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To: American Preservative
Delusional left. A few weeks back they were claiming poll results couldn't be trusted because more Republicans than Dems. voted in internet polls.

That explains, of course, why the CNN poll yesterday asking whether voters trusted the President or the UN more showed 2/3rds of the voters trusted the UN (which proves the failure of the mainstream news media to inform the people, as well as debunks the liars on the left re. "Freeping" polls).

A Gannett reporter was ready to attack Freepers during the Florida 2002 election - claimed we were skewing poll results (she was responding in a huff to a DU whine). I slammed back a list of over 50 Dem. websites promoting campaigns to e-mail polls, including many of the major leftist special interest groups. Clymers. The VLWC has been skewing polls, news and elections for decades. FR is national self-defense.

Incidentally, a SFGate journalist blasted me a few days ago when I suggested that their weekend poll question showed a lack of understanding. How dare we question the left. Have you noticed that following the Nov. elections the left has had, as Peter Jennings would say, a collective "temper tantrum"?

21 posted on 01/28/2003 10:24:00 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl (289 Million Americans Avoid Peace Rallies. Press cover-up bigger than Watergate!)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
The left even does this with the photos on Yahoo News (from AP/Reuters). I watched as the antiBush rallies moved up (counter protest posters, including the one with the FR address, went down), anti-abortion posters went down, Bush and Bush cabinet photos went down.

It's all a publicity game. The media could conduct more reputable polls if they wanted to. They like being able to show those numbers (with no explanation) on tv. Ever see a poll that indicated when it would end?

CNN even showed an "Active" poll on their website that hadn't taken new inputs in months. I sent an email asking if the poll "inputs" should be removed and if it should be clarrified that the data was out of date. Never even got a "thanks for writing".

27 posted on 01/28/2003 6:51:58 PM PST by weegee
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