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CNN's Latest Poll - 48% Agree - The NY Times act appropriately in rejecting McCain's op-ed piece?
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Posted on 07/22/2008 10:22:26 AM PDT by Scythian

So, 48% have voted that the New York Times act appropriately in rejecting Sen. John McCain's op-ed piece? Amazing. If the "dems" get the White House, for sure silencing the right's voice is top of the list.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: liberalmedia; nyt; propagandawingofdnc; rebuttal; snub

1 posted on 07/22/2008 10:22:27 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: Scythian
I guess censorship is ok as long as the censor's are on your side.
2 posted on 07/22/2008 10:23:28 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: Scythian

It is really BAD for the NY Times if 52% side with McCain in a CNN online poll. That probably translates into about 70% of the public sides with McCain.


3 posted on 07/22/2008 10:25:16 AM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: Scythian

Put little value into online polls it is so easy to slam them. Probably 2 little KOS kiddies running vote bots.


4 posted on 07/22/2008 10:25:20 AM PDT by BhaktaSteve
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To: Scythian
So 52% feel the NYT acted inappropriately by not publishing the column.
5 posted on 07/22/2008 10:25:26 AM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E. That spells free. freerepublic.com baby)
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Is this one of those call-in, e-mail in polls that they broadcast from time to time. If it is, it’s totally worthless.


6 posted on 07/22/2008 10:25:37 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Boycott Washington D.C. until they allow gun ownership)
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To: taxcontrol

Of course 37% of those polled did not the NY Times was a newspaper.


7 posted on 07/22/2008 10:26:28 AM PDT by Rodm (Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings)
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To: taxcontrol

Like campaign finance reform...


8 posted on 07/22/2008 10:26:36 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Oh my coolaide has a fist name, it's B A R A K, my coolaide has a second name it's J U A N Y...)
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To: popdonnelly

It’s on thier site, they always have a poll on thier home page, here’s an example:

Did John McCain shoot babies in Vietnam?

1) Yes
2) Unsure


9 posted on 07/22/2008 10:27:36 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: Scythian

I’d be willing to bet that most of the morons who were questioned and who answered that the Slimes acted appropriately are the same people that Sean Hannity interviews on his “Man on the Street” Thursday sessions.

A bunch of dumb sh**t losers who are knee-jerk liberals but who know nothing of history or politics.


10 posted on 07/22/2008 10:28:33 AM PDT by Bobkk47
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To: Scythian

Democrat version of free speech = I’m allowed to spew whatever biased anti-america hate I want 24/7, but your only allowed to say something as long as I don’t disagree with it or it doesn’t hurt my feelings.


11 posted on 07/22/2008 10:28:34 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: Scythian

CNN is still broadcasting?

Who knew?


12 posted on 07/22/2008 10:30:30 AM PDT by padre35 (Conservative in Exile/ Romans 10.10/Eze 11.2)
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To: Scythian
Considering that CNN always preloads internet polls to what they project is the outcome (they claimed it was to offset poll spamming), and it is below 50%, I wonder what the un-preloaded numbers are to move disagree above 50%?
13 posted on 07/22/2008 10:30:46 AM PDT by mnehrling
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To: Scythian

Who watches CNN!???? Come on now! Get a life///


14 posted on 07/22/2008 10:31:47 AM PDT by kcm.org (Conservatives bashing Sen. McCain has Ronald Reagan spinning in his grave!!!)
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To: Scythian

cnn polling their newsroom again.


15 posted on 07/22/2008 10:33:36 AM PDT by Red Steel
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#2 should be changed to “probably”, then it would be more accurate.


16 posted on 07/22/2008 10:33:36 AM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (Vote for conservatives AT ALL POLITICAL LEVELS! Encourage all others to do the same on November 4!)
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Hey, I’d probably say they acted appropriately too. It’s their paper and they can run what they want to. I don’t want to see any private sector media be forced to run anything they don’t want to for whatever reason. So what...it clearly shows the NY Times is in the tank for Obama. Not only is that their choice but it presents a clear demonstration for even the dumbest of metrosexuals.


17 posted on 07/22/2008 10:37:04 AM PDT by rhombus
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To: Scythian

There are two candidates for president? How come nobody told me?


18 posted on 07/22/2008 10:38:11 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Always Right; jokyfo; Scythian; taxcontrol
It is really BAD for the NY Times if 52% side with McCain in a CNN online poll. That probably translates into about 70% of the public sides with McCain.

