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iMediaEthics' latest PollCheck focuses on same-sex marriage.  See David Moore's report here and the methodology here.

iMediaEthics'  PollCheck, the first program launched with a mission to fact check media polls, has conducted its own poll to test what went wrong with the Gallup and Pew polls...Read more.

Fact-checking articles, newscasts and speeches has become an online cottage industry. But what about public opinion polls? Splashy majority opinion numbers create news and high-traffic headlines, but how do we know when, or if, the poll results are accurate? PollCheck, a new and unique project by iMediaEthics, conducts its own polls to fact-check the accuracy of headlined polls and their widely quoted media poll numbers...Read more.

New poll results are announced almost every day, in one media organization or another. Other polls are cited in all sorts of publications. Once you see a poll report, the name of the pollster should be included. You could then go to the site to find the exact question wording...Read more.

In order to evaluate the quality of polls, we need to find out a lot of information. The ten questions below, framed within the “Five Ws and One H” guideline for reporters (Who, What, When, Where, Why and How), provide a guide for obtaining needed information...Read more.

We are happy to announces the launch of our new Polling Center with PollChecks, PollSkeptic Reports, PollTalk Blog, Polling Resources, Dubious Polling Awards and more!  Visit the Polling Center

More Regulation of Fracking -- Two of Three Americans Favor It, Right? ...A Bloomberg article recently announced that, according to its latest poll, 65% of Americans favor tighter fracking regulations, more than three times greater than the 18% who favor less regulation. (Just 17% said they were unsure.) That’s an amazing figure when you think about it: Really, 83% of Americans have actually heard of fracking? That’s more than know the earth revolves around the sun!...Read more. 

 New iMediaEthics PollCheck Highlights Problems with Gun Control Polls. See the poll and its methodology.

David Moore, who fact checks media polls through iMediaEthics' PollCheck program and writes the PollTalk blog and PollSkeptic Report, will be appearing on MSNBC's Chris Hayes show on Oct. 14.

David Moore's latest blog post analyzes three conflicting polls on semi-automatic weapons in light of the Newtown, Connecticut shootings. Check it out.

Check out iMediaEthics' latest PollCheck, conducted after the Sandy Hook, Connecticut shootings, surveying the public on gun control laws.

Check out the fifth installment of David Moore's annual Dubious Polling Awards! Who was this year's lucky winner of awards like the It's Not Really Lying Award and the Wishing Won't Make it So Award. See the full awards list.

Check out David's latest blog about media polling on same-sex marriage.

Check out iMediaEthics' latest PollCheck. iMediaEthics surveyed 896 adults across the U.S. to ask about immigration reform.