Comments on: So What Were the Important Issues in the Past Election? http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2008/11/18/so-what-were-the-important-issues-in-the-past-election/ HoosierAccess.com Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:19:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Uncle http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2008/11/18/so-what-were-the-important-issues-in-the-past-election/comment-page-1/#comment-6978 Uncle Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:48:22 +0000 http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2008/11/18/so-what-were-the-important-issues-in-the-past-election/#comment-6978 "Nobody ever went broke UNDER estimating the intelligence of the American Public." P.T. Barnum “Nobody ever went broke UNDER estimating the intelligence of the American Public.” P.T. Barnum

]]> By: Joel Harris http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2008/11/18/so-what-were-the-important-issues-in-the-past-election/comment-page-1/#comment-6977 Joel Harris Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:29:07 +0000 http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2008/11/18/so-what-were-the-important-issues-in-the-past-election/#comment-6977 This is a very discouraging video and statistics. But the statistics were presented in a very prejudicial way. Let's use the Biden plagiarism line: <i>81.8% could NOT correctly say Joe Biden quit a previous campaign because of plagiarism (25% chance by guessing)</i> Had they said, "18.2% knew that Joe Biden quit..." it would not appear quite as bad as it seems saying it the way they did. But what this poll indicates is that the media was incredibly effective in getting the negative message about McCain and Palin and they buried the negatives on Obama and Biden. No shocker there. But the people making the video did a wonderful job of finding the completely ignorant to interview. Of course, 1 in 5 Mitch voters showed the same ignorance by voting for Obama... This is a very discouraging video and statistics. But the statistics were presented in a very prejudicial way.

Let’s use the Biden plagiarism line:

81.8% could NOT correctly say Joe Biden quit a previous campaign because of plagiarism (25% chance by guessing)

Had they said, “18.2% knew that Joe Biden quit…” it would not appear quite as bad as it seems saying it the way they did.

But what this poll indicates is that the media was incredibly effective in getting the negative message about McCain and Palin and they buried the negatives on Obama and Biden. No shocker there. But the people making the video did a wonderful job of finding the completely ignorant to interview.

Of course, 1 in 5 Mitch voters showed the same ignorance by voting for Obama…

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