Like Zogby? Most of the media conducted polls are not worth the paper they are on. Meaningless and intended like the “studies” they report on are there to catch attention. Are all studies worthless? Of course not, but most that are reported on in the media are. What you’ll get in the MSM is a study that is sensational or open the door for controversy.
No Conflict = no story.
Facts don’t sell papers, web-space, or raise the value of a block of time for a TV commercial. The MSM is in the business of selling, not informing. Supersaturation of colors, screaming at each other, using words like “bloodbath, apocalyptic.....”. It’s entertainment, not information and while I like FOX a little more than the others myself, even they belong to this crowd that deals in nonsense. Your "reputable" polling is part of this game. Even if the source is accurate and did do a thorough job, the reporters can be expected to interpret the data in a way they like. For example, the report on WMD in Iraq. Much of what is written about the findings actually does not jive with what they say if you read them yourself.
Yes yes, scientifically conducted and 100% professional and honest without bias: http://www.hannibal.net/Images/101998/POLLSTERS.jpg
Even if the source is professional, remember who's the intermediary and feeding you this.
I already posted the polling accuracy results from the last national polls before the 2004 elections. Every single national poll was within the margin of error except Newsweek which underestimated Kerry’s numbers by 4 percentage points.
http://www.pollingreport.com/2004.htm#Pollster
If polls were so inaccurate, politicians wouldn’t spend big money on their own pollsters.
