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Author Moore, David W. (David William), 1940-

Title The opinion makers : an insider exposes the truth behind the polls / David W. Moore
Published Boston : Beacon Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 196 pages) : illustrations
Contents Iraq and the polls: The myth of war support -- Manufacturing public opinion -- Telling Americans what they think -- Inscrutable elections -- Misreading the public -- Damaging democracy -- Uncertain future -- A new direction
Summary Moore describes the questionable tactics pollsters use to create poll-driven news stories, and clearly spells out how urgent it is that we make polls deliver on their promise to monitor, not manipulate, the pulse of democracy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-181) and index
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Subject Public opinion -- United States
Election forecasting -- United States
Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States
Press and politics -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Election forecasting
Mass media -- Political aspects
Press and politics
Public opinion
Wahlverhalten
Wahlprognose
Öffentliche Meinung
Massenmedien
United States
USA
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780807096963
0807096962