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Originally Posted by Pastiche
Ok, so the Globe and Mail, CTV, and Canwest are all biased too then because they have all contracted for EKOS' services in the past year. Please explain to me the difference.
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Because they present Mr. Graves as a pollster, not a Liberal commenter. Because people inherently think that pollsters just speak the numbers, the statistics, with impartial analysis. EKOS, as a gatherer of statistics, is fine. The issue is with the CBC bringing someone with a self-professed bias (and a history of advising / financially contributing to one party) and not providing any disclosure.
Add the CBC feeding Liberal MPs questions in a Parliamentary committee, their leading stories on *gasp* Wafergate, the use of prorogation as a faux-outrage medium, their (Pete Mansbridge's, in particular) childlike glee and excitement for the coalition gov't coupled with their palpable disappointment when it fell through... a couple off the top of my head. At best, cheerleaders; at worst, backroom manipulators. On our dime.