Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Attack of the Polls, Part 2

A quick aside... in case you still aren't convinced that any poll can be spun any number of different ways by the media, here are headlines from two state newspapers today reporting on the same exact poll about the Tea Party/Bagger movement:

'Tea Party' making inroads, poll finds (San Bernardino Sun)

State poll: Few hooked on Tea Party (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Just for giggles, here's the Sun's leadoff sentence: "A poll of California voters released Tuesday reports that many Democrats and independent voters say they identify to some extent with the conservative tea party groups that have sprung up over the past year."

...and the Union-Trib's: "The majority of California voters are aware of the Tea Party protest movement sweeping the country but don’t identify with it, a new Field Poll shows."

And the print media wonders why they're doing so poorly these days.

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