Monday, September 29, 2008

FOX Text-Message Poll Declares McCain Winner... Ten Minutes Into Debate?















According to Media Matters, a poll conducted by FOX News on Friday was not exactly, as Fox would say, "fair and balanced." Following the presidential debate on Friday, Hannity & Colmes co-host Hannity declared McCain the winner of the debate with 82% of votes in his favor (Or in his own words "82% are correct").

But here is what Hannity forgot to mention:

But during Fox News' broadcast of the presidential debate, an on-screen graphic invited viewers to vote on "who [they] thought won" the debate as early as 9:12 p.m. ET, 10 minutes after the candidates began responding to the moderator's questions.

Interestingly in 2007, Hannity dismissed text message polls as being silly. Apparently they are only valid when they work in his favor. Thank heavens FOX is "fair and balanced."

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