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NYC_SKP

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1. This is precisely what is going on with the polls and with the media.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Fri Feb 27, 2015, 10:50 AM

Feb 2015

If the media had to do their job to inform us, it would get messy because honest is hard for them.

They have their agenda, and it's not about informing their viewers.

Far from it.

And yes, if you ask American children who makes the best hamburger, they'll say McDonalds (or maybe Burger King).

Name recognition, exactly.

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About all the early polling - some of the candidates are well known, [View all] hedgehog Feb 2015 OP

This is precisely what is going on with the polls and with the media. NYC_SKP Feb 2015 #1

No question, which makes these polls about as meaningless as a Fox news poll dissentient Feb 2015 #2

Truth to tell, i saw a posting by another group about a poll proving that hedgehog Feb 2015 #3

There are lies, damned lies, and statistics. Mark Twain Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #4