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KPN

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27. The sad thing about this is there are many who will never hear this part of the story, and many of

Tue Mar 19, 2019, 11:22 AM

Mar 2019

those go with the pack -- so they now will tend to believe it IS a "witch hunt" and Mueller's report will be tainted by that belief.

This in itself should be considered obstruction of justice when it comes to the highest level of corruption and treason we have ever seen at the highest level in our national government. That is, USA Today (it's owner Rupert Murdoch and family) should be held accountable for malicious negligence and conspiracy against the people and the Constitution of the USA. That's my feeling. I l know it won't happen, but that's what I feel right now.

What can we do about it?

We should all contact by email, letter or phone all of our news sources and urge them to right this faulty reporting they did yesterday.

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USA Today caught cheating on poll [View all] lagomorph777 Mar 2019 OP

It's obviously a push poll Farmer-Rick Mar 2019 #1

my first thought as well. nt Javaman Mar 2019 #13

As transparent as the would be dictator himself. The world would be far more stable and peaceful KPN Mar 2019 #20

Polls are gimmicks by the right watoos Mar 2019 #2

it's a terrible question NewJeffCT Mar 2019 #3

I knew it as soon as I read the results.Trump is a pathological liar and everybody knows this onit2day Mar 2019 #37

Polling 101 is make the question as specific as possible. rogue emissary Mar 2019 #4

Or they are agreeing that Trump calls it a witch hunt. zaj Mar 2019 #5

Exactly....they agree that he has said its a witch hunt and that he has said... mentalslavery Mar 2019 #8

Correct. It's not just a two question in one push. KPN Mar 2019 #21

And that he has been the subject of more investigations - Rhiannon12866 Mar 2019 #46

DU has the greatest and smartest posters Botany Mar 2019 #6

I agree. I saw the poll results on CNN yesterday with nary a word about its credibility. KPN Mar 2019 #23

Was hoping other media sources would shine a light on that skewed USA poll. onit2day Mar 2019 #38

Kick dalton99a Mar 2019 #7

Actually THREE questions. I would agree to "Trump has called ..... witch hunt" MadLinguist Mar 2019 #9

Exactly- this! James48 Mar 2019 #44

+1000! Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #48

WE are the victims, not Scarsdale Mar 2019 #10

Who the hell reads USAToday? docgee Mar 2019 #11

Don't have to. It was all over the news yesterday afternoon -- but no mention of the question's KPN Mar 2019 #25

It's great - for lining the bottom of weasel cages. CentralMass Mar 2019 #51

You got them weasels too? docgee Mar 2019 #57

I knew someone who had one. They are smart critters CentralMass Mar 2019 #59

They put it outside your hotel door for free in fancy hotels. forgotmylogin Mar 2019 #66

MSM will always be working for the orange hitler & his fascist party yaesu Mar 2019 #12

Yup workinclasszero Mar 2019 #18

Right?! KPN Mar 2019 #26

thought this was common knowledge,,,,,,, Cryptoad Mar 2019 #14

Good catch. calimary Mar 2019 #15

Well color me shocked! Blue Owl Mar 2019 #16

trump cultists say that all polls are wrong because Hillary. mwb970 Mar 2019 #17

AND some may think they are just agreeing that he said it underpants Mar 2019 #19

Lies, damned lies, and statistics. nt El Mimbreno Mar 2019 #22

Disgraceful! Enabling such an evil man. Power 2 the People Mar 2019 #24

The sad thing about this is there are many who will never hear this part of the story, and many of KPN Mar 2019 #27

Gosh, what a poorly written question...I used to write instructor's guides, and test questions ... SWBTATTReg Mar 2019 #28

USA Today paid somebody extra to craft this question in a deliberately confusing way. lagomorph777 Mar 2019 #34

Yup Skraxx Mar 2019 #36

K&R, uponit7771 Mar 2019 #43

Had a feeling about this. louis-t Mar 2019 #29

Push Polling, this is a great example Dorn Mar 2019 #30

What Madlinguist said. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #31

Test Construction 101 doctorzuma Mar 2019 #32

So, USA Today only sampled 1000 people to represent the whole country??? MagickMuffin Mar 2019 #33

Or they are agreeing that he has called the investigation a witch hunt. Push poll question. Skraxx Mar 2019 #35

That's part of the fun of being in the data analytics field.... cbdo2007 Mar 2019 #39

That's if the WWWHW are covered up, if so then trust is deminished. I'll never trust a USA Today pol uponit7771 Mar 2019 #42

The question is even more flawed than this suggests. Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #40

They asked a compound to get the noise they wanted and only posted one part of the question. uponit7771 Mar 2019 #41

Here's the problem with the question Papyro Mar 2019 #45

I was highly suspicious there was a flaw, or fraud, someplace in this survey. TryLogic Mar 2019 #47

Another thing I noticed that outed their bias... Silver Gaia Mar 2019 #49

I noticed the "improvement" language too. lagomorph777 Mar 2019 #62

Exactly Silver Gaia Mar 2019 #65

There are many polls. Pick the one you like and swear by it. Swear at the others. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #50

"...because of politics." Ligyron Mar 2019 #52

who writes these poll questions? PupCamo Mar 2019 #53

the media already appears to be circling the wagons around trump... spanone Mar 2019 #54

A terrible question is not cheating janterry Mar 2019 #55

Sure, it's purely accidental. lagomorph777 Mar 2019 #63

I've seen lots of bad survey designs janterry Mar 2019 #67

Gad, I didn't even look at that question yesterday Awsi Dooger Mar 2019 #56

Title would be correct saying Half say tRump is a "TARGET" of more investigations ffr Mar 2019 #58

Kind of like the age-old trick question, "did you stop beating your wife?" George II Mar 2019 #60

When I saw that here, I had a feeling it was skewed. C Moon Mar 2019 #61

It is a form of gish gallop. People don't always remember all the facts applegrove Mar 2019 #64

Morning Joe staff and guests called it a bogus poll yesterday. Ilsa Mar 2019 #68

Something I learned in research methods in college and on ethics in doing research... ck4829 Mar 2019 #69