Amber Said:

Why are NEWSWEEK's political polls almost the exact opposite of every other political poll?

We Answered:

The $1 sale of Newsweek magazine to billionaire Sidney Harman, who is married to a member of Congress
, is raising questions about the struggling magazine’s new connections to partisan politics.

Harman, husband of California Democrat Rep. Jane Harman, has long financially supported Democratic candidates and has been associated with numerous center-left groups over the past decades. According to data collected by the Center for Responsive Politics, Harman has donated more than $150,000 to Democratic candidates and committees over the past twenty years. (He also gave $6,000 to independent Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman in 2005-2006, $4,600 to Maine Sen. Susan Collins and $2,000 to then-Colorado Rep. Scott McInnis in 2001, both Republican).

Harman has never been a man who simply lets his money do the talking. In the 1970s, he served under President Carter in the Commerce Department where he worked to impose barriers on foreign shoe manufacturers who wanted to enter the American market, according to a 2003 New York Times profile. Today, he is a trustee emeritus at the Carter Center and sits on the board of the Aspen Institute.

Harman, like most anyone involved in politics and media, is not without his critics.

In November, his wife will face a challenge to her long-held congressional seat. Her opponent, Republican Mattie Fein, sent an open letter to then-Newsweek editor Jon Meacham before the magazine deal was announced that warned that Harman’s wife could use her power in the House to quell certain stories. (Meacham has since resigned.)

“Harman would be likely to exert her ownership leverage to divert Newsweek’s investigative reporting away from government wrongdoing that could be politically embarrassing to her,” the July 8 letter read. “As managing editor of a preeminent news magazine, you are saddled with a special responsibility to keep Newsweek from a hijacking to advance Congresswoman Harman’s personal and political agenda.”

Brent Bozell, president of the conservative Media Research Center and long-time critic of the magazine, criticized the move, calling Newsweek a “dying magazine.”

“A left-winger pretending to be centrist sold it to another left-winger pretending to be centrist,” he said in a statement. “Newsweek is a dying magazine because no one wants to read their left-wing propaganda masquerading as ‘news.’ The $1 price tag, then, is probably just about right.”


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Jesse Said:

8/2/2010,Poll: Obama is trying to play political games by pulling some U.S. troops out of Iraq before midterm?

We Answered:

No, since he said at the beginning of his term that this is the month he was going to do it.

Read it here:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/o…
and here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/28/washin…
and here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con…

Yvonne Said:

Poll, will you vote democrat or republican in 2010 and do you think dems aré doing a good Job and list party?

We Answered:

neither i lkve in a multi party system, we have real chices and about 6 parties in power - - - our votes count - even for what americans call independants


you could have a fair system to - but argueing over red and blue all day wont achieve it

Lauren Said:

Do you trust political polls? Myself, it depends on who is polling and how they are doing it. Check out ...?

We Answered:

Quick story.
I lived in Hawaii during the gasoline shortages in the 1970's. The Leftist promoting news media sent reporters out to long lines (and they were easily 3 or 4 blocks long) at the few gas stations where gasoline was available, and asked those in line if they would rather wait in line or if they would rather have gasoline rationing.
Guess what the answer was and the conclusion made by the news station's editorial staff? I don't need to tell you.
I immediately thought: What if they asked "Would you rather wait in these lines or would you rather see the Congress of the USA stake steps to insure adequate supplies of gasoline?
The Media is all for anything that increases the Power and Control government has over our lives. They are also against anything that provides individuals the freedom to turn a profit by providing all of society with what they really want.
Polls are biased for a reason. Check on the motives of the questioner. It isn't only who you ask, but how you word the question. The techniques of how the survey was taken are essential when reporting the story.

Sean Said:

Why is Harry Reid leading his opponent? I thought the political climate was anti-incumbent?

We Answered:

to reiterate YOUR words....it is a statistical tie

and his opponent has said some pretty dumb things that reid has gotten a lot of mileage out of.

Tracy Said:

Which political party will you vote for on Thursday 6th May 2010?

We Answered:

,i will be voting for the bnp,,,,,to get rid of immigrants