Cherrypicking poll results...

...to reinforce the preferred perception (reality be damned):

The Washington Post, among other mainstream media outlets, relentlessly stokes claims that Tea Partiers are racist.

Eugene Robinson accuses almost everyone who opposes the Obama agenda -- but particularly those active in the Tea Party movement -- of being motivated by racism and prone to violence.

Jonathan Capehart, another WaPo columnist, does the same.

So low and behold, the WaPo news writers, citing a WaPo poll, announce that Tea party groups are battling perceptions of racism...

But dig into the background data (question 26)...

And the media moguls wonder why they're having so much trouble keeping subscribers...