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It's pretty much the only Anglic spelling of it Isaac Send a noteboard - 01/02/2010 02:15:45 PM
I don't think any of the variant spellings have two s's. Pet peeve, people have been spelling my name Issac and Issaac since I was a kid.

I just found it confusing that he was replying here about replies on a different website (so far as I can tell) - without saying that it refers to the replies actual article it gives an implication that it is about replies here. Which don't seem to be doing what he objects to.


Was he commenting about people on other sites? I missed that. Well, he's certainly in good company I'm sure when it comes to being disgusted by the sort of comments following most articles and blogs. I've always felt we'd be better off if the post comment section at the end of articles had a quick online quiz before you could post with questions like 'who wrote the article?' 'what's 16+7?' and 'are you clinically insane?'

I wasn't raising an objection to your point, I just mentioned you as you were one of the very, very few people here to raise an objection to the polling group. The only other objection I can see here is suggesting that due to an increasing number of people just having mobiles, telephone polling is now potentially missing some groups out.


Economics vs accuracy, yeah phones always introduce a bias. No real solution to that, but unavoidable or not, it still makes polling data questionable at best. Frankly I can't think of the last time I saw a poll where what I would've guessed didn't fall pretty close to what they list, especially with margin for error, and I definetly don't have a knack for reading the tea leaves.

Your closing sentence is why it is probably a good idea to be clear if you are commenting on replies that are on a different site.


