2008 Woodie Awards
Book presents data of doctored election
Dana Johnson
Issue date: 10/18/07 Section: Opinions
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"Political analysts have long counted on exit polls to be a reliable predictor of actual vote counts. The unusual discrepancy between exit poll data and the actual vote count in the 2004 election challenges that reliability. However, despite evidence of technological vulnerabilities in the voting system and a higher incidence of irregularities in swing states, this discrepancy was not scrutinized in the mainstream media. They simply parroted the partisan declarations of "sour grapes" and "let's move on" instead of providing any meaningful analysis of a highly controversial election."
This is the appalling data that was presented in a book titled "Censored 2006: The Top 25 Censored Stories" by Peter Phillips and Project Censored. For those who don't know, Project Censored is a media research group out of Sonoma State University. The book goes on to say: "The official vote count for the 2004 election showed that George W. Bush won by three million votes. But exit polls projected a victory margin of five million votes for John Kerry. This eight-million-vote discrepancy is much greater than the error margin. This exit poll data is a strong indicator of a corrupted election."
For many readers, I can imagine it is the first time they have heard such facts and statistics about the 2004 election.
For the record, I am not a far-left wing Democrat trying to impeach Bush by fabricating lies to support this argument.
For each story they print in the book, they list a variety of reliable resources, including this story titled, "Another Year of Distorted Election Coverage." Because of this, the book is considered a reliable source.
Though these facts were censored in the mainstream media along with other coverage of the 2004 election.
I know a large number of the population was suspicious of the results of the election. Other flaws and questionable practices in the voting process make one wonder whether the people's voice is actually being heard and if we are truly a working democracy.
This is the appalling data that was presented in a book titled "Censored 2006: The Top 25 Censored Stories" by Peter Phillips and Project Censored. For those who don't know, Project Censored is a media research group out of Sonoma State University. The book goes on to say: "The official vote count for the 2004 election showed that George W. Bush won by three million votes. But exit polls projected a victory margin of five million votes for John Kerry. This eight-million-vote discrepancy is much greater than the error margin. This exit poll data is a strong indicator of a corrupted election."
For many readers, I can imagine it is the first time they have heard such facts and statistics about the 2004 election.
For the record, I am not a far-left wing Democrat trying to impeach Bush by fabricating lies to support this argument.
For each story they print in the book, they list a variety of reliable resources, including this story titled, "Another Year of Distorted Election Coverage." Because of this, the book is considered a reliable source.
Though these facts were censored in the mainstream media along with other coverage of the 2004 election.
I know a large number of the population was suspicious of the results of the election. Other flaws and questionable practices in the voting process make one wonder whether the people's voice is actually being heard and if we are truly a working democracy.