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It's pretty much the only Anglic spelling of it Isaac Send a noteboard - 01/02/2010 02:15:45 PM
I don't think any of the variant spellings have two s's. Pet peeve, people have been spelling my name Issac and Issaac since I was a kid.

I just found it confusing that he was replying here about replies on a different website (so far as I can tell) - without saying that it refers to the replies actual article it gives an implication that it is about replies here. Which don't seem to be doing what he objects to.


Was he commenting about people on other sites? I missed that. Well, he's certainly in good company I'm sure when it comes to being disgusted by the sort of comments following most articles and blogs. I've always felt we'd be better off if the post comment section at the end of articles had a quick online quiz before you could post with questions like 'who wrote the article?' 'what's 16+7?' and 'are you clinically insane?'

I wasn't raising an objection to your point, I just mentioned you as you were one of the very, very few people here to raise an objection to the polling group. The only other objection I can see here is suggesting that due to an increasing number of people just having mobiles, telephone polling is now potentially missing some groups out.


Economics vs accuracy, yeah phones always introduce a bias. No real solution to that, but unavoidable or not, it still makes polling data questionable at best. Frankly I can't think of the last time I saw a poll where what I would've guessed didn't fall pretty close to what they list, especially with margin for error, and I definetly don't have a knack for reading the tea leaves.

Your closing sentence is why it is probably a good idea to be clear if you are commenting on replies that are on a different site.


