Friday, January 11, 2008
To poll or not to poll...
Arianna Huffington is advocating a strict no-polling rule, meaning that she is calling for all of us, the people, to JUST SAY NO when the pollsters call. My only problem: I've literally never met anyone who's received one of those calls. Worth a look...
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While it's true that polling information can misused, being asked to state one's opinion (no matter how misinformed) is as American as apple pie. I may not know much but I know what I like. Besides, Arianna Huffington's (and most of the other official pundits) entire careers are built on expressing their opinions. A useful appeal might be for citizens to resist most polls but also for pundits (left or right) to stop talking, unless they really have something to say. The next time you hear one of these people performing their shtick, ask yourself whether there is any intellectual basis for their assumptions or assertions.
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