This is getting to be a broken record but....
The "snap shot" poll CBS did last night reporting to show a change in the electorate due to Mr. Edwards had a few problems... again...
This was not a "fresh" sample - but rather they called back a subset of the people they had also contacted for their June 23rd poll.
In the ENTIRE June 23rd sample, Bush's favorability ratings within the sample were:
Unfavorable 45
Favorable 39
For a net favorability rating of -6.
In the portion of the sample CBS chose to call back for last nights snap shot - they called a very differerent group:
In last night's sub sample, selected from the previous June 23rd sample, Bush had the following favorability ratings:
Unfavorable: 48%
Favorable 37%
A net unfavorabe rating of -11..
IE CBS knew for an absolute fact the subsample they talked to last night viewed Mr. Bush 5% more unfavorably than the comparison June 23rd sample.
This was not a "random" event - this was a hard cold fact CBS news was aware of.
Wait... it gets worse...
Ie every single question they showed us how the subsample responded on June 23rd versus last night to show a true "apples to apples" comparison
EXCEPT
(wait for it)
on the question where they compared how people planned to vote...
Here they compared last nights samples (5% more unfavorable to Bush) with the ENTIRE june 23rd sample, rather than do an "apples to apples" comparison. - The single and only question in the entire survey where they compared last night's subset to the entire June 23rd sample, rather than the exact same group of people from 2 weeks ago..
Summary...
CBS called back a SUBSET of their June 23rd sample which they KNEW (based on their June 23rd answers) was 5% more unfavorable to Bush than the entire June 23rd sample..
And then reported a 4% shift to Kerry/Edwards based on this subsample which they KNEW was 5% more hostile to Bush.
Now it is certainly possible, indeed likely, that they tried to call back everybody from their June 23rd sample, and just happened to reach a subsample more hostile to Bush (given typical survey completion patterns in a "snapshot" poll, this is indeed quite probable)
But don't you think, when they know for an absolute fact that last night's subsample was 5% more hostile to Bush than their June 23rd sample that they should have either specifically flagged the difference between the two samples, or at least shown us how last nights subsample "voted" on June 23rd so we could do a true "apples to apples". comparison...?
These people are either idiots, or deliberately trying to slant the news...
I can't think of any other explanation...
I repeat what I have earlier stated.
Many media polls are deliberately slanted to the left.
Even though they are inaccurate, the liberal media continues to fund them because they tell the liberal media what they want to hear.
Also please note that of the three old television networks, CBS evening news has the lowest ratings and every study I have seen shows they have the greatest left-wing slant in their 'coverage.'
In short, CBS is controlled by left-wing idiotlogues of the far left who aren't interested in profts, but rather are interested in promoting their agenda.
Perhaps you may recall a fictionalized character called 'Ellsworth Toohey.'
