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SURE !! Have a looky right here Michael!

http://www.theglobea...pM!-1726588208/

I will even strip it out for you!

The levels of trust are also low for the Canadian Parliament (17 per cent), political parties (10 per cent) and mass media (6 per cent).

I will accept your appologies now for calling me an "angry idealogue"

Whats with all the name calling in a difference of opinion??

I don't understand these pollsters sometimes. There are serious methodological limitations with online surveys. So much so that the samples cannot be considered random and it's impossible to determine a margin of error. While I would love to think that Harper is really distrusted, the accuracy of this poll's information in Canada and the US needs to be questioned.

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While I would love to think that Harper is really distrusted, the accuracy of this poll's information in Canada and the US needs to be questioned.

Nice catch. I didn`t see that. Online polling is notoriously inaccurate... however Nate Silver - the new nerd 'it boy' of the moment has shown that it was the online polls that were most accurate in this election. Not all of them - but some of them. Notably Google consumer surveys. It seems everybody uses Google, right ?

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121110/22470521008/maybe-internet-polls-arent-so-bad-after-all.shtml

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Nice catch. I didn`t see that. Online polling is notoriously inaccurate... however Nate Silver - the new nerd 'it boy' of the moment has shown that it was the online polls that were most accurate in this election. Not all of them - but some of them. Notably Google consumer surveys. It seems everybody uses Google, right ?

http://www.techdirt....after-all.shtml

It depends on their methodology. Some online polls can be accurate, but usually their methodology means that the sample isn't random. People in lower SES categories are less likely to vote, so an online poll may be more accurate in assessing voter outcomes simply because they ignore people that aren't likely to vote anyway.

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Seems this on-line poll is accurate! You cant pick-and-choose your Polls guys... Polls (ALL OF THEM) have shown over and over how poorly they perform... But Harper having 3x the trust over the Canadian Media seems like an "anomoly" that simply can not be overlooked.... and 16% vs 10% for the other parties??

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Hugo, Hugo, , Lets go hugo.

Toronto, like a roach motel in the middle of a pretty living room.

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Nice catch. I didn`t see that. Online polling is notoriously inaccurate... however Nate Silver - the new nerd 'it boy' of the moment has shown that it was the online polls that were most accurate in this election. Not all of them - but some of them. Notably Google consumer surveys. It seems everybody uses Google, right ?

http://www.techdirt....after-all.shtml

Check out Google's methodology.

http://www.google.co...=2&filter=&rw=1

They go to great lengths to account for sampling bias, which gives their online surveys more strength than others that aren't as systematic.

The measurement is only as good as the tape-measure.

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I don't mind the CBC and I think more Canadians watch it and besides that ALL network get money from Ottawa. If you don't like it, don't watch it like some Canadains do with SunTV.

Didn't you just start a thread asking where $5 billion was spent? Well $1 billion is spent on the CBC.. Keep thinking about those entitlements that you love and you'll figure out where the rest was spent.

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Where did this meme come from - is Sun Media running some BS to eliminate public broadcasting now? Sure, shut down the CBC and TVO here in Ontario, and let's end up in the same media mess the U.S. is in where all broadcasting aside from the fringes is run by corporate sponsors. I could agree with reforming the CBC...especially CBC television which runs in some nether world between being a public and a private broadcaster, but not shutting it down, that is just stupidity!

Anybody who believers exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.

-- Kenneth Boulding,

1973

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Where did this meme come from - is Sun Media running some BS to eliminate public broadcasting now?

The opening post was verbatim snipped from the Sun newspaper.

Sun media better hope to eliminate competition, its the only way they will ever survive, they are drowning in red ink (SNN) and have less eyeballs watching them than a blind mans convention.

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Who cares about Sun News? This thread is about CBC... A PUBLIC broadcaster. You lefties are so clueless that you think you can use Sun news as a red herring to distract from the CBC propaganda machine. If so few people watch Sun News then why do you keep bringing it up? Odds are most here complaining about CBC don't watch Sun news (I don't).

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Who cares about Sun News? This thread is about CBC

The opening post was verbatim what was printed in the Sun this morning,

Its all driven by the Sun, they dont like competition demolishing them at the ratings table.

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So, some people didn't like that story. ISn't it an overreaction to say the CBC should shut down ?

Yes, often when people see an article they don't like on CBC site - they scream for it to be shut down.

"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure."

- Mark Twain

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they skipped reporting a cenotaph getting vandalized

CBC did report on it.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/11/12/toronto-war-memorial-vandalized.html

The CBC said the video was an exclusive. But it actually wasn’t. Because the CBC called the military police to come watch the video

An "exclusive" is when other news organizations haven't reported on a story. Shouldn't ezra Levant know what an "exclusive" is? Shoddy reporting from a supposed journalist.

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No, ezra reported it first and nailed the CBC to the wall... They were forced to by real investigative reporting. Free and clear of motives.

The CBC would not have reported this without Ezra's scoop...

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I support the Middle.. I also support some unions Michael! I do not support the travesties that 2 Unions have commited on Students and taxpayers... OPSEU and the Teachers Union(s).

I dont support a few points that Harper stands for... But he has captured what i call the center.. Thats why he has the Majority..

no harper has a majority because of the FPTP electoral system ..an understanding of the simplest sort of math shows 39% of the popular is not capturing any part of the center other the extreme right of center...capturing center would mean the cpc has 60-70% of the popular vote and they are no where close to that...

“Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill

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It doesn't surprise me that the CBC wouldn't report it until forced.

However, it also wouldn't surprise me if it was a setup. Then the CBC would report it quick enough. That's probably what they were waiting for.

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The opening post was verbatim what was printed in the Sun this morning,

Its all driven by the Sun, they dont like competition demolishing them at the ratings table.

and Sun now wants to bundled on cable to save their butts....

“Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill

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no harper has a majority because of the FPTP electoral system ..an understanding of the simplest sort of math shows 39% of the popular is not capturing any part of the center other the extreme right of center...capturing center would mean the cpc has 60-70% of the popular vote and they are no where close to that...

An understanding of the simplest sort of math shows that fewer people wanted any of the alternatives.

Why would the centre be 60-70% of the vote? It could just be me.

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Oooooo.... Our crazy democratic system must be broke... Did anyone save the receipt? Where can I return my "democracy"? I sure hope the line is short...... Alot of people seem to be returning their"mulcairs" too.....

Go cry in your anti-democratic pool with the rest of the bottom feeding Koi....

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An understanding of the simplest sort of math shows that fewer people wanted any of the alternatives.

laugh.png ya 60.5% wanted anything BUT! the harper and the cpclaugh.png. ..math wasn't your best subject was itcool.png

“Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill

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