Comments on: New York’s Out of Touch With Texas http://hammeroftruth.com/2006/new-yorks-out-of-touch-with-texas/ common sense, shoved up your... Fri, 10 May 2013 07:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Hammer of Truth » Kinky Friedman Used a Bad Word When I Was in Diapers http://hammeroftruth.com/2006/new-yorks-out-of-touch-with-texas/comment-page-1/#comment-1052031 Hammer of Truth » Kinky Friedman Used a Bad Word When I Was in Diapers Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:59:37 +0000 http://hammeroftruth.com/2006/08/09/new-yorks-out-of-touch-with-texas/#comment-1052031 [...] Previous Hammer of Truth coverage of the Kinky Friedman campaign here, here, here, here, here, and here. [...]

]]> By: nsarwark http://hammeroftruth.com/2006/new-yorks-out-of-touch-with-texas/comment-page-1/#comment-1034800 nsarwark Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:47:26 +0000 http://hammeroftruth.com/2006/08/09/new-yorks-out-of-touch-with-texas/#comment-1034800 Not using the Rasmussen polls is fine, but I’m having trouble believing that there hasn’t been one reliable poll conducted since February.

]]> By: Sandra Kallander http://hammeroftruth.com/2006/new-yorks-out-of-touch-with-texas/comment-page-1/#comment-1034653 Sandra Kallander Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:25:06 +0000 http://hammeroftruth.com/2006/08/09/new-yorks-out-of-touch-with-texas/#comment-1034653 “Anyone who can answer the phone and hit the buttons on the keypad can respond to the survey.” I think that also qualifies them to vote. ;)

]]> By: thehim http://hammeroftruth.com/2006/new-yorks-out-of-touch-with-texas/comment-page-1/#comment-1034523 thehim Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:49:41 +0000 http://hammeroftruth.com/2006/08/09/new-yorks-out-of-touch-with-texas/#comment-1034523 The Rasmussen polls have been wildly off the mark here in WA State. The NYT is actually pretty smart to ignore them.

]]> By: Sandra Kallander http://hammeroftruth.com/2006/new-yorks-out-of-touch-with-texas/comment-page-1/#comment-1033737 Sandra Kallander Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:54:10 +0000 http://hammeroftruth.com/2006/08/09/new-yorks-out-of-touch-with-texas/#comment-1033737 I sent mine before you posted the reply, but my comments still stand: It just seems to me that news organizations have a fiduciary duty (and if not, certainly it makes financial sense to put things in perspective for readers) to present reality. When you quote polls that don’t list all the options a voter is going to have on their ballot, you come off like a tool of the political establishment.

How can there be headlines about how annoyed voters are with their choices, and yet, you don’t list them all? I have no respect for the accuracy or fairness of any publication that does not list all the candidates for a particular office. If you are not the author of the poll, you should always point out that the poll takers did not list all the candidates and that it is therefore statistically inaccurate. You should name the candidates who were left off. Otherwise you are printing press-releases and can have no claim to journalism.

Please list all candidates. Better yet, cover them.

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