Cohen says he paid to rig online polls at Trump’s direction

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Cohen says he paid to rig online polls at Trump’s direction

#1 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:30 am

Those who’ve spent a considerable amount of time online have come across websites that invite visitors to vote in online unscientific polls. They generally tell us very little about public attitudes, but people often like to register their opinions, and website operators often like to create ways to engage visitors, so they’re fairly common. Those who understand social-science research know to ignore the results.

Donald Trump is not one of those people. In fact, he’s complained more than once about the results of online unscientific polls that failed to make him look good.

With this in mind, the Wall Street Journal published a rather remarkable article this morning on Michael Cohen’s efforts – when he was Trump’s personal lawyer and “fixer” – to “rig online polls in his boss’s favor” before the 2016 elections.
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#2 Post by BackInTex » Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:56 pm

Is that better or worse than Donna Brazile giving Clinton the debate questions ahead of time?
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#3 Post by silverscreenselect » Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:34 pm

BackInTex wrote:Is that better or worse than Donna Brazile giving Clinton the debate questions ahead of time?
Try criminal fraud.
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#4 Post by flockofseagulls104 » Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:44 pm

Give me enough money and I'll vote in any online poll as many times as you want.
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#5 Post by BackInTex » Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:48 pm

silverscreenselect wrote:
BackInTex wrote:Is that better or worse than Donna Brazile giving Clinton the debate questions ahead of time?
Try criminal fraud.
For which one? Clinton's "unrehearsed" answers were fraud. I don't know about the criminality. Why would some online poll be more legally important than a presidential debate?
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#6 Post by silverscreenselect » Thu Jan 17, 2019 2:29 pm

flockofseagulls104 wrote:Give me enough money and I'll vote in any online poll as many times as you want.
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#7 Post by Bob78164 » Thu Jan 17, 2019 4:10 pm

silverscreenselect wrote:
BackInTex wrote:Is that better or worse than Donna Brazile giving Clinton the debate questions ahead of time?
Try criminal fraud.
I think you're overstating the significance of this particular incident. It's cheesy, but I can see ordinary politicians doing this. However, most of them would be embarrassed and hurt in the (real) polls when they got caught. Donny's supporters don't seem to care what he does. --Bob
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#8 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Jan 17, 2019 4:48 pm

BackInTex wrote:Is that better or worse than Donna Brazile giving Clinton the debate questions ahead of time?
You really do want to be the king of Whataboutistan.
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Re: Cohen says he paid to rig online polls at Trump’s direct

#9 Post by BackInTex » Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:00 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
BackInTex wrote:Is that better or worse than Donna Brazile giving Clinton the debate questions ahead of time?
You really do want to be the king of Whataboutistan.

I’ll take that as a “what Brazile did is worse”.
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