CNN reporter Lateef Mungin leads off a July 22 piece entitled “Arizona Immigration Law Faces Federal Challenge Thursday,” by writing:

The Obama administration’s challenge to the controversial Arizona immigration law goes before a federal judge Thursday.

That seems straight enough. But is it really fair that the media constantly characterizes the immigration law as “controversial”?

A poll conducted by Quinnipac last week found that 50 percent of Americans back Arizona’s law compared to 30 percent who opposed it. Other polls have found even higher levels of support for Arizona’s efforts. The Quinnipac poll also found that, by a more than two-to-one ratio, Americans opposed the federal law suit rather than supported it.

Given these figures wouldn’t it be more accurate to write “The Obama administration’s controversial challenge to a new Arizona immigration law goes before a federal judge Thursday.”?