Exit Poll Debate Friday Oct 14 at Penn--Media Coverage???

[marions ghost]

Does anybody know if the Exit Poll debate between Stephen Freeman and Warren Mitofsky will be broadcast on C-Span or not? It doesn't seem to be on the schedule but sometimes they will do last minute coverage. If C-span is not going to cover it, does anyone know of other groups who might be doing video or radio? I hope that this debate will be made available to the public somehow. I already called the Center for Organizational Dynamics in the PR notice below and they really don't know. Anybody got any clues?

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October 14, 2005
Steve Freeman and Warren Mitofsky Debate on Exit Polls
University of Pennsylvania, Philadephia

1 p.m. to 3 p.m Two experts face-off in lively lectures and discussion about the utility of exit polls when compared to official counts, the potential for election fraud and the role of statistics in adjudicating critical issues of public importance. The University of Pennsylvania’s departments of Center for Organizational Dynamics and Political Science and the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Statistical Association (ASAP) will host the debate.

Coverage of the debate is by invitation through Larry Starr, executive director, Center for Organizational Dynamics, 215-898-6967. Interviews with Dr. Freeman and Mr. Mitofsky may be requested in advance of the debate.

Location:University of Pennsylvania Terrace Room, Logan Hall, 249 South 36th Street in Philadelphia
Phone:Dava Guerin, 215-914-2040, 215-262-0740 (cellular)
Email: Website:www.amstatphilly.org

http://www.freepress.org/index2.php

[Mnemosyne]

1. Here's cspan's main number

everyone that can needs to call now!

C-SPAN TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Main Number: [phone]

Thanks for the reminder mg!

[Melissa G]

2. Talked to Steve Freeman yesterday..

He did not know if C span was covering it but he said it was being taped so their could be a way for it to be televised later just in case no one covers it.

[marions ghost]

4. Well at least the organizers are doing a video...

yeah it looks like C-Span let us down. I'm glad we all sent them emails though--maybe they'll get the picture one day that we really ARE interested in anything pertaining to the election system. They must realize that a debate between Freeman and Mitofsky about the exit polls would be worth their time. Makes ya wonder...

But it's typical of the media's full-blown allergy to anything to do with exit polls, what happened in 2004, or the state of the election system in general.

OK so we wait to see what emerges on the net...I think we all want to see this!

[IndyOp]

5. Melissa -

Can you get a hold of a video? Maybe BenBurch would upload it to the net so we could all watch it?

:kick:

[Melissa G]

6. I'll ask next time I talk to Steve.... n/t

[IndyOp]

3. I called them - the answer is 'not on our schedule'

F***ERS!

:nuke: