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Was AFRO FReeped? Molding web opinion
Afro.Com ^ | 2/2/2006 | Afro.com Staff

Posted on 02/03/2006 12:39:55 PM PST by FerdieMurphy

Last week's AFRO.com poll question concerning Sen. Hilary Clinton's remark that the House of Representatives closely resembles a plantation elicited many more responses than the weekly norm.

The poll question received more than a 150 percent increase in voter participation, with almost 90 percent voting the same way.

This unusually high number of responses, and the actual voting pattern raised some questions with the publisher. A full investigation, however; was issued after reading the response of one anonymous voter, "your poll is being hacked by freerepublic.com so the results shouldn't be taken too seriously."

AFRO staff quickly went to www.freerepublic.com, an online portal where conservative right-wing extremists discuss politics, race, religion, etc.

It was noted that the Web site directs freerepublic.com visitors to 'FReep" the polls of several media Web sites.

By posting the link of media polls on their site, Freepers can send hundreds, if not thousands of their loyalists to vote the 'right' way, causing a conservative outcome and thereby encouraging regular voters or media followers to believe the conservative voting pattern is the majority.

Many media sites including CNN.com, MSNBC.com, USATODAY.com and others get 'freeper' attention regularly. 'Freeping' is not illegal and therefore cannot be protected through the law.

Though we decided to post the results of our poll, we don't know whether or not the results have the usual integrity, but we have learned to what extreme conservatives might go to create a desired image.

The AFRO has no immediate plans to make changes in the survey process.


TOPICS: Free Republic; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bias; downonthefarm; freeping; hillarysplantation; leftistsfreeped; skewingpolls
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...www.freerepublic.com, an online portal where conservative right-wing extremists discuss politics, race, religion, etc.

Right-Wing extremists.

The author of this "report" wouldn't know a member of the VRWC if he saw one.

1 posted on 02/03/2006 12:39:56 PM PST by FerdieMurphy
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To: FerdieMurphy

Probably would have been thrilled if they were DU'ed.


2 posted on 02/03/2006 12:41:53 PM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: FerdieMurphy

I see they didn't point out that the democraticunderground.com also hacked ('kicked') the poll, attempting to drive votes the other direction.


3 posted on 02/03/2006 12:42:25 PM PST by mnehring (Perry 06- It's better than a hippie in a cowboy hat or a commie with blue hair.)
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To: FerdieMurphy

HA!...i wish they'd take the time to read what's said on most of these threads...

more constitutional/rational than rightwing extremism...but what do fascist lefwingnutjobs know :D


4 posted on 02/03/2006 12:43:10 PM PST by kajingawd (" happy with stone underhead, let Heaven and Earth go about their changes")
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To: FerdieMurphy

This belongs in the Friday Silliness thread. It's, It's, POETIC!


5 posted on 02/03/2006 12:43:47 PM PST by jonascord ("As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!")
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To: FerdieMurphy
'Freeping' is not illegal and therefore cannot be protected through the law.

Uhhhhh... how's that again?

6 posted on 02/03/2006 12:43:48 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: FerdieMurphy
conservative right-wing extremists

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

7 posted on 02/03/2006 12:44:03 PM PST by tx_eggman (Unforgiveness is like eating rat poison and expecting the other person to get sick.)
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To: FerdieMurphy
we don't know whether or not the results have the usual integrity

I'm sure they have the usual integrity of online polls.

8 posted on 02/03/2006 12:44:40 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Semper Paratus

"Probably would have been thrilled if they were DU'ed."

I think the proper term for this is "DUmmied."


9 posted on 02/03/2006 12:45:34 PM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: FerdieMurphy
AFRO staff quickly went to www.freerepublic.com, an online portal where conservative right-wing extremists discuss politics, race, religion, etc.

Yeah, *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge*-we know what this is implying. What idiots. I would have actually taken this a little more seriously if they would have had the integrity to acknowledge DU's simular m.o.

10 posted on 02/03/2006 12:45:55 PM PST by 101st-Eagle (Imagination is more important than knowledge-Albert Einstein..)
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To: FerdieMurphy

IIRC, we've FReeped them several times. It's taken them this long to notice?


11 posted on 02/03/2006 12:46:01 PM PST by Redcloak ("Shiny... Let's be bad guys.")
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To: FerdieMurphy
A full investigation, however; was issued after reading the response of one anonymous voter,

Cheese it! They're on to us!

12 posted on 02/03/2006 12:46:10 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: FerdieMurphy

They got a surprise tug from somebody outside their usual circle jerk.


13 posted on 02/03/2006 12:46:12 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: FerdieMurphy

Gee, it's rather embarrassing when we're caught trying to keep someone down.

I'll bring this up at our Wednesday night meeting of the white guys who rule the world.


14 posted on 02/03/2006 12:46:43 PM PST by FormerLib (Kosova: "land stolen from Serbs and given to terrorist killers in a futile attempt to appease them.")
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conservative right-wing extremists

Where's the site for liberal right-wing extremists?

Or the conservative right-wing moderates?

Conservative = extremist? Oh. Never mind.

15 posted on 02/03/2006 12:47:43 PM PST by siunevada (If we learn nothing from history, what's the point of having one? - Peggy Hill)
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Gosh, I'm a right wing extremist?

Damn, and here I thought most of my viewpoints were shared by the majority of Americans in virtually every valid poll...

Oh, wait, they are.


16 posted on 02/03/2006 12:47:51 PM PST by kingu (Liberalism: The art of sticking your fingers in your ears and going NANANANA..)
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To: Izzy Dunne
'Freeping' is not illegal and therefore cannot be protected through the law. "Uhhhhh... how's that again?"

Same as illegal aliens are protected and given perks.

17 posted on 02/03/2006 12:48:20 PM PST by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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To: mnehrling

Nor that FReeping is apparently much better than "DUmmying" at moving polls...


18 posted on 02/03/2006 12:48:36 PM PST by Philistone (Turning lead into gold...)
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To: FerdieMurphy
Afro dot com?

If we had a link to "Aryan dot com" we could have a pair of racists bookends.

19 posted on 02/03/2006 12:48:40 PM PST by SkyPilot
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To: kingu

"The poll question received more than a 150 percent increase in voter participation, with almost 90 percent voting the same way."

Sort of like Milwaukee, Detroit and Philadelphia.


20 posted on 02/03/2006 12:49:11 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz ("We don't need POLITICIANS...we need STATESMEN.")
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