NewsMax Simultaenously Polling On, Shilling For Coulter

JABBS

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Thu Jun-22-06 03:44 PM
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NewsMax Simultaenously Polling On, Shilling For Coulter

Newsmax, the conservative "news" site, is conducting "an urgent national online poll" regarding Ann Coulter and her new book, Godless: The Church of Liberalism.

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Amazingly, when you submit your answers, you are taken to this page, which features an advertisement allowing you to buy Godless for $4.99, or $23 below the retail price. You also get a free four-month trial subscription to NewsMax Magazine -- which you are then expected to renew and renew and renew.

Could you imagine the reaction from NewsMax or other "conservative media" if the New York Times or Washington Post were to publish a poll that was conducted with a tie-in to buy the product? How loudly would "conservative media" scream if, for example, a CBS News poll were conducted about President Bush's popularity, with participants able to receive a discount on Michael Moore's Farenheit 9/11?

Isn't what NewsMax is doing the very definition of "bias"?

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To read more about the NewsMax/Coulter tie-in, click here.

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Master Mahon

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Thu Jun-22-06 03:46 PM
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1. Guess how it got on the 'best seller list'???

it was being given away last week.

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JABBS

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Thu Jun-22-06 04:24 PM
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2. that point is made in the article

It's such a scam -- and it gives Rush and Sean a chance to artificially yelp how the liberal press doesn't understand how popular Coulter truly is. Just look at all those book sales!!!

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Up2Late

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Thu Jun-22-06 04:31 PM
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3. I don't think those are real polls, I'm fairly sure they are ads.

UPI has simmilar types of "polls" too.

You might find some like that at links at this link: <http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/>

Note: UPI NewsTrack is bogus, RW, re-edited to fit the RW agenda, "news."

I have about 3 layers of Ad Blockers on my computer, so I don't see any ads right now, but if I turned them off, I bet I would.

If you were just at Newsmax, I'd run a Spyware sweep if I were you. If you don't have Spyware removal program, let me know and I'll give you a few links.

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