I'd say so, honestly it didn't even crosss my mind till you mentioned it that he was talking about somewhere else. Though, as I said, I haven't been to involved in this thread. Feels too much like trying to debate how to interpret a tarot card reading. ;)
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Fox is most trusted name in news - 27/01/2010 12:11:15 AM 661 Views
Good thing reality is chosen through consensus. *NM* - 27/01/2010 12:17:17 AM 118 Views
umm it is survey on trust - 27/01/2010 12:47:04 AM 267 Views
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 116 Views
do you have any real evidience that Fox is less acurate? - 27/01/2010 01:28:22 AM 247 Views
Does the poll suggest otherwise? - 27/01/2010 02:32:14 AM 233 Views
well... - 27/01/2010 12:37:40 AM 238 Views
Good for Fox. - 27/01/2010 12:38:39 AM 275 Views
Not really that surprising - 27/01/2010 01:00:52 AM 294 Views
Well, I did say it was remarkable particularly for foreigners. - 27/01/2010 01:58:43 AM 293 Views
I don't think their bias is their problem - 27/01/2010 02:57:33 AM 346 Views
I've always liked ABC's World News Tonight. - 27/01/2010 03:44:59 AM 229 Views
Jim Lehrer, definetly *NM* - 27/01/2010 04:11:17 AM 122 Views
That would be my most trusted TV news source. - 27/01/2010 07:22:51 AM 226 Views
I don't watch much PBS news - 27/01/2010 02:04:12 PM 233 Views
Yes, but The NewsHour has been criticized for being too conservative. *NM* - 27/01/2010 07:01:32 PM 216 Views
well there are people who think Nancy Pelosi is to conserative *NM* - 27/01/2010 08:13:56 PM 158 Views
Re: Not really that surprising - 27/01/2010 06:18:34 PM 227 Views
I am sad for this country after hearing this. *NM* - 27/01/2010 01:45:18 AM 212 Views
Re: Fox is most trusted name in news - 27/01/2010 02:51:04 AM 341 Views
Precisely. *NM* - 27/01/2010 11:26:15 AM 119 Views
A generation ago, the only news channel on TV was CNN. - 27/01/2010 06:20:07 PM 236 Views
Hmmm....now here's the question: - 27/01/2010 03:10:02 AM 242 Views
PPP has a poor record - 27/01/2010 05:01:57 AM 240 Views
And CNN is SECOND?!!! What a badly broken poll.... - 27/01/2010 07:16:09 AM 222 Views
It would be interesting to see how that breaks down by party - 27/01/2010 12:09:51 PM 239 Views
the article does break it down by party - 27/01/2010 02:06:50 PM 239 Views
Only for FOX, which makes trying to analyse it impossible - 27/01/2010 02:51:46 PM 234 Views
here is a link to the full results - 27/01/2010 03:02:50 PM 326 Views
So the parties are pretty much going each way - 27/01/2010 04:19:59 PM 238 Views
Re: So the parties are pretty much going each way - 27/01/2010 04:36:08 PM 225 Views
I guess it makes sense - 27/01/2010 11:33:25 PM 225 Views
It does - 28/01/2010 12:09:14 PM 215 Views
They also treat them like a single group which I find ironic - 30/01/2010 05:40:28 PM 233 Views
I personally think both sides are wrong - 27/01/2010 04:40:36 PM 217 Views
Besides the fact who wins or loses, it's a very sad state of affairs for democracy... - 27/01/2010 01:15:34 PM 225 Views
Skepticism is usually a good sign in a democracy - 27/01/2010 02:18:58 PM 281 Views
Re: Skepticism is usually a good sign in a democracy - 28/01/2010 03:42:55 AM 248 Views
Well, at least Fox is better than the BBC - 27/01/2010 01:43:32 PM 232 Views
I'm fairly certain you don't really mean that... - 27/01/2010 05:33:47 PM 248 Views
One does wonder. - 27/01/2010 05:52:30 PM 252 Views
Re: One does wonder. - 28/01/2010 04:28:47 AM 222 Views
Re: One does wonder. - 28/01/2010 12:12:48 PM 222 Views
haha you got me. Though I do mean it. - 30/01/2010 12:36:03 AM 235 Views
Well, that's me unsurprised. - 27/01/2010 02:23:16 PM 252 Views
Re: Well, that's me unsurprised. - 27/01/2010 02:31:57 PM 228 Views
Re: Well, that's me unsurprised. - 27/01/2010 02:53:04 PM 231 Views
It was the most watched cable channel last week - 27/01/2010 03:08:36 PM 223 Views
You can't offend me by saying that. - 27/01/2010 03:23:26 PM 212 Views
I know - 27/01/2010 04:23:18 PM 243 Views
I almost said something earlier. - 27/01/2010 06:34:18 PM 202 Views
Was the poll done in a trailerpark where everyone was their own uncle? - 27/01/2010 06:59:01 PM 260 Views
I think the same thing everytime I see European TV - 27/01/2010 08:13:13 PM 212 Views
Re: Was the poll done in a trailerpark where everyone was their own uncle? - 28/01/2010 03:49:10 AM 202 Views
That's like saying so-and-so won a Grammy. - 27/01/2010 07:39:54 PM 197 Views
That's like going a high security prison for a visit - 28/01/2010 03:38:45 AM 211 Views
telephone polls are no longer an accurate representation of popular opinion - 28/01/2010 04:12:52 AM 192 Views
I verbally abuse people who call to poll me. I'm going to keep doing it. - 28/01/2010 04:21:20 AM 294 Views
funny how people suddenly dismiss polls when they say something they don't like - 28/01/2010 05:57:10 AM 222 Views
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 223 Views
I there is nothing wrong with questioning what a poll tells us - 28/01/2010 02:02:29 PM 224 Views
Those where the only type of replies I saw though - 28/01/2010 02:24:55 PM 203 Views
I made it a comment to main thread for a reason - 28/01/2010 04:22:14 PM 209 Views
Isaac, not Issac - 30/01/2010 07:10:20 AM 220 Views
Bah, I only have your word for that being how your spell your name - 01/02/2010 01:08:24 PM 323 Views
It's pretty much the only Anglic spelling of it - 01/02/2010 02:15:45 PM 260 Views
I would have complained about the telephony regardless of the results - 28/01/2010 01:55:03 PM 198 Views
I've pretty much stopped watching news on TV - 29/01/2010 04:18:44 PM 211 Views

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