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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 02:38 PM
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Did anyone else e-mail Olberman??
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Date: 2004/10/06 Wed PM 12:33:36 PDT
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CC: xxxxxxxx@adelphia.net
Subject: CNN didn't like their instant poll (debate)..ERASED the results..Screenshot here

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Apparently, after ASKING people to go to their website and VOTE as soon as they watched the debate, they were "unhappy" with the results. Their "spinners" were not fast enough on the draw, and EDWARDS won hands down, with HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of people voting.....so what's a biased network to do???

ERASE THE POLL AND START OVER..

They "morphed the question", never reported the original result, and reported the ABC poll results...the ONLY contemporary poll that showed Cheney "on top"..

This is not the first time they have done this.. Another time, they had an online "yes/no" poll, and AFTER the results were "in", they just replaced YES with NO.. I thought it was odd that NO would be the first option, and took a screenshot of the original.. I was amazed to check back in a few hours later, to see that the numbers had stayed the same (nearly), but the Yes/No was switched..

They always say "these polls are unscientific".. BOY, ARE THEY.. They're not only unscientific, they are downright "FAKE !!!
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realFedUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 02:39 PM
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1. mulligan polls
such a mulligan stew.
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PROGRESSIVE1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 02:46 PM
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2. What is with this "mulligan" stuff today? What does it mean?
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 02:50 PM
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3. Bush had a "do-over" speech to (clear up what he said/or didn't say)
at his debate Friday, and now CNN has a "do-over" on their own poll..

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ReadTomPaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 02:53 PM
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4. A 'Mulligan' in golf is a do-over..
... now watch this drive.

RTP
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realFedUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 02:54 PM
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5. a do-over as in golf....
a cheater's kinda thing.
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The Minus World Donating Member (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 03:40 PM
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6. Right after reading this,
I turned my head to the right. My mom was watching FOX news, for some awful reason, and a headline on the bottom of the screen read something like "Cheney Wins VP Debate, According to ABC Snap Poll."

It seems like they're in the business of systematically cherry-picking opinions that agree with their own.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 05:58 PM
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7. They have apparently RE-Re started the poll and added another
new one.. They must really not like the results :)

I hope someone has gotten Keith's ear.. and sent it on to TDS :)
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