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In reply to the discussion: USA Today caught cheating on poll [View all]Silver Gaia
(4,541 posts)49. Another thing I noticed that outed their bias...
My daughter was all upset about this article yesterday, which she called "disheartening." This is part of my reply to her:
Good grief! Their very wording admits their bias. They say "a 52 percent majority say they have little or no trust in the president's denials that his 2016 campaign colluded with Moscow" and call that an "improvenent" over a 57 percent majority last year. Improved for whom?! If they think a lower number is an "improvement," then their bias is pretty fucking obvious. Don't trust this. That's a propaganda tactic designed to make you feel discouraged, and I think the poll is skewed. It's an outlier. They WANT to demoralize and divide us.
I also said I wanted to see the actual question asked, how many people were polled, and the ratio of Democrats, Republicans and Independents polled. I could tell it was bogus right off the bat. Sheesh. Come on, news media! If I could see this, why didn't you? Do your damn job!
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As transparent as the would be dictator himself. The world would be far more stable and peaceful
KPN
Mar 2019
#20
I knew it as soon as I read the results.Trump is a pathological liar and everybody knows this
onit2day
Mar 2019
#37
Exactly....they agree that he has said its a witch hunt and that he has said...
mentalslavery
Mar 2019
#8
I agree. I saw the poll results on CNN yesterday with nary a word about its credibility.
KPN
Mar 2019
#23
Actually THREE questions. I would agree to "Trump has called ..... witch hunt"
MadLinguist
Mar 2019
#9
Don't have to. It was all over the news yesterday afternoon -- but no mention of the question's
KPN
Mar 2019
#25
The sad thing about this is there are many who will never hear this part of the story, and many of
KPN
Mar 2019
#27
Gosh, what a poorly written question...I used to write instructor's guides, and test questions ...
SWBTATTReg
Mar 2019
#28
USA Today paid somebody extra to craft this question in a deliberately confusing way.
lagomorph777
Mar 2019
#34
Or they are agreeing that he has called the investigation a witch hunt. Push poll question.
Skraxx
Mar 2019
#35
That's if the WWWHW are covered up, if so then trust is deminished. I'll never trust a USA Today pol
uponit7771
Mar 2019
#42
They asked a compound to get the noise they wanted and only posted one part of the question.
uponit7771
Mar 2019
#41
There are many polls. Pick the one you like and swear by it. Swear at the others.
keithbvadu2
Mar 2019
#50