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J.J. Jackson | September 10, 2009
I’ve documented before on several occasions how the media gets the results it wants in polls by waaaay under sampled Republicans (and most likely conservatives) compared to the population at large. Well, there is another instance as CNN has once again tried to promote an agenda it oh so wants to be true. Yes, CNN polled Americans post Obama’s address and found, miraculously that 67% of the people now supported the plan. This is, according to CNN, up from 53% before the speech. Of course that 53% number is in doubt considering that other, and dare I say more reputable polling firms (like Rasmussen), have support for Obama’s health care plans well below 50%.
But what is really shocking is that CNN admits right in the own report on their own poll that they under sampled Republicans to get that result!
The sample of speech-watchers in this poll was 45 percent Democratic and 18 percent Republican. Our best estimate of the number of Democrats in the voting age population as a whole indicates that the sample is about 8-10 points more Democratic than the population as a whole.
Normally this sort of shenanigans are hidden deep within the internals of the polling data. Sometimes you even have to pay to get this sort of data. How bold do you have to be to tell everyone proudly that you undersampled Republican voters to get your desired result? Pretty darn BOLD! And when I say bold I mean Soviet Union, we control the media and the people are sheep kind of bold!
The fact that there are still people that trust CNN for “news” is scary. But as long as there are people who believe that ACORN really isn’t corrupt and that President Obama is not a socialist there will always be people to watch CNN I guess.
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