tuttle, Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School Ronald Walters, Director, African American Leadership Institute; Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland Moderator: Luis Lugo, Director, The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life LUIS LUGO: We […]

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    Additional Findings and Analyses

    More View Kerry as Liberal As Kerry has emerged as the Democratic nominee, an increasing percentage of the public, especially Republicans, have come to view him as ideologically liberal. On an ideological scale from 1 to 6 (where 1 is the most conservative and 6 is the most liberal), 40% of those able to rate […]

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    I. Views on Performance

    Journalists are divided over whether their profession is advancing or regressing. Only about half of local journalists ­ and even fewer national journalists ­ feel their profession is moving in the right direction. In particular, national TV and radio journalists are the most negative, with 61% saying the field is headed in the wrong direction, […]

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    Survey Findings – Press Going Too Easy on Bush

    by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press Section I: Views on PerformanceSection II: Covering the President and the CampaignSection III: Today’s Changing NewsroomSection IV: Values and the Press NOTE: This report is also available on the Pew Research Center Web site. Overview Journalists are unhappy with the way things are going […]

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    Iraq Prison Scandal Hits Home, But Most Reject Troop Pullout

    Summary of Findings Public satisfaction with national conditions has fallen to 33%, its lowest level in eight years, in the wake of revelations of prisoner abuse committed by U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. President Bush’s overall job approval rating also has dropped into negative territory: 44% approve of his job performance, while […]

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    Far More Voters Believe Election Outcome Matters

    Summary of Findings The long general election campaign begins with voters paying much more attention than usual and a decidedly greater number of Americans thinking that it matters who wins in the fall than felt that way four years ago. However, roughly half of Americans already say the campaign is too long, “boring” and “too […]

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    Questionnaire

    PEW RESEARCH CENTER FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE PRESSMAY 2004 POLITICAL/BELIEVABILITYFINAL TOPLINEMay 3 – 9, 2004N=1800ON FORM ONE Q.1 PRECEDES Q.2 — ON FORM TWO, Q.2 PRECEDES Q.1Q.1Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?[IF DK ENTER AS DK.IF DEPENDS PROBE ONCE WITH:Overall do you approve […]

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    Commentary on the Survey Findings

    By Bill Kovach, Tom Rosenstiel and Amy Mitchell What Journalists Are Worried About A Newsroom-Executive Divide Specific Areas of ConcernThe Internet as a Place of Confidence and CutsConfidence in the PublicPolitics & Ideology Crossing from Concern to Frustration Introduction While their worries are changing, the problems that journalists see with their profession in many ways […]

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    The Pursuit of Perfection: A Conversation on the Ethics of Genetic Engineering

    3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Washington, D.C. Featuring: Michael Sandel, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, Harvard University; member, President’s Council on Bioethics; author of “The Case Against Perfection,” The Atlantic Monthly, April 2004 Responding: Lee M. Silver, Professor at Princeton University in the Department of Molecular Biology and the Woodrow Wilson School […]