I'd say so, honestly it didn't even crosss my mind till you mentioned it that he was talking about somewhere else. Though, as I said, I haven't been to involved in this thread. Feels too much like trying to debate how to interpret a tarot card reading. ;)
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Fox is most trusted name in news trzaska2000 - 27/01/2010 12:11:15 AM 610 Views
Good thing reality is chosen through consensus. *NM* Ghavrel - 27/01/2010 12:17:17 AM 99 Views
umm it is survey on trust random thoughts - 27/01/2010 12:47:04 AM 217 Views
Of course it's an accurate poll. But my point is that trust has nothing to do with accuracy. *NM* Ghavrel - 27/01/2010 01:14:59 AM 98 Views
do you have any real evidience that Fox is less acurate? random thoughts - 27/01/2010 01:28:22 AM 201 Views
Does the poll suggest otherwise? Ghavrel - 27/01/2010 02:32:14 AM 187 Views
well... PhotoJim - 27/01/2010 12:37:40 AM 192 Views
Good for Fox. Legolas - 27/01/2010 12:38:39 AM 224 Views
Not really that surprising random thoughts - 27/01/2010 01:00:52 AM 251 Views
Well, I did say it was remarkable particularly for foreigners. Legolas - 27/01/2010 01:58:43 AM 246 Views
I don't think their bias is their problem random thoughts - 27/01/2010 02:57:33 AM 296 Views
I've always liked ABC's World News Tonight. Ghavrel - 27/01/2010 03:44:59 AM 194 Views
Jim Lehrer, definetly *NM* Isaac - 27/01/2010 04:11:17 AM 103 Views
That would be my most trusted TV news source. Joel - 27/01/2010 07:22:51 AM 176 Views
I don't watch much PBS news random thoughts - 27/01/2010 02:04:12 PM 184 Views
Yes, but The NewsHour has been criticized for being too conservative. *NM* Ghavrel - 27/01/2010 07:01:32 PM 198 Views
well there are people who think Nancy Pelosi is to conserative *NM* random thoughts - 27/01/2010 08:13:56 PM 139 Views
Re: Not really that surprising MightyYT - 27/01/2010 06:18:34 PM 185 Views
That is why I chose what I am going to watch based on the show and not the network random thoughts - 27/01/2010 06:56:24 PM 178 Views
I am sad for this country after hearing this. *NM* Aisha - 27/01/2010 01:45:18 AM 193 Views
Re: Fox is most trusted name in news Dominic - 27/01/2010 02:51:04 AM 289 Views
Precisely. *NM* ironclad - 27/01/2010 11:26:15 AM 101 Views
A generation ago, the only news channel on TV was CNN. MightyYT - 27/01/2010 06:20:07 PM 186 Views
Hmmm....now here's the question: Great Lord of Chaos - 27/01/2010 03:10:02 AM 201 Views
PPP has a poor record Isaac - 27/01/2010 05:01:57 AM 196 Views
And CNN is SECOND?!!! What a badly broken poll.... Joel - 27/01/2010 07:16:09 AM 181 Views
It would be interesting to see how that breaks down by party snoopcester - 27/01/2010 12:09:51 PM 196 Views
the article does break it down by party random thoughts - 27/01/2010 02:06:50 PM 197 Views
Only for FOX, which makes trying to analyse it impossible snoopcester - 27/01/2010 02:51:46 PM 187 Views
here is a link to the full results random thoughts - 27/01/2010 03:02:50 PM 263 Views
So the parties are pretty much going each way Floffe - 27/01/2010 04:19:59 PM 194 Views
Re: So the parties are pretty much going each way snoopcester - 27/01/2010 04:36:08 PM 181 Views
I guess it makes sense random thoughts - 27/01/2010 11:33:25 PM 179 Views
It does snoopcester - 28/01/2010 12:09:14 PM 176 Views
They also treat them like a single group which I find ironic random thoughts - 30/01/2010 05:40:28 PM 186 Views
I personally think both sides are wrong random thoughts - 27/01/2010 04:40:36 PM 174 Views
Besides the fact who wins or loses, it's a very sad state of affairs for democracy... Artsapat - 27/01/2010 01:15:34 PM 181 Views
Skepticism is usually a good sign in a democracy Isaac - 27/01/2010 02:18:58 PM 222 Views
Re: Skepticism is usually a good sign in a democracy callandor1000 - 28/01/2010 03:42:55 AM 184 Views
Well, at least Fox is better than the BBC AgentOrange - 27/01/2010 01:43:32 PM 185 Views
I'm fairly certain you don't really mean that... Legolas - 27/01/2010 05:33:47 PM 203 Views
One does wonder. jh - 27/01/2010 05:52:30 PM 202 Views
Re: One does wonder. Aisha - 28/01/2010 04:28:47 AM 186 Views
Re: One does wonder. snoopcester - 28/01/2010 12:12:48 PM 177 Views
haha you got me. Though I do mean it. AgentOrange - 30/01/2010 12:36:03 AM 186 Views
Well, that's me unsurprised. nossy - 27/01/2010 02:23:16 PM 210 Views
Re: Well, that's me unsurprised. Macharius - 27/01/2010 02:31:57 PM 184 Views
Re: Well, that's me unsurprised. snoopcester - 27/01/2010 02:53:04 PM 187 Views
I'm still friends with the crotchety old secretary who used to work with me. nossy - 27/01/2010 03:24:45 PM 179 Views
It was the most watched cable channel last week random thoughts - 27/01/2010 03:08:36 PM 182 Views
You can't offend me by saying that. nossy - 27/01/2010 03:23:26 PM 165 Views
I know random thoughts - 27/01/2010 04:23:18 PM 192 Views
I almost said something earlier. nossy - 27/01/2010 06:34:18 PM 157 Views
Was the poll done in a trailerpark where everyone was their own uncle? Sophy - 27/01/2010 06:59:01 PM 215 Views
I think the same thing everytime I see European TV random thoughts - 27/01/2010 08:13:13 PM 167 Views
Re: Was the poll done in a trailerpark where everyone was their own uncle? callandor1000 - 28/01/2010 03:49:10 AM 154 Views
That's like saying so-and-so won a Grammy. Panorphaeon - 27/01/2010 07:39:54 PM 150 Views
That's like going a high security prison for a visit callandor1000 - 28/01/2010 03:38:45 AM 171 Views
telephone polls are no longer an accurate representation of popular opinion ranagrande - 28/01/2010 04:12:52 AM 151 Views
I verbally abuse people who call to poll me. I'm going to keep doing it. callandor1000 - 28/01/2010 04:21:20 AM 247 Views
funny how people suddenly dismiss polls when they say something they don't like random thoughts - 28/01/2010 05:57:10 AM 179 Views
Well, personally I never said anything about the poll being invalid. Ghavrel - 28/01/2010 06:57:43 AM 157 Views
Funnily, the first person who did that is Issac who has seemed a right wing type to me. snoopcester - 28/01/2010 12:19:05 PM 181 Views
I there is nothing wrong with questioning what a poll tells us random thoughts - 28/01/2010 02:02:29 PM 178 Views
Those where the only type of replies I saw though snoopcester - 28/01/2010 02:24:55 PM 159 Views
I made it a comment to main thread for a reason random thoughts - 28/01/2010 04:22:14 PM 166 Views
Isaac, not Issac Isaac - 30/01/2010 07:10:20 AM 168 Views
Bah, I only have your word for that being how your spell your name snoopcester - 01/02/2010 01:08:24 PM 277 Views
It's pretty much the only Anglic spelling of it Isaac - 01/02/2010 02:15:45 PM 214 Views
I would have complained about the telephony regardless of the results ranagrande - 28/01/2010 01:55:03 PM 158 Views
I've pretty much stopped watching news on TV BlackAdder - 29/01/2010 04:18:44 PM 167 Views
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