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aaaaaa5a Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 06:31 PM
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Lou Dobbs... Biased reporting at its best!
I think this is the Gallup poll most of us are use too. It's the registered voter poll which is probably the most popular daily tracking poll in the country.





About a week or so ago, Gallup began publishing several election "models."







The likely voters model is the polling outcome based on voting patterns from 2004.

The expanded likely voters model is the polling outcome based on what Gallup believes will be the voting pattern in 2008. (new voters, heavy black turnout, etc.)


Tonight on Lou Dobbs, they showed only the 2004 likely voter scenario to create a story that the race was tightening. This can really confuse voters in that they (MSM) had used the basic registered voter model before.

Tonight Dobbs showed the new model without an explanation as to where it came from or how the results were tallied. They also didn't even mention the 2008 voter poll which Gallup believes to be the most likely scenario on November 4th.

To top it off, CNN reporters Dana Bash and Candy Crowley sat there with him, and none of them bothered to explain where this particular poll came from or why it was closer than other Gallup polls shown on the network before! WOW!





Lou Dobbs, biased reporting at its best... doesn't he belong on FOX news?
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 06:34 PM
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1. Hey, Lou - if that's how you see it, why don't you bet $100,000 on McCain straight up?
Talk is cheap, Lou.
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 06:39 PM
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2. I don't think too many people are paying attention to Louie these days.
he Scoreboard: Wednesday, Oct. 15
25-54 demographic: (L +SD)

Total day: FNC: 639 | CNN: 782 | MSNBC: 429 | HLN: 179

Prime: FNC: 2285 | CNN: 3114 | MSNBC: 1323 | HLN: 311
5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p*: 11p:

FNC ElectionHQ: Hume: Shep: O'Reilly: Debate: Greta: Anlsys/H&C:
394 443 538 1120 2961 2576 1387

CNN Blitzer: Blitzer: Dobbs: Brown: Debate: Cooper: Cooper:
345 316 443 1129 4303 3697 2228

MSNBC Hardball: Gregory: Hardball: Countdown: Debate: Analysis: Countdown:
316 312 556 863 1553 1555 1139

HLN Prime: Prime: Beck: Grace: Beck: Grace: Showbiz:
145 122 231 554 125 274 262

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/

I know I stopped watching his show a few months ago when he switched from his typical libertarian position to a completely anti Dem spot. He's really not doing very well in gaining viewers for CNN!
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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 06:48 PM
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3. Sadly, Lou has put himself into appearing to be a schill for
McCain.
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