FR EXCLUSIVE - CNN hires Clinton-controlled Opinion Research Corp. for 2008 Presidential Polling

FreeRepublic.com Exclusive | January 12, 2007

[Howlin]

Today CNN announced that "The CNN Poll will become the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll" -

Press release - CNN and Opinion Research Announce Formal Polling Partnership

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Opinion Research Corporation, a leading provider of global market research and consulting services, today announced the establishment of a formal polling partnership with CNN, one of the world's most respected and trusted sources for news and information. The CNN Poll will become the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll.

"Opinion Research Corporation's reputation for independent, objective analysis and its excellent reputation in the industry make the firm the ideal polling partner for CNN," said Sam Feist, CNN's Political Director. "As the network gears up to offer the most in-depth and expansive coverage of the 2008 election, Opinion Research Corporation will be a key part of giving viewers the accurate and relevant information they demand to help them make decisions."

Opinion Research Corp. website - www.opinionresearch.com

Based on the history of the people who recently acquired Opinion Research Corp., we believe that the true purpose of the CNN/Opinion Research partnership is to rig the poll results to benefit Hillary Clinton in her 2008 presidential campaign.

Opinion Research was purchased last year by InfoUSA. InfoUSA is controlled by a hard-core Clintonista named Vinod Gupta.

Gupta is a major Clinton/DNC donor and fundraiser, and Lincoln Bedroom guest. He has recently spent large sums to establish these Clinton-worship centers in India -

The Bill Clinton Science and Technology Center

Gochar Intermediate College, Rampur Maniharan

The Center was founded to help Scientists, Engineers and Doctors better perform their duties in a professional manner and be a part of the process of technological advancement. The campus covers more than 10 acres and is home to Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Agricultural Labs and a Computer Science Center. It is Vinod's desire that some of those who study at the WJCST Center gain admission to medical and engineering colleges.

The Hillary Rodham Clinton Mass Communication Center

Having provided a basic curriculum at the Women's Polytechnic and Science Center, Vinod now has bigger plans to transform the lives of young men and women. This new center will include training in Journalism, Communications, Public Relations, Media Management, Television Presentation/Anchoring and Web Design.

Gupta manipulated InfoUSA's acquisition of Opinion Research to his personal benefit last year by purchasing shares in Opinion Research, then using his position as chairman of InfoUSA to orchestrate the acquisition of O.R.C. at a nearly 100% premium - thus driving up the value of his O.R.C. shares at the expense of his IUSA shareholders. This sleazy transaction was described last year in a New York Times article

Due to adverse publicity during an IUSA proxy battle last year, Gupta removed his personal web site (www.vingupta.com) which contained several photos of him getting cozy with the Clintons.

We have obtained several photos of Gupta getting hot and sweaty with the Clintons from his deleted web site -

Given the close personal and financial ties between the man who controls Opinion Research Corp. and the Clintons, we believe that the CNN/Opinion Research polling results are hopelessly tainted and intended to benefit Hillary Clinton's presidential bid. CNN either failed to perform due diligence on their partner, or they are complicit in this polling sham.

[yoe]

(CNN Complicit in biased polling) "Two out of three Americans oppose President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq, a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Friday indicates." Most likely only three people polled……………never trust a CNN poll!

[Mia T]

Fact: Bill and Hillary used the White House for personal gain.--yoe

... and to hell with the people... and the country.
BUMP!

'KILL BILL'
THE CLINTON-FOLEY NEXUS: A THEORY part 1


KILL BILL: AN UNINTENDED APPRAISAL OF THE CLINTON YEARS?


VIRTUAL KILL
THE CHRIS WALLACE-BILL CLINTON INTERVIEW DECONSTRUCTED


'BIN LADEN ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE CLINTON, BERGER + CLARKE REFUSED TO KILL HIM'
CLINTON 'MISLED AMERICAN PEOPLE' IN CHRIS WALLACE INTERVIEW
:HEAR Osama-Division CIA Chief


ALBRIGHT INDICTS CLINTON FOR TERRORISM FAILURE
(and doesn't even know it)


MISSING CLINTON AUDIO! 'Can we kill 'em tomorrow?'
(+Albright-Fulbright-Nobel TERRORISM revelations)


