A new national poll has found that a majority of Americans disagree with White House claims that scandals involving Benghazi, the IRS, the Justice Department and the National Security Agency are "phony."

Fox News is reporting on the poll, released late last week, which found that almost no one agrees with the administration's recent claims that a string of serious scandals are "phony" and are mere distractions from other issues.

The poll, conducted between August 3-5, found 78 percent of voters who think the administration's mishandling of the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, which resulted in the death of four Americans, should be taken seriously. Only 17 percent believe it's a "phony" scandal.

Another 69 percent feel that electronic surveillance of everyday Americans by the National Security Agency is serious, with only 26 percent finding it to be false.

Fifty-nine percent of voters polled say they view the Justice Department's seizure of reporters' phone records as serious.

The same number of voters find the IRS targeting of conservative groups to be serious rather than being a "distraction" as the White House claims.

"In each of the four situations, voters across the partisan spectrum -- Republicans, independents and Democrats -- are more likely to say the situation should be taken seriously," Fox reports.

Although Democrats are more likely to agree with the White House on a variety of matters, this is not so when it comes to these scandals. Forty-nine percent think the IRS scandal is serious and 70 percent think Benghazi needs further investigation.

The same high numbers fault President Obama for his reported lack of involvement during the assault on the embassy with 67 percent thinking he should have been more engaged "no matter what". Only 24 percent think they was "probably a good reason" why he was not personally involved.

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