Misleading Headline Of The Week - And it's only Monday...

This from the Canwest News Service:

Half think Harper too pro-Israel: poll

And here's what the story actually says:

The survey of 1,023 adults found an even division of opinion about Harper's firm support of Israel and his statement near the start of the conflict that the Israeli military was engaged in a "measured response" to a cross-border raid and capture of soldiers by Hezbollah fighters based in southern Lebanon.

It said 45 per cent agree Harper's position is "fair and balanced and completely appropriate," while 44 per cent say it is "decidedly too pro-Israel and is not appropriate." Eleven per cent say he has not supported Israel strongly enough.

(emphasis mine)

Last time I checked, "half" was an even split. 50/50. What we get out of this poll is not an "even division". Lets do some math shall we?

45% positive (pro-Israel)
+
11% positive (even more pro-Israel)
=
56% pro Israel.

Aparently Canwest thinks you're too stupid to understand that 56% is a whole lot more than 44%. Do you think they tried to hide that pesky 11% for a reason?