Headline took negative spin

The news media have a way of promoting sensational headlines that don't match their stories. Such was the case in the May 12 issue of the Deseret Morning News. The headline (in very bold letters) read, "Anti-LDS bias running high."

Carrie Moore wrote that in a nationwide survey of university faculty, the "unfavorable rating for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was at 38 percent." After checking the table next to the article with the survey results, I calculated that 40 percent of the people surveyed were in the positive results area and 20 percent were neutral. Wouldn't that mean that 60 percent of the faculty surveyed did not view Mormons in a negative light?

Judy Brown

Kearns