--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: <snip> > > > The poll didn't mention specifically warrantless wire taps but > > > that issue had been debated all Winter and Spring, even > > > mentioning it in the Democratic poll, so the public was quite > > > aware of what was going on and still 65% answered that they > > > thought it was important enough even if it intruded on > > > their privacy. Only that hard core 30+% absolutely rejected > > > any intrusion of privacy. After all the poll clearly was about > > > what was going on in the NSA, not some fictitious scenario > > > and the public has been very aware that warrants were not > > > being asked for or issued on incoming calls from terrorists. > > > > It is a *VERY* weak argument, verging on desperation, > > to claim everyone who took the poll not only understood > > that the question meant this or that when it was not > > mentioned at all, but that they went ahead and answered > > based on that purported understanding. > > > > Poll questions ask what they ask, not what you imagine > > those polled mentally added to the questions. > > That's why poll questions are supposed to be concise and not just short.
It's not just that. If the administration has been using drowning as a method of execution, and there's been a big debate about whether it's appropriate, and you take a poll asking, "Do you approve of capital punishment?" and a majority answers "Yes," you don't report that a majority is in favor of including drowning as a method of execution. And if there has recently been a court ruling forbidding drowning as a method, you don't say, "Most people want the current methods of capital punishment in place and it is still going on while it is appealed. So nothing has really changed and probably won't till the Supreme Court hears it." That's just deliberately misleading, with intent to deceive. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
