Misleading news about Limbaugh, Gingrich and Cheney

There’s a new poll from Gallup getting a lot of attention today. The headline on the Gallup website is “Limbaugh, Gingrich, Cheney Seen as Speaking for GOP.” Gallup’s Frank Newport writes, “Asked to name the ‘main person who speaks for the Republican Party today,’ Republicans across the country are most likely to name three men: Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, and Dick Cheney. Democrats are most likely to say Limbaugh speaks for the GOP, followed by Cheney.”

This is the perfect case of a story being accurate and at the same time fundamentally misleading. Fortunately, Gallup provides the numbers that cast doubt on its own assertions.