CNN again excluded polls favorable to Kerry (Media Matters)

[Nicholas_J]

Incomprehensible: CNN again excluded polls favorable to Kerry from "comprehensive" polling overview.

For the second straight day, CNN selectively reported recent presidential polling results. Although the network misleadingly dubbed its October 19 report on recent polls a "comprehensive overview," CNN Live Today host Daryn Kagan omitted results that are more favorable to Senator John Kerry and instead focused on results that show a lead for President George W. Bush.

From the October 19 edition of CNN Live Today:

KAGAN: As the election draws closer, the race appears deadlocked. According to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll, both Kerry and Bush are in a statistical tie among registered voters. Bush has a one-percentage-point lead among likely voters, but that is within the margin of error. A comprehensive overview of five post-debate polls shows the Bush campaign having a bit more breathing room; it shows Bush with a four-percentage-point lead, just beyond the margin of error.

But there's nothing "comprehensive" about that "overview" of polls -- it excluded the most recent one, The New York Times/CBS News poll, which Kagan had just mentioned. Again: Kagan's "comprehensive" overview did not factor in a poll she had just told viewers about less than ten seconds earlier.

Kagan's "comprehensive" overview also omitted three other recent polls -- and, coincidentally, all three showed better results for Kerry, as Media Matters for America noted after a similar CNN report on October 18

http://mediamatters.org/items/200410190005

[Jack_Dawson]

1. Is that Rush's GF?

Ohhhhhh.

[DeepModem Mom]

2. Thanks for posting, NJ --

[Nicholas_J]

8. You are welcome

Here in Northern Florida, I am seeing the Democratic Party preparing for the election in such a way as to prevent a recurrence of 2000. After a meeting last night, I am 100 percent convinced that a repeat of 2000 will not occur in this state, and that even if Republicans succeed at eliminated, it will not be enough to make a difference in Bush's favor. Polls have this state close, with Kerry in a slight lead, very closely matching the numerical superiority of Democrats in the state. There are about 400,000 more democrats in Floridam and right now, as a result of early voting, it looks like the turnout will be much laarger than in 2000. This greatly favors Democrats.

In fact, I recommend that everyone who can vote early in states allowing it do so, and do so in paper copy if possible. The plans I have seen in my state and referring to other states strongly indicate that early voting will eliminate the possibility of votes being disqualified for any number of reasons, so if you can get out to vote early DO IT.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. She's Fucking Rush....

What do you expect?

[Chili]

4. Media Matters and David Brock...

:yourock:

[Lexingtonian]

5. but she's cute

and a lot smarter than the rest of the bozo crew there. I just can't see her teaming up with Limbaugh- maybe he's just her dealer??? :-)

Even if she does work for the Dark Side, I thought this piece of "reporting", even if the factual basis was inexcusably mishandled, not blatantly unfair in its assertions or conclusions. A lot of what she reads and does on camera she really doesn't care about, it's perfectly obvious, and she gets kind of blythe with stuff like this she has no faith in one way or another (her disdain of mushy numbers, like stock market indexes and such, is glaring).

She actually likes shows with/about children and kids' diseases and women's clothes and such, interesting food, good-looking men, interior design, exotic places to visit, and smart people talking about stuff other than politics- as best as I recall, anyway. Really classically feminine stuff- guy stuff just bores her no end. I think she just goes along with the political line they feed to her and suggest to her, not thinking that it really matters and is just a part of the silliness of that particular workplace.

[senseandsensibility]

6. She was a star

ESPN sports reporter-I mean a big name- for many, many years. C'mon. She may very well be an airhead and stupid to boot, but this "feminine" stuff is offensive. Oh yeah, and she IS biased, as is the entire network.

[59millionmorons]

7. You mean she was a CNNSI sports reporter

She never worked for ESPN. CNN dumped there sports reporting on CNN a few years ago and she was promoted to the news division.

[senseandsensibility]

9. Oops!

Thanks for the correction. I thought it was ESPN because that's what the hubby used to watch, but I'm not a sports fan. Anyway, she at least knows more about sports than me, and isn't 100% "feminine" as the other poster suggested. Personally, I would think that it's obvious that anyone who's "dating" (ewwww...) Limbaugh is an obvious freak and mentally deficient.:-)