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...part, we in the media were made to look stupid by the same mechanisms we use to make ourselves seem smarter than we are. By midafternoon on Election Day, journalists receive exit-poll data, diced into a zillion demographic categories on whom people voted for and why. Networks use those figures to call states seconds after the polls close (and hint not so subtly at outcomes earlier in the day); print journalists use it to plan election coverage; we all use it to lord our insiderdom over less-well-connected pals. The monopolistic source of the data is the Voter...
...part, we in the media were made to look stupid by the same mechanisms we use to make ourselves seem smarter than we are. By midafternoon on Election Day, journalists receive exit-poll data, diced into a zillion demographic categories on whom people voted for and why. Networks use those figures to call states seconds after the polls close (and hint not so subtly at outcomes earlier in the day); print journalists use it to plan election coverage; we all use it to lord our insiderdom over less-well-connected pals. The monopolistic source of the data is the Voter...
Brill did not factor age into his studies, but most people say the young fare better in these settings. "They're young and hope to make a zillion bucks quick," says Cornell's Sims. "And they're more recently out of studying in student unions, where they're used to screening out distractions." For the not-so-young, the open office can be hellish, especially when it gives no quarter to basic needs like privacy and quiet...
...very sound team," Caples said. "We had a zillion different lineups in there and people are very versatile, so it came through. We have great athleticism out there and everyone played...
...anymore; an old comedian who no longer makes the country laugh; an old model who, well, really, can't do much else besides take some clothes off, and never really could; and a woman who's a guy. I had three thoughts: 1), Cheesiness with a zillion dollars behind it can be vastly entertaining; 2), this must be the weirdest parade to invade a stadium since Nero; and 3), the Aussies are in on the joke. Sure they are. I've never met a people who so love to laugh - at us, at rhythmic gymnastics, at themselves...