National Review White House correspondent Byron York took issue with The Washington Post's characterization of findings in an ABC News-Washington Post poll that documented a significant drop in public support for President Bush's plan for Social Security. But in challenging the Post in a March 15 National Review Online column , York misrepresented the poll's data to claim that "solid majorities of those surveyed accept the president's underlying rationale for reform, and support his main proposal for that reform [private investment accounts funded by payroll taxes]."
A March 14 WashingtonPost.com article on the poll, which was released the previous day, reported that "[b]arely a third of the public approves of the way President Bush is dealing with Social Security and a majority says the more they hear about Bush's plan to reform the giant retirement system, the less they like it." When respondents were asked: "Overall, do you support or oppose Bush's proposals on Social Security? Do you support/oppose them strongly or somewhat?" 55 percent disapproved: 35 percent strongly and 20 percent somewhat.
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