Exit Polls
One of the staples of media reports on the evening of Election Day is exit polls. These have been around for decades. Much has been said about broadcasting such info while the polls are still open in western states, but the practice continues.
Sundance over at CTH has addressed the issue of exit polling as part of a larger narrative on the presentation of election issues by the media. As usual, he lays out a very clear picture of just what the media try to do with exit polling narratives.
All exit polling is pushed by media in their effort to create a self-fulfilling prophecy. The election year media polling is already skewed with manipulated outcomes; they do the same thing with the exit polling, only they do it on election day in rapid succession. ...