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MasterCaneman -> RE: Obama’s Approval Rating Jumps As Manufactured Scandals Backfire (5/22/2013 8:28:53 AM)
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The problem I have with polls and statistics is they can be manipulated to present a desired outcome. Doesn't matter what the issue, if you want a certain result, you tailor the study to reflect what you want the answer to be. Any Poll Can Be Manipulated And it's not a new phenomenon-when I was in school for my BBA, this was on our assigned reading list. How To Lie With Statistics, and for a pretty good breakdown of how it's done, take a glance at this: Impression Management. I hated Stats class with a passion, but it did open my eyes a bit as to what was being fed to me by the media. Another problem that I see is that the news organizations have taken the step to move beyond merely reporting the news, but to drive their own personal agendas. And I mean all of them, from FOX to MSNBC, there are no saints in that brood. Taken together, Joe/Jane Six-Pack doesn't have a chance and ends making his decisions based on what some faceless suit wants him/her to choose.
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