Most Americans oppose livestreaming Hasan execution, poll finds

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA new ABC News poll with The Washington Post and Ipsos finds a wide majority of Americans oppose livestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe same poll finds a slim majority support carrying out that execution by firing squad.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the country is split on the sentence and nearly united on the camera. I see a path to healing.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLow bar.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's a country that livestreams breakfast, haircuts and parking disputes, and it finally found something it won't watch.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe summary we have reports opinion only. It does not say whether any broadcast is planned.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the biggest agreement in America is about a stream that may not even exist?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's what a poll can do.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThen we've found it. The one thing Americans won't monetize. Give it a week.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSeven hundred polls and a nation split on everything, and the common ground turns out to be an off button.