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October 29, 2008, available online at http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=79411 . See also the book, The Manchurian President: Barack Obama’s Ties to Communists, Socialists, and Other Anti-American Extremists , by Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott, 2010, WorldNetDaily Books.
    5 “government takeover of health care” On this see David Corn, “Why the White House Couldn’t Fight the ‘Obamacare’ Lie,” Mother Jones , May/June 2011, available online at http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/frank-luntz-obamacare-lie .
    5 “death panels” Brendan Nyhan, “Why the ‘Death Panel’ Myth Wouldn’t Die: Misinformation in the Healthcare Reform Debate,” The Forum , Volume 8, Issue 1, available online at http://www.dartmouth.edu/~nyhan/health-care-misinformation.pdf .
    5 increase the federal budget deficit Project on International Policy Attitudes, “Misinformation and the 2010 Election,” December 2010. Available online at http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/dec10/Misinformation_Dec10_rpt.pdf .
    5 subsidize abortions and the health care of illegal immigrants High levels of belief in these claims by Fox News viewers was documented in an NBC survey conducted from August 15–17 2009. For survey methodology and questions see http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/NBC-WSJ_Poll.pdf . For a summary of findings, see “First Thoughts: Obama’s good, bad news,” MSNBC.com , August 19, 2009, available online at http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/NBC-WSJ_Poll.pdf .
    5 having an abortion increases a woman’s risk of breast cancer National Cancer Institute, “Abortion, Miscarriage, and Breast Cancer Risk” Fact Sheet, noting, “having an abortion or miscarriage does not increase a woman’s subsequent risk of developing breast cancer.” Available online at: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/abortion-miscarriage .
    5 mental disorders Trine Munke-Olsen et al, “Induced First-Trimester Abortion and Risk of Mental Disorder,” New England Journal of Medicine , January 27, 2011, Vol. 364: No. 4, 332–9, noting, “The finding that the incidence rate of psychiatric contact was similar before and after a first-trimester abortion does not support the hypothesis that there is an increased risk of mental disorders after a first-trimester induced abortion.”
    5 fetuses can perceive pain Susan J. Lee et al, “Fetal Pain: A Systematic Multidisciplinary Review of the Evidence,” Journal of the American Medical Association, August 24/31, 2005, Vol. 294, No. 8, 947–954, noting, “Evidence regarding the capacity for fetal pain is limited but indicates that fetal perception of pain is unlikely before the third trimester.” Available online at http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/294/8/947.full.pdf+html .
    5 same-sex parenting is bad for kids American Psychological Association, Research Summary on Sexual Orientation, Parents, and Children, noting “the development, adjustment, and well-being of children with lesbian and gay parents do not differ markedly from that of children with heterosexual parents.” See http://www.apa.org/about/governance/council/policy/parenting.aspx .
    5 homosexuality is a disorder American Psychological Association, “Sexual orientation and homosexuality,” noting, “most people experience little or no sense of choice about their sexual orientation”; “lesbian, gay, and bisexual orientations are not disorders. Research has found no inherent association between any of these sexual orientations and psychopathology”; and “To date, there has been no scientifically adequate research to show that therapy aimed at changing sexual orientation (sometimes called reparative or conversion therapy) is safe or effective.” See http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/sexual-orientation.aspx .
    6 Fox news viewers Project on International Policy