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WaPo lead Opinion Piece Gratuitously slams bloggers
Richard Morin has a few good things on his weekly column but apparently he feels bloggers are a threat (and there is an annoying registration to see the article).Surveying the Damage
Exit Polls Can't Predict Winners, So Don't Expect Them To

By Richard Morin
Sunday, November 21, 2004; Page B01

It will be a few more weeks before we know exactly what went wrong with the 2004 exit polls. But this much we know right now: The resulting furor was the best thing that could have happened to journalism, to polling and to the bloggers who made this year's Election Day such a cheap thrill.... A few more presidential elections like this one and the public will learn to do the right thing and simply ignore news of early exit poll data. Then perhaps people will start ignoring the bloggers, who proved once more that their spectacular lack of judgment is matched only by their abundant arrogance.

I've emailed him (morinr@washpost.com to let him know that, yes, Wonkette, DailyKos and Andrew Sullivan did spread the exit poll rumors but Polypundit and other knowledgeable pro Bush bloggers debunked the exit polls within minutes.


Posted by: mhw 2004-11-21
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=49402