Believing in Polls?

Why should the Zogby poll be taken on faith when he has a Democratic background? Should the fact that most polls are commissioned by and reported in liberal media such as the New York Times, LA Times and Newsweek not create some skepticism? Should people not ask themselves, does the person or group have something to gain by asking questions or sequencing questions in particular ways?

Many network and cable media polls are even done online where anyone can vote on the poll so they cannot say if more Republicans or more Democrats voted in their polls. Since very liberal media sites and very liberal papers and magazines take most of the polls, wouldn't it be more likely more Democrats vote in these polls? After all Republicans don't frequent liberal news sites. Of course, the same would ring true for conservative sites.

The way the media has been bashing George Bush and the Republican Party and even distorting news, why should their polls be taken at face value. Most major media outlets reported that the 9/11 commission report proved there were no ties between Saddam and Bin Laden when they, in fact, said there were ties. Should that not make one suspicious of their polls too? I called the LA Times and just asked a simple question, did they question the same number of Democrats and Republicans? They answered NO, they did not. More Democrats responded in their poll. But, he said it is not their job to tell the public that little fact.

Might one also suspect that the media cherry pick questions, only reporting bad ones for Bush, Republicans and conservatives and leave any positive results behind? So why should we believe these liberal polls? People should start questioning the accuracy of these polls. We need to ask hard questions instead of just accepting what we hear or read in the media. Asking questions is what good citizenship requires of every citizen, does it not?

Sandy H., Versailles, Indiana