Re: pledge of allegiance in schools
One major news about which I have personal knowledge once decided the best poll questions were Mac vs. PC and gun rights vs. gun control. (Maybe nowadays Microsoft vs. Linux would be up there too.) -Declan Maybe CATO vs the black bloc? Who wants to participate to help form what will be the LAST revolution on earth, the one that'll take down ALL the governments? James Dalton Bell.
Re: pledge of allegiance in schools
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 04:40:14PM -, lcs Mixmaster Remailer wrote: The polls done by these news sites are not designed to gain an accurate, statistically valid measure of opinion, rather they are designed as user participation devices to get involvement by the user with the web site. Like Rush Limbaugh or Donahue, Yep, that's about right. One addition is that during the advertising peak, it was also a cheap and easy way to boost revenue. One major news about which I have personal knowledge once decided the best poll questions were Mac vs. PC and gun rights vs. gun control. (Maybe nowadays Microsoft vs. Linux would be up there too.) -Declan
Re: pledge of allegiance in schools
Did they actually say, This is the exact legal issue at stake, or are they not allowed to poll against any questions they want, even if dreamed up? Can they poll for instance on, Is Adam allowed to criticize our polls even though he is not in threat of inferred squelching? Maybe those of us who see through this cloud also investigate issues ourselves, are more intelligent, and can help rally like-minded citizens to vote, thus allowing some level of sanity to persist, even if only noticeable over time. Of course the news is about generating revenue. I doubt that most news conglomerates were created out of the good will and intentions of portraying the most important topics as accurately as possible. For what it's worth, I am in favor of unbiased and fair news coverage and 100% truth in advertising. If you have not been proven to currently have the best taste in town, then you should be fined for making such a claim. Erle Vote for my banner please (number 5): banner: http://ganns.com/TheGannLetter/Images/YOPER_banner.jpg anon vote: http://yoper.stibs.cc/cgi-bin/esp?PAGE=vote.esp - Original Message - From: Adam Back [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Cypherpunks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Adam Back [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 12:17 AM Subject: pledge of allegiance in schools Look at this shit on fox news, look how they bias the question and mis-represent the issue. They ask Should children be allowed to say the Pledge of Allegiance in school?. As if the children wanted to, and were being prevented! http://q13.trb.com and the stats after voting no -- 88% yes. Adam
Re: pledge of allegiance in schools
On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 06:17:25 +, you wrote: Look at this shit on fox news, look how they bias the question and mis-represent the issue. They ask Should children be allowed to say the Pledge of Allegiance in school?. As if the children wanted to, and were being prevented! http://q13.trb.com and the stats after voting no -- 88% yes. Adam The polls done by these news sites are not designed to gain an accurate, statistically valid measure of opinion, rather they are designed as user participation devices to get involvement by the user with the web site. Like Rush Limbaugh or Donahue, the networks magnify controversy to gain interest. Probably the same group that watches professional wrestling, thrives on this kind of rabble rousing. No one takes them seriously. They are about building readership and money, not learning and conveying the truth. ~~~
pledge of allegiance in schools
Look at this shit on fox news, look how they bias the question and mis-represent the issue. They ask Should children be allowed to say the Pledge of Allegiance in school?. As if the children wanted to, and were being prevented! http://q13.trb.com and the stats after voting no -- 88% yes. Adam
