"that poll sucks and must be invalid because it isn't what I believe"
though that as a response would be a silly one - the overall result of the poll seems to reflect, roughly, viewing figures. It does make a whole lot of sense that most people watch the news channel they believe is most truthful.
Now how actually truthful the different channels are is a different matter and polling the public is not going to tell people that.
RT probably has a point that a lot of people are objecting because they don't like the results, and I seriously doubt many of them had heard of the PPP before and were objecting for the reason I was. The results, credible or not, are probably in the right zone. I would say, as you mentioned, that people will tend to watch the channel they trust the most.
My point, just to clarify, is that even if the results are dead on, doesn't mean they should be treated as valid, anymore than if I predicted two inches of rain next Tuesday in London and that's exactly what it turned out to be. A polling group that uses flawed methodology, especially deliberately flawed methodology as seems indicated for the PPP in some prior recent polls, shouldn't be treated as reliable even if they pick the lotto numbers right two nights in a row. I haven't really been watching this thread much, so I don't know if RT's assessment is correct about people's objections, but that is the origin of my objections.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
- Albert Einstein
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- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
Fox is most trusted name in news
- 27/01/2010 12:11:15 AM
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- 27/01/2010 12:11:15 AM
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Good thing reality is chosen through consensus. *NM*
- 27/01/2010 12:17:17 AM
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umm it is survey on trust
- 27/01/2010 12:47:04 AM
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Of course it's an accurate poll. But my point is that trust has nothing to do with accuracy. *NM*
- 27/01/2010 01:14:59 AM
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Good for Fox.
- 27/01/2010 12:38:39 AM
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Not really that surprising
- 27/01/2010 01:00:52 AM
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Well, I did say it was remarkable particularly for foreigners.
- 27/01/2010 01:58:43 AM
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- 27/01/2010 01:58:43 AM
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I don't think their bias is their problem
- 27/01/2010 02:57:33 AM
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I've always liked ABC's World News Tonight.
- 27/01/2010 03:44:59 AM
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I don't watch much PBS news
- 27/01/2010 02:04:12 PM
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Yes, but The NewsHour has been criticized for being too conservative.
*NM*
- 27/01/2010 07:01:32 PM
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*NM*
- 27/01/2010 07:01:32 PM
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well there are people who think Nancy Pelosi is to conserative *NM*
- 27/01/2010 08:13:56 PM
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Re: Not really that surprising
- 27/01/2010 06:18:34 PM
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That is why I chose what I am going to watch based on the show and not the network
- 27/01/2010 06:56:24 PM
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It would be interesting to see how that breaks down by party
- 27/01/2010 12:09:51 PM
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the article does break it down by party
- 27/01/2010 02:06:50 PM
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Only for FOX, which makes trying to analyse it impossible
- 27/01/2010 02:51:46 PM
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here is a link to the full results
- 27/01/2010 03:02:50 PM
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So the parties are pretty much going each way
- 27/01/2010 04:19:59 PM
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Re: So the parties are pretty much going each way
- 27/01/2010 04:36:08 PM
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I guess it makes sense
- 27/01/2010 11:33:25 PM
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Besides the fact who wins or loses, it's a very sad state of affairs for democracy...
- 27/01/2010 01:15:34 PM
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Well, at least Fox is better than the BBC
- 27/01/2010 01:43:32 PM
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I'm fairly certain you don't really mean that...
- 27/01/2010 05:33:47 PM
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Well, that's me unsurprised.
- 27/01/2010 02:23:16 PM
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Re: Well, that's me unsurprised.
- 27/01/2010 02:31:57 PM
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I'm still friends with the crotchety old secretary who used to work with me.
- 27/01/2010 03:24:45 PM
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It was the most watched cable channel last week
- 27/01/2010 03:08:36 PM
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You can't offend me by saying that.
- 27/01/2010 03:23:26 PM
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Was the poll done in a trailerpark where everyone was their own uncle?
- 27/01/2010 06:59:01 PM
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Re: Was the poll done in a trailerpark where everyone was their own uncle?
- 28/01/2010 03:49:10 AM
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telephone polls are no longer an accurate representation of popular opinion
- 28/01/2010 04:12:52 AM
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I verbally abuse people who call to poll me. I'm going to keep doing it.
- 28/01/2010 04:21:20 AM
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funny how people suddenly dismiss polls when they say something they don't like
- 28/01/2010 05:57:10 AM
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Well, personally I never said anything about the poll being invalid.
- 28/01/2010 06:57:43 AM
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Funnily, the first person who did that is Issac who has seemed a right wing type to me.
- 28/01/2010 12:19:05 PM
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I there is nothing wrong with questioning what a poll tells us
- 28/01/2010 02:02:29 PM
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Isaac, not Issac
- 30/01/2010 07:10:20 AM
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- 30/01/2010 07:10:20 AM
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Bah, I only have your word for that being how your spell your name
- 01/02/2010 01:08:24 PM
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- 01/02/2010 01:08:24 PM
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I would have complained about the telephony regardless of the results
- 28/01/2010 01:55:03 PM
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