Some things just don't pass the "smell test"! Take for example the recent online poll (dated 6/29) which was conducted by CNL ("Cheap News LIVE") as a prime example.
Now here you have an online "news" organization which purports to receive a total of 40 votes from respondents on a poll that was left up for barely 24 hours. Respondents were asked to vote "YES" or "NO" to the question posed: "Should local (city and county) governments buy "legal ads" in online news outlets, too?" (Do ya think CNL has a vested interest in a positive response to this poll question?)
Now let me ask you this .... Have you wondered how this posting could possibly receive 40 responses when so many other CNL postings receive so few comments?
A little analysis based upon cold hard facts (as of 9:38 p.m., Wednesday, 6/30):
Total # postings surrounding the poll between 6/24 and 6/29 ........... 29
Total # comments (responses) received for these postings .............. 14
Average # comments (responses) received per posting ................... 0.48
So, you expect me to believe that this self-serving poll which was left open for only ~ 24 hours received 40 votes (responses) or about 83 times the response rate of the 29 postings immediately surrounding the poll?!
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Jimmy I think the Hankster and Neil Reed sure did a lot of voting! Thanks for the picture of Fred's buddy Clem...Cletus
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