Brit Broadcasters hail success of joint exit poll

[cyberpj]

Brit Broadcasters hail success of joint exit poll
John Plunkett
Friday May 6, 2005

BBC and ITV news chiefs were celebrating today after their first-ever joint exit poll proved remarkably accurate in predicting Tony Blair's sharply reduced majority.

"Frankly it was pretty staggering," said Sue Inglish, the BBC's head of political programmes. "For various reasons we have not been able to do it before but it was a real collaborative effort that paid off for all of us."

http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1478206,00.html

[MissWaverly]

1. Hey, wait a minute, why do exit polls work there not here????

BBC and ITV news chiefs were celebrating today after their first-ever joint exit poll proved remarkably accurate in predicting Tony Blair's sharply reduced majority.


Maybe we should let the BBC have a channel on free Tv here, we
could use some real reporters, and if they could throw in
a few accurate weather prognosticators, it would be heaven. Imagine
someone actually asking the president questions during a WH
press conference.

[aquart]

2. Because they actually count their actual votes.

[Blue Shark]

4. Yeah?...Us too...

...In the olden days.

[MissWaverly]

5. hey, we do too

one for me
two for me
three for me
1 for you, no wait a minute, 4 for me

[Spinzonner]

3. Well, the laws of statistics work differently over there