Posted on 06/21/2024 10:37:28 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
One of the criticisms you often hear about polls is that they’re agenda-driven and therefore unreliable. Very often, that’s true, but it’s usually difficult to prove it.
Pollsters understand that if they want to have any credibility whatsoever, they need to project an image of neutrality. They know they can’t buckle under political or social pressures and retract or modify their own findings, at least not in public. If they did that, then they’d be exposed as activists, instead of pollsters. And no one would take them seriously ever again.
That’s why it’s very notable when, just the other day, the Pew Research Center heavily revised a report it released just last week. Under pressure from Left-wing activists, Pew completely changed major sections of their report, including the meaning of their polling results in some cases.
In case you’re not familiar with them, Pew is one of a handful of reputable, major polling organizations. You’ve almost certainly seen their data cited on cable news or social media at some point. They have a reputation for being a serious nonprofit, focused on communicating accurate information to the public. But in this case, Pew caved. And it’s important to understand why they caved, because it shows how a lot of this country’s most serious problems — the ones that cost a lot of people their lives every year — are going completely unaddressed because they’re considered impolite to talk about.
First, I will review Pew’s original report. Then, I’m going to show you the revised report, which Pew issued after activists shouted them down on social media.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailywire.com ...
Only what WE say is true is true.
The modified results will drive the MSM reports, which in turn will impact will what the politically apathetic or ignorant will believe. These people represent a LARGE segment of the voting population.
Blacks believe anti white conspiracy theories about institutions? I’m shocked. Shocked. How could that be?
Pew’s name says it all.
It always has been puke-worthy.
paywalled. can someone with access summarize?
The pollsters found out from an informant they are now under Double Secret Probation.
Paywall! What is the point if you can’t read the article.
A poll is a product and they are most definitely for sale.
This is interesting:
51% of Black adults say the government promotes birth control and abortion to reduce the size of the Black population, and this is happening today.
I just presumed most people aren't Interwebs retards.
Most of the time you can read a paywalled article by clicking on the "Speedreader" icon in the URL bar of Brave and Firefox browsers (highlighted in yellow below). It works for this article.
Superb thanks
Here is the article: Major Polling Firm Changes Its Own Results After Left-Wing Activists Complain
Thanks.
Thanks for that workaround, it apparently works for Safari too - awesome.
Good, let them think they are OK.
Propaganda against the truth.
What you do is copy the URL of the paywalled article. Go to www.archive.ph and paste in the URL.
Usually, the article has already been archived, and you can read it. If not, it will decode the page and archive it for you. That can take a couple minutes.
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