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| ABC, BBC, ARD,NHK poll on Iraq was skewed to make the US look bad |
| 2004-03-17 |
| You know that poll that everyone is referring to in Iraq that showed the Iraqis were really happy. Well what’s happening in Iraq is so positive that it even looks good after those left wing rags intentionally tried to skew the results. How, you ask? Well look at the PDF and you’ll see that.... Nationality: 2/28/04 11/15/03 Arab 79 73 Kurdish 17 22 Assyrian 1 3 Turkmen 2 1 Other 1 1 Religion: Muslim 96 93 Shia 33 Sunni 40 Non-denom. 23 Christian 3 5 Other 1 2 Even though the Shiites are 60% of Iraq’s population and the Sunnis are 20% they interviewed 40% Sunni and 33% Shiite. Hmmmm, a little odd no? But wait there’s more... Region: Kurdistan 14 Central 29 Baghdad 28 South 29 57% of those surveyed where in the Sunni triangle where all the unrest is! It’s amazing that these leftist rags tried this hard to skew the survey and it still came out so positive. Could you imagine what the real numbers are... How pathetic that these guys couldn’t even put the fix in to conform with their bankrupt ideology. |
| Posted by:Damn_Proud_American |
| #14 what are you going on about B? |
| Posted by: Igs 2004-3-17 8:14:32 PM |
| #13 hmm..clever IGS. But not clever enough. There is still a one second difference between this post and the one you posted above with Fred's address on it. I bet it wouldn't be too hard for one of us to get YOUR address. |
| Posted by: B 2004-3-17 9:03:23 AM |
| #12 DPA, I hope that you will be just as willing to point out misleading information attributed to 'your side'. There's plenty of misleading information coming from all corners |
| Posted by: Igs 2004-3-17 8:50:37 AM |
| #11 Thats a valid point DPA, but I think sides have been drawn for quite a while now. By the way, job well done on this piece of investigative work, I take for granted that they lie to me, its nice to see someone point out how they do it. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2004-3-17 8:39:05 AM |
| #10 Of course you're right JerseyMIke but I don't think everyone realizes they are on the other side. So when you point out something this blatant to everyone hopefully a few eyes will be opened that weren't before... |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-3-17 8:28:35 AM |
| #9 Too much time is wasted by surveying and polling.They are easily slanted to back up the position or ideology of whoever is giving them. To think that the fair and unbiased media would manipulate them on purpose is about as shocking as finding out there is no such think as unicorns. C'mon guys, how long have we known they are on the otherside? |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2004-3-17 7:31:10 AM |
| #8 wow superb bit of investigating there. I'm gonna get the PDF to see. Wonder if good journalist will cotten on to this |
| Posted by: Jon Shep U.K 2004-3-17 7:21:30 AM |
| #7 did anyone expect any less? |
| Posted by: B 2004-3-17 6:24:57 AM |
| #6 interesting to see though that Chalabi, the US wonder boy is the least trusted from the key figures. This seemed to have popped up in a nother recent survey. |
| Posted by: Igs 2004-3-17 6:21:29 AM |
| #5 well, I don't necessarily see an attempt to skew the sample. There might be some bias in the overall responses but the report does not provide enough information on how it was conducted and what stratification variables were taken into consideration. While there may be a different response pattern based on religious affiliation in this case, this can only be assesed through the analysis of the data. It may be true that religious affiliation played a part in the responses, then again it might not have. There's no information available to make a decision either way. |
| Posted by: Igs 2004-3-17 6:19:03 AM |
| #4 But the point should be made that DESPITE the attempt at skewing the sample, the Iraqis are still better off than before, and they know it. All that means is that the level of happiness is higher than the polls indicate. |
| Posted by: Ben 2004-3-17 5:39:31 AM |
| #3 granted that the religious slant is a bit dodgy, however the regional population distribution is not that far off the mark (Baghdad region alone is a bit under 25%) then if you add other bits in the central regions this adds up to 54%, not quite as high as 57% but I have seen worse |
| Posted by: Igs 2004-3-17 2:10:30 AM |
| #2 Nice catch, DPA! |
| Posted by: Pete Stanley 2004-3-17 1:39:50 AM |
| #1 I suspect that the pollsters didn't venture far from Baghdad. In fact, I'm willing to bet that they didn't venture much beyond a 4 block radius of their |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-3-17 1:36:47 AM |