WSYR-TV(Channel 9) in Syracuse and the Syracuse Post-Editor jointly commissioned a poll, but after seeing that the results favored the Democratic challenger, they've refused to release it claiming that the poll was improperly conducted. But John Zogby, the pollster they hired, has insisted that the results are reliable!
Zogby has agreed not to release poll results widely rumored to show Democratic candidate Dan Maffei beating Republican incumbent Congressman Jim Walsh. Walsh's campaign has gone so far as to attack the poll, even though it hasn't been released. But Zogby himself says that the methodology used (calling the same sample twice) would not greatly affect the results and that the results are reliable. Inexplicably the media sources have decided against releasing the results. This stinks of Republican influence.
Here's the local article about the whole mess.
Please contact the Syracuse Post-Standard and Syracuse Channel 9 to pressure them to release the results in order to avoid any appearance that they are improperly attempting to influencing the election. We must complain and demand that they release the poll results in some form even if they include a note clarifying that the methodology was unusual.
Syracuse Post-Editor
Main Newsroom: 315-470-0011
Editor and Publisher: Stephen A. Rogers, 315-470-2223
Executive Editor: Michael Connor, 315-470-2169, mconnor@syracuse.com
WSYR-TV, Channel 9
Main Newsroom: 315-446-3333,
NewsChannel9@9wsyr.com
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