Poll-ish Humor: "I Lean Conservative"

Today's poll is based on THIS story that appeared in Saturday’s paper:
ABC Suspends Producer Over Bush-Bashing E-Mail (Post, April 1)

1. What is the degree of Mr. Green’s offense here? Choose the best answer.
a. Pretty grave: His comments betray the sort of bias, and meanness of spirit, that is completely inappropriate for someone who directs news coverage.
b. Medium: His real error was expressing these thoughts to anyone else. That was inappropriate.
c. Mild: His real error was putting these thoughts in an email where someone could find them.
d. He did nothing wrong. He was just unlucky that someone ratted him out.

2. What do you think of ABC’s reaction?
a. It was insufficient. This person should come nowhere near a news program. He should have been fired, demoted, or disciplined more severely.
b. It was about right.
c. It was excessive.

3. In terms of public perception, what does this incident suggest about the nature of the media? Choose the best answer.
a. The media is pretty hypocritical, in that they pretend to no bias but have it.
b. The media is pretty mean-spirited. These are mean-spirited comments.
c. The media is running scared of public opinion.
d. None of the above.

4. Do you think ABC and/or Mr. Green owed an apology to Ms. Albright and the president?
a. Yes, to both.
b. Yes to Ms. Albright, no to the president
c. Yes to the president, no to Ms. Albright
d. No, to both.

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Note: This is an unscientific survey of washingtonpost.com readers.