Nice inauguration yesterday, wasn’t it? I’m sure the exit pollsters of Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International thought so – nice enough, anyway, to overshadow the 77-page report that the two firms released Wednesday detailing the failure last November of the Edison/Mitofsky Election System that generated fatally flawed exit poll data for National Election Pool members (the broadcast networks, CNN, Fox News, and the AP) and subscribers (most other large media organizations) suggesting that John Kerry was heading for victory.
The pollsters have good reason to be embarrassed; their post-election spin, always dubious, is fully derailed. For months, their line has been that their data was just fine, and it was misinterpreted by the nefarious bloggers who broke the embargo by posting leaked data that was incomplete….
Recommended reading.
