Comments on: Is CNN Always Like This? http://davidxia.com/easilyamused/2009/12/23/is-cnn-always-like-this/ The world is a comedy to those that think... Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:11:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Scott Dobbins http://davidxia.com/easilyamused/2009/12/23/is-cnn-always-like-this/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Scott Dobbins Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:26:00 +0000 http://davidxia.com/easilyamused/2009/12/23/is-cnn-always-like-this/#comment-139 I suppose if the two questions were independent of each other, they could get results that don't sum to 100%. It might be possible to disapprove of the war in Afghanistan but still think 30K more troops are necessary for the time being. That doesn't exactly make sense to me, but perhaps others feel that way. Granted, the poll should have been setup in a different, more logical way, or explained so as not to confuse people. As for this gem, however, I'm not sure: http://rawstory.com/2009/12/fox-news-fudges-poll-claims-94-scientists-falsified-climate-data/ I suppose if the two questions were independent of each other, they could get results that don’t sum to 100%. It might be possible to disapprove of the war in Afghanistan but still think 30K more troops are necessary for the time being. That doesn’t exactly make sense to me, but perhaps others feel that way. Granted, the poll should have been setup in a different, more logical way, or explained so as not to confuse people.

As for this gem, however, I’m not sure:
http://rawstory.com/2009/12/fox-news-fudges-poll-claims-94-scientists-falsified-climate-data/

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