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In reply to the discussion: Poll: (Sanders / Clinton) Neck-And-Neck 2016 Races in Iowa, New Hampshire [View all]JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)14. I doubt that, but here's the problem I have and it comes down to how they wrote the story
When Sanders leads Clinton in NH, they say:
In the Democratic race, Sanders is ahead of Clinton by four points among likely primary voters, 50 percent to 46 percent, which is within the margin of error of plus-minus 4.8 percentage points. O'Malley is at 1 percent.
and for Iowa:
On the Democratic side, frontrunner Hillary Clinton holds just a three-point lead among likely voters over Bernie Sanders, 48 percent to 45 percent, while Martin O'Malley gets 5 percent.
What is that but clear bias -- listing that one is leading within the margin while not mentioning the same statistic in the other case when it certainly applies.
This is what gets people fed up with the M$M, because if you're paying attention it is so very obvious.
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Poll: (Sanders / Clinton) Neck-And-Neck 2016 Races in Iowa, New Hampshire [View all]
Hissyspit
Jan 2016
OP
your reporting and posts have been a lifeline to sanity...thank you
questionseverything
Jan 2016
#29
I doubt that, but here's the problem I have and it comes down to how they wrote the story
JonLeibowitz
Jan 2016
#14
Good catch -- not to mention, Sanders may get well over half the O'Malley people in Iowa
karynnj
Jan 2016
#23
Not the sort of polls I'd want coming out a week before a debate, if I were HRC. n/t
winter is coming
Jan 2016
#26
Get ready for HRC's campaign to go all-out kitchen-sink Joe McCarthy on Bernie
brentspeak
Jan 2016
#16