Great moments in journamalism, part XIV: Evidently Marcus Mabry took "Burying Your Lede 101" at J-school. Consider the following example from this recent Newsweek story:

Other parts of a potential Democratic agenda receive less support, especially calls to impeach Bush: 47 percent of Democrats say that should be a “top priority,” but only 28 percent of all Americans say it should be, 23 percent say it should be a lower priority and nearly half, 44 percent, say it should not be done. (Five percent of Republicans say it should be a top priority and 15 percent of Republicans say it should be a lower priority; 78 percent oppose impeachment.)

Let's rewrite this:

A majority of Americans believe that impeaching President Bush should be a priority of a potential Democratic Congress, with 28% saying it should be a "top priority." 20% of Republicans polled believed that a Democratic Congress should impeach George W. Bush.

The only thing I can think of is that Newsweek lacks confidence in its own poll, believing that the support-for-impeachment numbers are somehow misleading. If so, I'd love for the magazine to explain it, rather than gloss over it with a misleading graf.