by David W. Moore on Dec 21, 2010
Do Americans Care About War in Afghanistan? Reinterpreting the Polls
According to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, six of ten Americans now say the war in Afghanistan has not...
Media Polls
by Sydney Smith on Dec 21, 2010
iMediaEthics’ 2010 Ten Top News, Opinion Columns
The most read iMediaEthics' news stories of 2010... 1. iMediaEthics' annual top ten "Dubious Polling" awards attracted the most readers this year. ...
by David W. Moore on Dec 08, 2010
How Polls Mislead on the Bush-Era Tax Cuts
The polling consensus these days is that most Americans support extending the Bush-era tax cuts just for the middle class and...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 08, 2010
George Bishop On Leave from Poll Skeptics Column
George Bishop, one of iMediaEthics' two columnists penning the Poll Skeptics Column, is on leave from iMediaEthics. Bishop is also on...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 01, 2010
Journalist Bill Kovach About New Book ‘Blur’ :
Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel, the authors of the standby journalism textbook The Elements of Journalism, have published a new...
by George F. Bishop , David W. Moore on Nov 27, 2010
TIME-Pew Poll About End of Marriage Is Unsound
It looks like marriage is on the way out if we’re to believe the latest joint media poll on this...
by David W. Moore on Nov 20, 2010
Don’t Trust Polls about TSA Pat-Downs, Full Body X-Rays
The major media polls, once again, are performing a public disservice by their claims that most Americans “support” full body...
by George F. Bishop , David W. Moore on Nov 17, 2010
Have We Lost Faith In the U.S. Government? What the Fuzzy Polls Are Not Telling Us
Pollsters have been asking a rather fuzzy question about trusting the "government in Washington," according to a number of reports...
by David W. Moore on Oct 15, 2010
Are News Media Polls “Uncannily” Accurate? You Must Be Kidding!
Is the accuracy of media polling averages “uncanny,” as Nate Silver of Five Thirty Eight recently claimed on his New...