GOP-leaning political polling firm Rasmussen has turned into a purveyor of anti-vaccine propaganda (1 Viewer)

[Pyrite]

Column: This GOP-leaning political polling firm has turned into a purveyor of anti-vaccine propaganda

Rasmussen's polls used to be known for their pro-GOP bias. It has now moved on to pushing anti-vaccine nonsense

www.latimes.com

...But something has happened to Rasmussen in recent years. Not only have its results become more sharply partisan, favoring Republican and conservative politicians, but it also has increasingly promoted right-wing conspiracy theories on topics such as race relations, election results and — perhaps most troubling — COVID vaccines and COVID origins.

Earlier this month, Rasmussen tweeted the results of polls it conducted in June 2023 and last month, claiming to find that 1 in 5 Americans believe they know someone who died from a COVID vaccine.

There are many reasons to disregard any such poll asking people what they think about a scientifically validated fact — in this case, that the record shows overwhelmingly that the COVID vaccines widely used in the U.S. are safe and effective.

But Rasmussen has doubled down on its findings. In a series of tweets on June 9, it declared, first: “If the numbers implied by our COVID polling are correct, the vaccines killed more people worldwide than Jews killed in the Holocaust.”

Then it tweeted: “China lied. Fauci lied. People died.” And followed that with: “The government take over of medicine was as deadly as always predicted.”

In other words, Rassmussen has morphed from a quantifier of public opinion into a participant in the spread of noxious propaganda. It still tries to validate its results by claiming that they’re “relevant, timely and accurate,” citing its “track record.”

But that track record has been sprouting gray hairs. The most recent election polling cited by the web page documenting its track record is from 2010....

 

[Jessie C]

They have lost their credibility.​

538 drops Rasmussen Reports from its analysis​

Ad Fontes Media rates FiveThirtyEight in the Skews Left category of bias and as Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting in terms of reliability.
Reliability: 42.83
Bias: -6.35
Reliability scores for articles and shows are on a scale of 0-64. Scores above 40 are generally good; scores below 24 are generally problematic. Scores between 24-40 indicate a range of possibilities, with some sources falling there because they are heavy in opinion and analysis, and some because they have a high variation in reliability between articles.

 

[Pyrite]

They have lost their credibility.​

538 drops Rasmussen Reports from its analysis​

Ad Fontes Media rates FiveThirtyEight in the Skews Left category of bias and as Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting in terms of reliability.
Reliability: 42.83
Bias: -6.35
Reliability scores for articles and shows are on a scale of 0-64. Scores above 40 are generally good; scores below 24 are generally problematic. Scores between 24-40 indicate a range of possibilities, with some sources falling there because they are heavy in opinion and analysis, and some because they have a high variation in reliability between articles.

Thanks for this update re 538's dropping Rasmussen.

 

[CaughtInThe]

We can't stop them from killing themselves.

And we can't stop them from helping bad shit make comebacks.

Idiots.

 

[Jessie C]

Thanks for this update re 538's dropping Rasmussen.

You can read the exact reason's in the link below...just another reason to not trust polls.
Below is an excerpt from a great article.

And for more context, here's the final notice that 538 sent to Rasmussen:

My name is Elliott Morris, and I am the Editorial Director of Data Analytics at ABC News. I am responsible for our editorial analysis of polls, elections results and other data, including the output at ABC's FiveThirtyEight.

I am emailing you to send a final notice that FiveThirtyEight is considering formally banning Rasmussen Reports from its coverage.

For some reason I'm having trouble uploading this link. It's a Reddit response,

Go to fivethirtyeight
r/fivethirtyeight•4 mo. ago
PaddingtonBear2

538 drops Rasmussen Reports from its analysis​

Sorry if this link doesn't work...