According to the random national poll released today by CNN, Hillary still holds a commanding 20-point-plus lead over Sanders amongst potential Democratic primary voters (56% to 33%). The CNN polling questions reflect an overall impression that Sanders, who gained much-needed visibility, saw a slight increase in almost every category, while Hillary remained uninspiring with her “likeability” score still mired below 50%.

But looking past the first few pages of the CNN results document shows that the poll itself is no more scientific or accurate than all of the online polls which were discounted by the mainstream media as biased or selective.

Of the 1,028 Americans contacted by phone after the debate to respond to the CNN poll questions, only 31% of respondents actually watched the debate, with another 31% saying that they neither watched the debate or hadn’t seen any coverage of it either.

In addition, almost two-thirds of those contacted to take the poll were reached via a landline, which is an even more narrow a demographic skew than those who vote for polls online.

Sadly, these numbers only point to the truth that Hillary Clinton is the overwhelming choice of older uninformed voters.  But the larger issue is that political pundits and their media overlords will continue to decry “new media” and any polling not done by calling people on their house phone between 7pm and 8pm, as somehow less valid than a digital poll.

All polling has a margin of error for a reason. But at some point the larger question must be asked…is CNN calling 1,000 people at home who mostly ignored the debate, an accurate way to find out who 200 million potential voters thought won the debate? And is the polling process even more selective and corrupt than the political process?

James Woods ( AKA – JamesFromTheInternet) is an independent journalist based in New York City who can be reached on twitter @JamesFTInternet or via email: jamesftinternet@gmail.com

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What happened afterward has been recounted hundreds of times since the Oregon shooting. But what you may have missed was how the mainstream media reacted to the news and their concern for “getting the scoop” was their first, last, and only objective on that day.

Approximately 30 minutes after the first 911 call was made to local police, a student on campus sent out two quick tweets while running from the area and looking for safety. That student, a local woman named “Kayla Marie” first tweeted “OMG there’s someone shooting on campus,” and then two minutes later “Students are running everywhere. Holy God.”

At this point, as producers searched for “victims” to sensationalize, a perfect example why people have so little respect for mainstream media outlets was put on display for anyone to see. Kayla was hit with a barrage of tweets from multiple people at every major news organization looking to score “an exclusive interview” to be the first to hit the airwaves with the images of a frightened girl who had just escaped death.

Below is an image of some of the responses she received to her message of a shooter.

Please note that this is just a small sample of the messages she received. We would like to have shown you the entire list, but Kayla Marie was forced to make her Twitter account private because there can be no privacy for people who have details about an extra-ordinary event in a world ruled by headline writers and mainstream media organizations who pay their bills peddling fear and grief.

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