It seems to me a few months ago I read that the actual questioning at the precincts for these exit polls would be handled by the AP. I remember thinking at the time I would not trust them. But I have found no reference to them in any of these stories. Am I nuts? Were they not involved?
It was the AP. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000670974
Here is the money quote from that article:
The AP will have stringers calling in results from each of the nation's 4,600 counties. Hundreds of people will be assigned to input the information into computers, and others will monitor the systems to guard against problems. In all, a total of about 5,500 people will be working on AP's vote count on election night.
"We have real confidence in the reliability of the AP's vote count," said Kathleen Carroll, AP senior vice president and executive editor. "We also have enormous confidence in the journalists in the field and the bureau chiefs who will be using the data and their experience when they call winners in the race."
It was the AP. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000670974
Here is the money quote from that article:
The AP will have stringers calling in results from each of the nation's 4,600 counties. Hundreds of people will be assigned to input the information into computers, and others will monitor the systems to guard against problems. In all, a total of about 5,500 people will be working on AP's vote count on election night.
"We have real confidence in the reliability of the AP's vote count," said Kathleen Carroll, AP senior vice president and executive editor. "We also have enormous confidence in the journalists in the field and the bureau chiefs who will be using the data and their experience when they call winners in the race."
It seems to me a few months ago I read that the actual questioning at the precincts for these exit polls would be handled by the AP. I remember thinking at the time I would not trust them. But I have found no reference to them in any of these stories. Am I nuts? Were they not involved?
Yea, Rush said that they were the ones tasked to do the "exit polls", said we should watch them to make sure they don't cheat. They are not reliable, ruiters is worse.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1265150/posts
Of course they want to distance themselves from it, and the rest of the old media wants to bury it, and pretend that the poll fairy just dropped them out of the sky, and none of them were responsible for it. They were just trying another Dan Rather "wag the dog" tactic. It didn't work.