{"id":5100,"date":"2004-10-29T18:54:26","date_gmt":"2004-10-29T22:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/10\/29\/aai-says-pull-the-plug-on-the"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:17","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:17","slug":"aai-says-pull-the-plug-on-the-exit-polling-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/10\/29\/aai-says-pull-the-plug-on-the-exit-polling-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"aai says: pull the plug on the exit polling pool"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The American Antitrust Institute<\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT> is again calling for a breakup of the big-media joint venture that puts <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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all exit polling eggs in one basket.  Renamed Voter News Service Risks Another Failure<\/A><\/FONT> <\/STRONG><\/FONT>(Oct. 29, 2004)<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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\"off  “[O]n two previous occasions all the major media combined their exit polling operations <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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into one organization that had spectacular failures. Now they are doing it again, except that they have re-<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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named their joint operation the “National Election Pool.” The American Antitrust Institute reiterates <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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its call for competition in the exit polling market, and again urges the antirust enforcers to investigate <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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whether the cooperating media organizations <\/FONT>are violating the antitrust laws<\/FONT>.”<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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(See our post-election <\/FONT>update<\/FONT><\/A>.)<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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sitting on her eggs
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the chicken stares
at the man…
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 <\/FONT>Issa<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A>, translated by <\/FONT>David G.<\/FONT> <\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A>                                                                                                                 \"rooster<\/DIV>
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