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NYT/CBS propaganda, er “poll”, is a lie

I just had a flashback to “My Cousin Vinny” where Gambini says “Everything that guy just said was bull$h#t.  Thank you.”  Here is a link to the analysis, which you must read.  Excerpt:

This is what propaganda looks like:

Americans overwhelmingly support substantial changes to the health care system and are strongly behind [72%] one of the most contentious proposals Congress is considering, a government-run insurance plan to compete with private insurers, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

Bruce Kesler points out that — in traditional NYT/CBS fashion — the sample is badly skewed:

According to the actual poll data, of the 73% of respondents who said they voted in 2008 only 34% voted for McCain and 66% for Obama. The actual vote was 48% McCain.

This is a good example of why reading a poll is as much art as science, because the first problem is the percentage who say they voted in the 2008 election. In reality, no more than 62% of eligible voters cast ballots last year. Accordingly, the poll has sampled a lot of adults who were ineligible to vote… or, as often happens, respondents lied about voting. In such cases, the lie tends to skew in favor of the winner.

Fortunately, at least for the time being, it looks like Oprompter doesn’t have the votes to pass that socialist piece of garbage down our throats.  But that may change after the ABC infomercial runs (without rebuttals, paid or otherwise).

Nope…no liberal media bias!

June 22, 2009 - Posted by crushliberalism | Obama, health care, media bias, polls

6 Comments »

  1. I caught that and actually looked at the complete poll results.

    If you check out credible polls, 83% respond the “quality of health care [they] receive” is Excellent/Good, and 70% respond “[their] heatlh care coverage” is Excellent/Good.

    The people who “report” on these polls rely heavily on the fact that no one will read the actual poll questions and results. If you do read them, the omissions from this A-hole’s “ANALysis” are glaring.

    One of my favorites:

    15. Which comes closer to your view: Government should do more to solve national problems, or Government is doing too many things better left to businesses or individuals?

    Result: Government should do more = 34% / Government should do less: 56%

    Still hoping for a third-quarter collapse of the POS NYT rag, but bailout possibility is Level Orange…

    Comment by Henry | June 22, 2009

  2. What I want to know is where they poll. No one I know has EVER been polled.

    Comment by Jenn | June 22, 2009

  3. Jenn, I’ve often wondered the same thing. I’ve never been polled, and no one I know has ever been polled, either.

    Comment by crushliberalism | June 22, 2009

  4. I was polled once and the 2d or 3rd question was one which could determine “slant”. I answered it and was politely thanked and hung up on. Makes me wonder what if anything else there was to that poll.

    Comment by dj | June 22, 2009

  5. I wanna be poled! Oh, wait, I thought you said “pole”, not “poll” – my bad.

    Comment by Barney Frank | June 22, 2009

  6. Now that’s funny!

    Comment by tnjack | June 23, 2009


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