They’re not even trying to fake it, anymore:
As Drudge points out, CNN blasted inboxes this morning with its new poll numbers, claiming a “14-point gain” in support for President Obama’s health-care plan among speech-watchers. However, CNN’s methods are questionable. As CNN writes at the bottom of its report:
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted just before and just after the president’s speech, with 427 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey’s sampling error is plus or minus 5 percentage points.
The sample of speech-watchers in this poll was 45 percent Democratic and 18 percent Republican. Our best estimate of the number of Democrats in the voting age population as a whole indicates that the sample is about 8-10 points more Democratic than the population as a whole.
CNN’s sloppy poll, not its numbers, is the real news story here.
Why did they do it? Because they wanted to be able to puff up Obama’s speech – and they probably did it at the direction or at least strong urging of the White House. Rush has taken to calling the MSM our “State-run” media. He’s right.
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