Wednesday, May 2, 2012

When media polls become stupid. What does the average citizen know about what's being done to reduce jail overcrowding? I'm a lawyer, and as a result, I might have a better idea about jail stuff than your average joe, but I don't have any idea what, if anything, is being done about jail overcrowding. Hell - I don't even know if jails are overcrowded, even though the question presumes they are. Terrible, terrible direction in journalism: collecting and reporting ignorance.

http://saskatoon.ctv.ca/servlet/HTMLTemplate?Results&id=258142&pollid=258142&tf=ctvlocal/ctvNewsV2Sub.html&cf=ctvlocal/saskatchewan.cfg&hub=Saskatoon&subhub=VoteResult&poll_name=CTVNewsSaskSaskatoon