Reply #57: Point 3. Screen shot. This has been verified.

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The screen shots and data capture was the miracle. The subsequent verification of the accuracy of the screen shots is very significant. The material TIA has been working with is not challenged as an accurate representation of the four exit polls at the given times. The real issue is getting Mitofsky and the network consortium which owns the data to open it up for further inspection. A number of questions could be answered that would sheet further light on the validity of the polls. Mitofsky refused Conyers request for this and was sent to the network consortium. They refused also. There are no valid arguments against doing this. There may be a political argument. It would further enhance the exit poll results, in all likelihood, which would undermine Bush legitimacy. After all, one of the consortium members, CBS, owned by Viacom, had it's Chairman, Sumner Redstone, a long time Democrat, reverse his position on Bush right after the Dan Rather ambush. The media is scared. The NYT hold on an explosive story mid October 2004 is another example. The truth can come out but it will take someone, a whistle blower, to release the data on these polls.

With regard to point 2, there was a vigorous debate on these polls on the Elections Forum and those with opposing views were not chased off. In fact they came, it would seem, to engage in the debate and did so at some length.