MSNBC Reveals undecided voters

[TimeToGo]

So my wife just called unhappy (she had MSNBC on) and apparently they had four newly registered undecided voters -- college age. They were going to reveal who they had settled in on. This to show how the country is going, I guess.

So -- ta daaa -- three were going for Bush, and the other Libertarian. So there you have it.

And if you believe these were really undecided . . .

We really, really, must make the media understand that their job is to report the campaign, not be a part of the campaign.

[WI_DEM]

1. four people, that's it?

big fucking deal.

[TimeToGo]

3. Oh I know it doesn't mean anything

My point is that MSNBC thinks it means something -- and one truly wonders where they got these guys.

[LeftHander]

5. Why even bother watching MSNBC...??

TV is entertainment....

nothing more

[MidwestTransplant]

2. 4 People leaves a pretty big MOE

especially when you chose people who aren't really "undecided"

[Union Thug]

4. Geez, three Bushies and and economic Fascist. Now THAT..

truly represents America. Aaaaahemmmm... Whatever.

[Poor Richard Lex]

7. heard it on xm radio MSNBC

3 bushies and a libertarian. give me a break. Why have a free press if you are just going to sell out to the ruling elite? We need the return of equal time and start challenging media licenses.

[newyawker99]

8. Hi Poor Richard Lex!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[sonicx]

6. They've been doing these panels for weeks

They're worthless unless you know where each person leans politically or by candidate.

[fugop]

9. And where they're from

I mean, are these college kids fundies? Or are they normal people?

[liberal N proud]

10. Anybody that is undecided at this point needs to go back to

the fifth grade and take government class all over.
Bull Shit, they can't be breathing and be undecided.

[Robeson]

11. Total Baloney

From Carl Sagan's "The Demon Haunted World":

"In addition to teaching us what to do when evaluating a claim to knowledge, any good baloney detection kit must also teach us what NOT to do...Among the fallacies are...

statistics of small numbers - a close relative of observational selection (e.g., "They say 1 out of 5 people is Chinese. How is this possible? I know hundreds of people, and none of them is Chinese. Yours truly." Or: "I've thrown three sevens in a row. Tonignt I can't loose."

In other words, MSNBC has just proven how sloppy journalism is. No scientist or statistician would base anything on a sampling of 4 people. It shows that they're reaching for straws to say anything that will look positive for Bush. If they are saying things as you have said, then they have really stooped to nothing but pure distortion, that has no statistical meaning.

[Kittycat]

12. Completely worthless reporting n/m

[bush equals idiot]

13. MSNBC

call letters in entirety revealed.

More Skewed Nonsense Bullshit & Crap.

[rocktivity]

14. Enjoy your spring break in Iran, kiddies.

rocknation