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"it was 1 200 respondent phone poll to landlines " should have read a 200 respondent poll!

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Mon Feb 7th, 2011 at 08:45:45 AM EST
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Mmm 200 now THAT's ridiculous.


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by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Mon Feb 7th, 2011 at 09:13:50 AM EST
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especially when the pollster is unknown, the methodology largely unknown.  What kind of news editor makes a story on that data (containing no MOE caveats) his front page lead?  The poll was just a cheap vehicle for the "scientification" of old fashioned prejudice.

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Mon Feb 7th, 2011 at 09:23:42 AM EST
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