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To: 4kevin
News organizations promised Wednesday to look into why their Election Day exit polls showed an initial surge for John Kerry, but also blamed bloggers for spreading news that gave a misleading view of the presidential race.

This plays badly for the "mainstream" (sic) media two ways. First, it is a tacit admission that the bloggers are now equally (if not moreso) credible than the "old media." Secondly, the data that was leaked came from old media sources.

The old media is trying to scapegoat the new media in hopes that they can generate sympathy for federal regulation of the new media.

Sorry, little Leftists...ain't gonna happen. So quit whining. It makes you look dumb...er.

8 posted on 11/04/2004 3:26:23 PM PST by Prime Choice (Laura Bush is like everyone's sweetheart. Teresa Heinz-Kerry is like everyone's mother-in-law.)
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To: Prime Choice

This must have been posted somewhere else, but Michael Barone, on Brit Hume's program, said he thought an exit poll employee had tipped a Democrat operative who organized a "slamming" of the polls. That is to say that people were directed to walk out of polling places and skew results by snswering in a certain way. The participants were not necessarily legit voters.

If this has already been discussed, pardon me. This is the first time since Monday I've spent any time at old friend FR


39 posted on 11/04/2004 4:41:47 PM PST by shamusotoole
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