Correct!

If the NYT's position the can't even get a majority in a CNN or MSNBC poll, it's bound to be unpopular in an unbiased survey.

There was a CNN online poll yesterday showing 48% preferred McCain's position on the Iraq war. It's pretty pathetic for Obama if he can't win a CNN poll with a 2:1 or 3:1 margin.

19 posted on 07/22/2008 10:39:14 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.)
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Oh hell, like everybody doesn’t know that all of CNNs polls are all rigged for the Left.

Their polls are absolutely worthless, unless you want to know what the Leftie “stuffers” want you to think.


20 posted on 07/22/2008 10:41:26 AM PDT by DGHoodini (Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand)
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oh for pity’s sake, it’s a CNN poll.


21 posted on 07/22/2008 10:41:43 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Always Right
"It is really BAD for the NY Times if 52% side with McCain in a CNN online poll. That probably translates into about 70% of the public sides with McCain."

Thats what I was thinking too. If liberal CNN doesn't get over 80% response to the liberal side of a poll question, then it's a lost issue for them. And most people know it.

22 posted on 07/22/2008 10:43:34 AM PDT by libs_kma (NOBAMA. Keep the change)
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Shame on CNN !
In France it’s the only US TV chanel i can watch...I wonder how that bunch of useless whinning liberals can be called JOURNALISTS.
I asked them that question on their website and also another one on “liberal-fascism”...


23 posted on 07/22/2008 10:49:55 AM PDT by Ulysse
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“it’s a lost issue for them”....

I agree and they will drop it like a hot potato.....


24 posted on 07/22/2008 10:50:20 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Scythian

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/

By Jonathan Martin 01:18 PM

McCain camp targets media “love” for Obama.

(GREAT VIDEO)

July 22, 2008
Categories: McCain

McCain camp targets media “love” for Obama

The McCain campaign is picking up where Saturday Night Live left off: Guilting reporters for purportedly being soft on Barack Obama.

They’ve begun a contest on their website under the headline: “The Media is in LOVE with Barack”

“Pick the best song for their devotion,” they ask readers, offering the same compilation video of TV news clips gushing over the Democratic candidate set to two different love ballads.

Asked why they are engaging in media-bashing, McCain spokesman Brian Rogers replied: “Love for ‘The One’ is in the air.”

McCain aides have begun to poke fun at Obama’s rock-star image by referring to him with the faux lofty phrase.

NBC and MSNBC come in for special criticism in the video, with Chris Matthews taking the brunt of the attack.

“He’s sorta a gift from the world to us in so many ways,” Matthews is shown saying — three times in a row.

While McCain aides have grumbled for months about treatment of Obama, this is the most outward effort to tweak the media and perhaps evoke a little guilt.


25 posted on 07/22/2008 10:51:58 AM PDT by roses of sharon ( (Who will be McCain's maverick?))
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To: Scythian
If the "dems" get the White House, for sure silencing the right's voice is top of the list.

To that end, "Madam Speaker Pelosi" is working aggressively behind the scenes to re-introduce the "Fairness Doctrine" and to gain control over the Internet to silence those of us who simply refuse to swallow her kool-aid.

26 posted on 07/22/2008 11:04:36 AM PDT by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: Scythian
Did John McCain shoot babies in Vietnam?

The one I saw was "Did John McCain drop napalm on babies in Vietnam?"

27 posted on 07/22/2008 11:08:09 AM PDT by kitchen (Any day without a fair tax thread is a good day.)
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Not surprised given the one-sidedness of the emailers to Jack Cafferty.


28 posted on 07/22/2008 11:23:00 AM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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Wow! 48% of brain-damaged Leftists agree that the NYT acted properly!


29 posted on 07/22/2008 11:45:26 AM PDT by pabianice
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  "So, 48% have voted that the New York Times act appropriately..."
Actually it doesn't really say that.  It's an online poll that only indicates that a few more conservative showed up than liberals.

Rasmussen in a real poll found that 49% of voters believe most reporters will try to help the Democrat with their coverage, 14% said McCain and 37% can't tie their shoes.
30 posted on 07/22/2008 12:10:27 PM PDT by HawaiianGecko (Obama at the Brandenburg gate: "Ich bin ein Beginner")
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To: Scythian

Its from CNN... Need I say anymore?


31 posted on 07/22/2008 1:33:26 PM PDT by Sprite518
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