Comments on: The Duality of Al Franken http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1035 BTC News: News, politics, opinion and satire Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:52:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ghassan http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1035/comment-page-1#comment-12306 Ghassan Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:51:34 +0000 http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/?p=1035#comment-12306 You are right. There was a poll, and I referred to its refutation, which Franken could have found easily using his much touted Lexis Nexis access. His omission of the poll's refutation is consistent with how he supports his views on the subject of Arabs and their opinions of Israel and the United States. Not that a more objective poll than the one referenced couldn't have concluded similar results, there isn't a reliable poll on the subject; therefore, Franken commits himself to parroting lies qualitatively similar to the ones he accused others of committing. You are right. There was a poll, and I referred to its refutation, which Franken could have found easily using his much touted Lexis Nexis access. His omission of the poll’s refutation is consistent with how he supports his views on the subject of Arabs and their opinions of Israel and the United States. Not that a more objective poll than the one referenced couldn’t have concluded similar results, there isn’t a reliable poll on the subject; therefore, Franken commits himself to parroting lies qualitatively similar to the ones he accused others of committing.

]]> By: starwheel http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1035/comment-page-1#comment-11717 starwheel Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:34:51 +0000 http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/?p=1035#comment-11717 Wait a second, was there or was there not a Gallup Poll of Islamic countries after 9/11? Answer: YES If there was, what were the results? "Many in Islamic world doubt Arabs behind 9/11" http://www.usatoday.com/news/sept11/2002/02/27/usat-poll.htm Where is Al Franken's lie here? Al Franken didn't lie. He even had a source for the paragraph. You are free to disagree with the results of the poll; however, Franken didn't publish the results. USA Today did. If the results weren't valid, then USA Today lied. Wait a second, was there or was there not a Gallup Poll of Islamic countries after 9/11?

Answer: YES

If there was, what were the results?

“Many in Islamic world doubt Arabs behind 9/11″
http://www.usatoday.com/news/sept11/2002/02/27/usat-poll.htm

Where is Al Franken’s lie here?

Al Franken didn’t lie. He even had a source for the paragraph.

You are free to disagree with the results of the poll; however, Franken didn’t publish the results. USA Today did.

If the results weren’t valid, then USA Today lied.

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