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Edward Snowden unpopular at home, a hero abroad, poll finds
- higherpurpose 12y agoThat's what state-influenced media propaganda can buy you.
- RexRollman 12y agoThat's what happens when a country is mostly populated with people who are apathetic about their rights.
- drallison 12y agoThe post is based upon an ACLU Poll but does not link to the primary source--bad journalism IMHO. The details of how the question was posed can have a huge impact on the result. To evaluate the reliability of the poll you have to know the questions asked and the methodology. Even then it is a difficult task. Likewise, the method of choosing the sample to poll needs to be described in detail. Self-selected sample don't ever produce reliable results. Biased samples reflect their biases. Given the prevalence of weasel words about the Snowden awareness of the sample (a paean to journalistic accuracy), I suspect that none of those polled had any deep knowledge of what Snowden revealed and that the results reflect media evaluation rather than a reasoned opinion.