ANOTHER CLINTON HOSING OF AMERICA IN 2006? IN 2008?
FOOL ME ONCE, SHAME ON YOU. FOOL ME TWICE, SHAME ON ME


THE RUBES' GOLDBERG MACHINE
A STATE OF PERPETUAL CLINTON BEGGARY


HILLARY CLINTON REPRISES FATAL CLINTON ERROR


ON ICE: WM. JEFFERSON'S FREEZER vs. THE WM. JEFFERSON CLINTONS' SWISS ACCOUNTS


How To Get Rich Quick In Shady Land Deals Like Harry Reid and hillary clinton


THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN HILLARY CLINTON'S DISCLOSED ASSETS: An Alternative Theory


WHEN CATTLE FUTURES ARE THE FUTURE:
HILLARY CLINTON'S COW TRADES AS PROGNOSTIC




Let down the curtain: the farce is done. (Rabelais)
[Zucker ad, analysis]


BEYOND NORTH KOREA
CLINTON DELUSIONS, DECEPTIONS + THE BOMB
(THE DEMOCRATS ARE GONNA GET US KILLED)


HILLARY GOES NUCLEAR
PROLIFERATION IN THE AGE OF CLINTON


QUID PRO COAL2:
CLINTON CORRUPTION + THE SEQUESTRATION OF GASEOUS FOSSILS
(HILLARY DOES COAL AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB)


TIRE INFLATION, GAS STATIONS + THE NEED TO SEQUESTER HILLARY


INADVERTENT vs. WILLFUL NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
TIMES BLINDED BY SELECTIVE HORROR, FAILS TO SEE STORY'S INHERENT CONTRADICTIONS


TONGUE-IN-CHEEK WARNING ABOUT CLINTON OVAL-OFFICE FELLATION ACTUALIZED
SPELLS TROUBLE AHEAD FOR HILLARY (Were the clintons blackmailed by Russia?)


Unlike Previous Counterinsurgencies
[HOW THE AMERICAN LEFT DEFEATED AMERICA]


THE ABSURDITY OF HILLARY
(What the media and Dick Morris aren't telling us about Obama-clinton numbers.)


WHY DID BILL CLINTON IGNORE TERRORISM?
Was it simply the constraints of his liberal mindset, or was it something even more threatening to our national security?


ALERT! SECURITY MOMS
THE LEFT IS GONNA GET US KILLED PART 6

[tiredoflaundry]

bttt

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I've posted an item at NewsBusters about your report, fully crediting you as the source.

http://newsbusters.org/node/10149

[Polyxene]

Great minds!

[tobyhill]

Congrats Howlin.

FR Report: CNN Hires Clinton-Backer's Firm for '08 Polling

http://newsbusters.org/node/10149

[Mobile Vulgus]

this gets a "This poll has been rigged" ping

[hedgetrimmer]

Yes. Repeal the Telecommunications act of 1996, get rid of the interlocking directorates in the telecomm business stop approving the freedom stealing consolidation of media.

Does any Republican have the backbone to stand up for true free speech and the liberty of the American people? Ha.

[greyfoxx39]

BTTT...this thread needs to be front and center.

[Wolverine]

bump

[Bokababe]

Here's the beginnings of a money trail of campaign contributions: http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=Gupta%2C+Vinod&txtState=%28all+states%29&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2000=Y&txt1998=Y&Order=N

[Bokababe]

And here is 1994-1996: http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=Gupta%2C+Vinod&txtState=%28all+states%29&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt1994=Y&txt1996=Y&Order=N

[Bokababe]

It starts getting even more interesting when you start entering the names of his wife, Laurel, and sons Alex & Ben. (For some reason, Jess, is not on any donor lists.) However two of Vinod's sons seemed to be able to donate $5K at a pop to candiates while they listed themselves as "unemployed students"!

[armyvet19852006]

Digg the article at digg.com at this URL;

http://digg.com/politics/CNN_hires_Clinton_controlled_Opinion_Research_Corp_for_2008_Presidential_P

Too many leftie moonbats at digg.

[Howlin]

Thanks.

[Panzerlied]

"...CNN, one of the world's most respected and trusted sources for news and information."

With that self-serving introduction, we need to read no further!

[GOPJ]

Thanks for the ping.

[Howlin]

Unreal, isn't it, toby?

[Howlin]

Ten jobs? She sold out for TEN JOBS???

[Howlin]

Is that the same family????? At CNN???