Journal Gazette Does Bad Job of
All my readers know what I think about our local newspaper coverage. Yesterday they cited a poll done by the Indy Star regarding Governor Daniel's approval rating.
I checked the Star's website to confirm the poll and have yet been unable to do so. I also googled the company, Selzer & Co, who did the poll. They do not have a web presence to verify they did a poll on the governor. So is this poll bogus, a citing of an obscure poll, or just poor citing of sources?
My point here is if our paper is going to report on a poll they need to give readers the opportunity to verify that poll's claims. Neither the Indianapolis Star nor the Journal Gazzette did so.
News media organizations have been hurting for credibility for a while now. Something as simple as making your sources available to the public in these types of stories would help that problem.
I checked the Star's website to confirm the poll and have yet been unable to do so. I also googled the company, Selzer & Co, who did the poll. They do not have a web presence to verify they did a poll on the governor. So is this poll bogus, a citing of an obscure poll, or just poor citing of sources?
My point here is if our paper is going to report on a poll they need to give readers the opportunity to verify that poll's claims. Neither the Indianapolis Star nor the Journal Gazzette did so.
News media organizations have been hurting for credibility for a while now. Something as simple as making your sources available to the public in these types of stories would help that problem.
posted by Indiana Pundit at 3:06 PM
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Here is the link to the Indianapolis Star poll story, which was all over their Page 1 on Sunday:
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060305/NEWS02/603050483&SearchID=73237658514569
The issue that I had when I saw the IndyStar poll yesterday is that it made a big deal about the slip in the right track / wrong track numbers, yet the decrease of 4% fell within the poll's margin of error of 4.4%.
AND, while the JG is quick to print that poll, will they be just as sure to publish the IndyStar editorial telling the governor to stay the course, even in the face of low poll numbers...
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060307/OPINION/603070367
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