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To: Ilaine who wrote (161385)3/21/2006 5:38:14 PM
From: MichaelSkyy  Respond to of 794015
 
It's just the MSM lying to us?

You betcha...IMO



To: Ilaine who wrote (161385)3/21/2006 7:09:35 PM
From: KLP  Respond to of 794015
 
Don't know, CB...BUT thought you'd be interested in this!!!!<gg> GALLUP POLLING DROPS CNN AFTER 'LOW RATINGS'; FULL MEMO REVEALED
Tue Mar 21 2006 19:01:37 ET

The GALLUP polling company has dropped CNN as its outlet for electronic distribution.

GALLUP, CNN and USA TODAY have been polling partners since 1992.

"CNN has far fewer viewers than it did in the past, and we feel that our brand was getting lost and diluted," GALLUP claimed in an internal memo, obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT.

CNN tells TVNEWSER.COM, which first reported the split: "We want to make it clear that the decision to not renew our polling arrangement had to do with GALLUP's desire to produce their own broadcasts and not about CNN viewership figures. In fact, GALLUP had negotiated with us for four months in an effort to extend the partnership."

The full GALLUP memo:

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