Pollster Pleads Guilty to Making Up Results

[biscotti]

Pollster Pleads Guilty to Making Up Results
AP
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (Sept. 7) - The owner of DataUSA Inc., a company that conducted political polls for the campaigns of President Bush, Sen. Joe Lieberman and other candidates, pleaded guilty to fraud for making up survey and poll results.

Tracy Costin pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Costin, 46, faces a maximum of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 when she is sentenced Nov. 30.

As part of her plea agreement, Costin agreed to repay $82,732 to the unidentified clients for 11 jobs between June 2002 and May 2004. DataUSA is now known as Viewpoint USA.
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[William769]

1. Does this mean after years of total control

We are finally making progress with these bastards?

[peacetalksforall]

2. I'm sure the writer prioritized the clients that this pollster contracted

with. I'm sure there were more, but tarketing Bush, then Leiberman is interesting to read and may be justified if sequenced in dollar value of the contract. And as we can guess - paid by the RNC for both of them?

I don't follow polls. But ... Does anyone know of a list ranking pollsters by credibility and fairness from a Dem point of view? Divided as we are. Thanks to P-NACO-Fascists.

[Tom Joad]

3. He's not very popular in Conn. Nearly 75% of respondents wanted

him to maximum jail time in a new poll, conducted with 745 people in a random sample.

[bemildred]

4. Gee, who could have predicted this?

The "free enterprise" system at it's most basic.