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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 03:57 PM
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So yahoo posts a misleading headline, "McCain closes huge gap on key question for women "
Frankly, everything about the headline, and the poll itself is misleading

It isn't until you get to the end of the article that you realize it was a extremely small sample, likely, NOT registered, and is already an outdated poll

"The Lifetime Television/Every Woman Counts campaign poll of 534 American women likely to vote was conducted September 11 to 15, and has a margin of error of 4.4 percent."

Why am I even bringing it up?

Because the media is not a neutral party






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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 04:10 PM
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1. Yahoo's just using what Politico fed them.
Edited on Mon Sep-22-08 04:13 PM by tuvor
They don't write their own headlines.

And other news sites do exactly the same thing:
http://www.koamtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9050001

Here's the original item:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13714.html
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Lost-in-FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 04:16 PM
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2. That's a pattern
I no longer use yahoo since I noticed.
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gizmo1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 04:42 PM
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3. I read that 1st thing this morning
and thought Obama must have pulled ahead,if it's time for msm to real him back in.Jerks,ruined my whole day.
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 04:45 PM
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4. Huge gap? What, did he shut his mouth for once?
;)
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