Which is why I said it will be questioned. Personally, I'd like to see more news from other sources on the elections. I'm happy to see them voting and to see so little violence, but you know my opinion of the media (it manipulates the images you see to tell a story that might not be the exact truth)
> Given that DEBKAfile not been all that reliable, I don't place a lot > of credulence in their reports. > > larry > > > On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 00:20:19 -0800, Rob Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is some goofy reporting in that story. They make a lot of > estimates > > about turnout but they fail to describe how they came by their numbers. > > Listen to this: "In Basra, Iraq's second largest town, the turnout was > > 32-35%, although Iraqi election officials claimed 90%." > > > > But they never describe how Iraqi officials determined the 90% figure or > how > > they came up with their much lower figures. Here is the sole reference > to > > their sourcing for this information: > > > > "DEBKAfile's Iraq experts reveal that, while the turnout is officially > > estimated at 60%, the real figure will probably turn out to be quite a > bit > > lower, no more than 40-45% - in itself an exceptional feat." Who are > their > > experts? What are their qualifications? Where did they get their data > from? > > Don't tell me- these guys called a book house in London to come up with > the > > numbers. > > > > The truth is no one really knows how many ballots were cast. The U.N. > had a > > limited presence on the ground because of fears over violence, the U.S. > > military stayed in the background, and no one else has the manpower in > > country to figure this stuff out except the Iraqis themselves, and they > > don't have the infrastructure in place to communicate the results that > > quickly. > > > > Maybe these folks are right, but they need to step up and act like real > > journalists by disclosing their methodologies and experts. Do they have > an > > agenda behind the report? I'm not making an accusation, I'm asking a > > question. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> > > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 11:22 PM > > Subject: Re: The Polls have closed in Iraq > > > > > Another view of the elections, the truth of which will be questioned: > > > http://debka.com/article.php?aid=974 > > > > > > >I hope a democratic government is elected. In respect for this moment > > > > I will not ask if Diebold machines were used. > > > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145492 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
