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Nambe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-17-03 09:37 PM
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Youth find more truth in Eminem than Bush
Guardian Newspapers Limited


Americans don't care what Europe thinks of them and believe their children find more truth in Eminem's lyrics than the speeches of George Bush.

Those are the conclusions of an online poll of more than 1,000 people that reveals an insular, parochial nation which is growing ever more cynical about its own legislators and opinion-formers.

Remarkably, 53% agreed that "America's youth find more 'truth' in Eminem's lyrics than in President Bush's speeches', according to the survey conducted by the New York advertising agency Euro RSCG.

Even though the lyrics of Eminem, a white rapper, have been branded homophobic and misogynistic, only 19% disagreed with the statement. Among 18- to 24-year-olds, almost two-thirds of respondents believed that Eminem was more truthful.

Mr Bush has traditionally scored well on trust but recent polls show that his credibility has been diminished by the failure to find weapons of mass destruction and false statements made in his state of the union speech about Iraq's attempts to procure nuclear weapons material from Niger. ---

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I AM SPARTACUS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-17-03 09:39 PM
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1. there's more truth in Barney, the funny papers, and the Mafia
than there is in the Smirko Regime
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lanlady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-17-03 09:40 PM
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2. what junk
An online poll means nothing. Shame on the Guardian for publishing this rot.
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-17-03 09:43 PM
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3. No surprise.
Eminem probably knows volumes more about the real world than the Dim Son does.
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-17-03 09:51 PM
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4. Guerilla News Network / Eminem "WHITE AMERICA"
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