Via SFGate.com:
Anger expressed by MSNBC’s Chris Matthews about pre-election polls that pegged the Democratic primary wrong led to a fascinating exchange between him and NBC anchor emeritus Tom Brokaw shortly before the end of that network’s coverage Tuesday. Matthews suggested the polls’ methodology should be investigated.
“You know what I think we’re going to have to go back and do?” Brokaw said. “Wait for the voters to make their judgment.”
Responded Matthews: “What do we do then in the days before the balloting? We must stay home, I guess.”
“No, we don’t stay home,” Brokaw said. “There are reasons to analyze what they’re saying. We know from how people voted today, what moved them to vote. You can take a look at that. There are a lot of issues that have not been fully explored during all this. But we don’t have to get in the business of making judgments before the polls have closed and trying to stampede, in effect, the process.”
