“9/11″ Zogby Poll Was Commissioned By Iran

[GaryC 7]

By now you have probably heard of the results of the recent Zogby poll (pdf file), which claims that 42% of Americans believe Bush either caused 9/11 or let it happen.

A new poll indicates that some 43 percent of Americans believe that Washington knew about the 9/11 attacks but did nothing to stop them.

According to the Press TV-Zogby International poll, 42.5 percent of the respondents believed that the Bush Administration knew about the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center but did nothing to prevent the attacks.

Only 37.5 percent of the respondents strongly disagreed with the idea and 4.5 percent neither agreed nor disagreed with it.

Among the members of the armed forces who participated in the poll nearly 44 percent said that the US government had known about the plans for 9/11 attacks with 37.2 strongly disagreeing with it.

The poll also indicates that a majority of Americans (56.3 percent), including the members of US armed forces, support the idea that the Bush Administration used the September 11 attacks as an excuse to push ahead with its own agenda, particularly in the Middle East and only 27.1 percent of respondents disagreed with it.

Some 1006 people across the US were questioned by pollsters and the margin of error was +/- 3.2.

But what you may not have realized is that the poll was “commissioned” by Press TV, which is owned and operated by the Iranian government.

From Wikipedia:

Press TV

PRESS TV is an English language international television news channel which is funded by the Iranian government, based in Tehran and broadcasts in English on a round-the-clock schedule. With 26 international correspondents and more than 400 staff around the world, its stated mission is to offer a different and unbiased view of the world events…

This work by Zogby on Iran’s behalf may even be illegal, since American businesses have been restricted from dealing with Iran (pdf file) because of its sponsorship of terrorism. Although some of these sanctions have been subsequently relaxed.

But even if the Iranian sponsorship of this poll wasn’t illegal it is highly questionable.

And of course one wonders what was the purpose of Iran commissioning such a poll at this time in the first place?

And how many polls have they commissioned previously?

http://www.sweetness-light.com/

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Iran may have commissioned the poll (i.e. hired Zogby to do it), but that doesn't change the results to the questions asked.

[WifeOHunkyJohn 2]

It does if you can't trust the source...

[Peikko 1,575]

I guess it somewhat depends on how unbiased Zogby really is, and how they worded their polls. Statistics can be manipulated as we all know. The fact that it is an Iranian source doesn't automatically negate it's unbiased status...the reality is probably nearer to "there is no such thing as an unbiased media source". Therefore, any statistical analysis should be viewed with some skepticism, but not necessarily summarily dismissed.

As for the reasoning behind the commissioning of the report...speculate as much as you want and the illegality? Who's going to prosecute whom?

Edited September 12, 2007 by Purple_Hibiscus

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It does if you can't trust the source...

Well Zogby would be the source - as in they devised the poll questions, selected the sample and conducted the poll (there are some samples of the questions asked in that link Gary posted).

Iran might have paid them do it (which is typically what is mean't by 'commissioning' something), and certainly the timing appears to be politically motivated, but the poll can really only be judged defined by the questions it asked and by how they picked their sample. Just because Iran indirectly financed Zogby to do the work, it doesn't automatically call into question the poll itself.

[Jasman0717 9]

Kind of sounds like Pearl Harbor

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But of course, when Exxon Mobil sponsors a research study in a legitimate university on the subject of energy use, the findings are automatically rejected because of the sponsor.

[GaryC 7]

But of course, when Exxon Mobil sponsors a research study in a legitimate university on the subject of energy use, the findings are automatically rejected because of the sponsor.

True

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

But of course, when Exxon Mobil sponsors a research study in a legitimate university on the subject of energy use, the findings are automatically rejected because of the sponsor.

Depends how 'independent' the research study was, and whether or not the conclusions were 'edited' by people not involved in the study - as happened with the Environmental Protection Agency.

[The_dip_sticks 0]

By now you have probably heard of the results of the recent Zogby poll (pdf file), which claims that 42% of Americans believe Bush either caused 9/11 or let it happen.

A new poll indicates that some 43 percent of Americans believe that Washington knew about the 9/11 attacks but did nothing to stop them.

According to the Press TV-Zogby International poll, 42.5 percent of the respondents believed that the Bush Administration knew about the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center but did nothing to prevent the attacks.

Only 37.5 percent of the respondents strongly disagreed with the idea and 4.5 percent neither agreed nor disagreed with it.

Among the members of the armed forces who participated in the poll nearly 44 percent said that the US government had known about the plans for 9/11 attacks with 37.2 strongly disagreeing with it.

The poll also indicates that a majority of Americans (56.3 percent), including the members of US armed forces, support the idea that the Bush Administration used the September 11 attacks as an excuse to push ahead with its own agenda, particularly in the Middle East and only 27.1 percent of respondents disagreed with it.

Some 1006 people across the US were questioned by pollsters and the margin of error was +/- 3.2.

But what you may not have realized is that the poll was “commissioned” by Press TV, which is owned and operated by the Iranian government.

From Wikipedia:

Press TV

PRESS TV is an English language international television news channel which is funded by the Iranian government, based in Tehran and broadcasts in English on a round-the-clock schedule. With 26 international correspondents and more than 400 staff around the world, its stated mission is to offer a different and unbiased view of the world events…

This work by Zogby on Iran’s behalf may even be illegal, since American businesses have been restricted from dealing with Iran (pdf file) because of its sponsorship of terrorism. Although some of these sanctions have been subsequently relaxed.

But even if the Iranian sponsorship of this poll wasn’t illegal it is highly questionable.

And of course one wonders what was the purpose of Iran commissioning such a poll at this time in the first place?

And how many polls have they commissioned previously?

http://www.sweetness-light.com/

I was sent this in my email. Worth a look

http://youtube.com/watch?v=C8YQvt-iGv4&amp...ted&search=

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BKgnHxLzRs8&amp...ted&search=