Monday, October 31, 2005
Zogby Poll, Reality Check
As people try to spin the recent Zogby poll, and others point out problems in Zogby's methodology and practice, perhaps everyone should draw in a deep breath of reality...
This is the same guy that called the 2004 election for John Kerry on national television just days before the election. Be careful whose credibility you swallow whole, "President Kerry" regrets his faith in the fine polling work of Mr. Zogby.
This is the same guy that called the 2004 election for John Kerry on national television just days before the election. Be careful whose credibility you swallow whole, "President Kerry" regrets his faith in the fine polling work of Mr. Zogby.
# posted by Rusty @ 11:36 AM 
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Zogby doesn't get it right. John Kerry is proof. This is the fault of over-zealous bloggers like you Rusty for falling for this non-sense.
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: 31/10/05
There's a new Tennessee political blog, "Bring the Noise." Good info. Including this item:
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Saturday, November 05, 2005
Oops, They Did it Again
We shouldn't be surprised any more at the level of unprofessionalism and underhandedness to which some folks in this state's mainstream media have sunk, should we? A sad commentary, indeed.
Nancy Amons, investigative "reporter" for Channel 4 in Nashville, is running a sweeps series this month about TennCare. On Thursday, she did a story about a man that she claims was "cut off [TennCare] by accident."
The problem is that this man was never cut off TennCare at all. Period.
Did Amons make a mistake? Did her subject sell her a bill of goods? Did Amons simply misunderstand the situation?
No, sir. Multiple sources inform me that Amons was told numerous times by officials from TennCare and Human Services that this man had not been disenrolled, and she chose to run her own version of events.
In other words, Nancy Amons intentionally misled the public.
To make matters worse, the state contacted Channel 4 and demanded that they correct their erroneous report. As of the last that I heard, the station had refused to run an on-air correction because "it would look bad"; however, it did add a tepid two-line "clarification" to the end of the on-line text version of the story.
So I guess we know the truth: Channel 4 will do anything to boost its market share. The truth be damned. And God forbid that they "look bad" during sweeps.
We shouldn't be surprised, though. This is the station that (rightfully) forced James Lewis to retire after he reported a story from "The Fabricator" as if it were true. Guess he never read the disclaimer that The Nashville Scene runs at the end of each "Fabricator."
Or, then again, maybe Lewis just believed that his station isn't interested in reporting facts. Most of the mainstream media isn't. Keep track of how many one-source stories you see these days. Take note of all of the uncorroborated "facts" you see strewn around by these bush league hacks.
Is it too much to expect accurate reporting from these "professionals"? Is it too much to expect that they'll correct the mistakes that they do make?
And, most importantly, is it too much to expect that they won't lie to us?
posted by HitMan | 10:34 AM | 1 comments links to this post
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More on this one to come. Check it out.
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Saturday, November 05, 2005
Oops, They Did it Again
We shouldn't be surprised any more at the level of unprofessionalism and underhandedness to which some folks in this state's mainstream media have sunk, should we? A sad commentary, indeed.
Nancy Amons, investigative "reporter" for Channel 4 in Nashville, is running a sweeps series this month about TennCare. On Thursday, she did a story about a man that she claims was "cut off [TennCare] by accident."
The problem is that this man was never cut off TennCare at all. Period.
Did Amons make a mistake? Did her subject sell her a bill of goods? Did Amons simply misunderstand the situation?
No, sir. Multiple sources inform me that Amons was told numerous times by officials from TennCare and Human Services that this man had not been disenrolled, and she chose to run her own version of events.
In other words, Nancy Amons intentionally misled the public.
To make matters worse, the state contacted Channel 4 and demanded that they correct their erroneous report. As of the last that I heard, the station had refused to run an on-air correction because "it would look bad"; however, it did add a tepid two-line "clarification" to the end of the on-line text version of the story.
So I guess we know the truth: Channel 4 will do anything to boost its market share. The truth be damned. And God forbid that they "look bad" during sweeps.
We shouldn't be surprised, though. This is the station that (rightfully) forced James Lewis to retire after he reported a story from "The Fabricator" as if it were true. Guess he never read the disclaimer that The Nashville Scene runs at the end of each "Fabricator."
Or, then again, maybe Lewis just believed that his station isn't interested in reporting facts. Most of the mainstream media isn't. Keep track of how many one-source stories you see these days. Take note of all of the uncorroborated "facts" you see strewn around by these bush league hacks.
Is it too much to expect accurate reporting from these "professionals"? Is it too much to expect that they'll correct the mistakes that they do make?
And, most importantly, is it too much to expect that they won't lie to us?
posted by HitMan | 10:34 AM | 1 comments links to this post
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More on this one to come. Check it out.
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