WP: Gallup Poll Moves Online With Webcast

[DeepModem Mom]

Gallup Poll Moves Online With Webcast

By Leslie Walker
The Washington Post
Sunday, October 10, 2004; Page F07


Move over, Dan Rather: Gallup pollster Frank Newport wants to be your daily news anchor.

The Gallup Poll (www.gallup.com) has launched a free daily Web newscast, an eight-minute video featuring pollster-in-chief Frank Newport as a stand-up anchor talking about the firm's latest polling data and what it reveals about current events. The Webcast goes online at 6 a.m. Monday through Friday.

Last Friday's Webcast tackled such topics as the "gender gap" in presidential politics, how teens view the Iraq war, public ratings for the vice presidential candidates and workaholism.

"Our mission is to be the one place you can go, after what reporters have told you what's happening, to find out what the people are actually thinking," said Jim Clifton, chief executive of the poll's parent company, the Gallup Organization.

Gallup sees the Web as a place to directly publish its polling insights to more people than it has reached in the past. "This really changes our business," Clifton said....

(The webcast is being made available free of charge.)


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19290-2004Oct9.html

[ogradda]

1. hey good idea

n/t

[truthisfreedom]

2. hmm. too bad they have such strong ties to the right.

sad.

[Pithy Cherub]

3. Gullible Gallup

is going to be using the internets too. Obviously, they want to expand the reach of their data - here is hoping that they can become consistently accurate.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

4. Will they explain why they poll about 12% more GOPers than Democrats,...

...thus skewing their results by about 12% in favor of FratBoy? If not, this sounds like more rightwing propaganda in the guise of an "impartial" polling organization.

[Roy]

5. The sad part is, they offer their propaganda for sale.... N/T

[Junkdrawer]

6. Fix....In....

:scared:

[goforit]

7. Dream on Gallop!!!!.............No one believes yah!!!

[bemildred]

8. I guess the bullshit is not getting swallowed by enough citizens.

Gotta try to reach a wider audience.