People who visit the Yahoo! Political Dashboard likely do so under the assumption that Yahoo will present them with an objective look at the candidates and their numbers. Candidates such as Chris Dodd, Tom Tancredo, Mike Gravel, Duncan Hunter, Dennis Kucinich, and Ron Paul, however, apparently lack the importance to merit listings on the dashboard’s front page. Instead, users must click the hard-to-see “Other Candidates” link to see their data – even when sorting by other columns. (Example: Click the “money raised” column for the Republican candidates. The sort displays Huckabee as the 6th candidate with $2 million, although clicking the “other candidates” link reveals that Paul, Tancredo, and Hunter all have at least the same amount.)
Could it be possible that by failing to conspicuously display candidates’ data Yahoo may be attempting to influence public perceptions of the election? If Yahoo really wants to provide its users with such “key political indicators”, wouldn’t an accurate list of all the candidates in one place be a good starting point?
dawood82
December 16, 2007 at 3:58 pm
He is too – he just not a ‘leading candidate’.
click “Other Candidates”
phoephus
December 16, 2007 at 3:33 pm
“I’d like to buy a vowel Pat”.
puto
December 16, 2007 at 3:30 pm
The only thing that yaho is good for is to help china incarcerate journalists for decades for speaking their minds.
theshizzler
December 16, 2007 at 3:21 pm
I would like to nominate the Media, the U.S. Government, Communists, and the Screen Actors Guild of America
ncurses
December 16, 2007 at 3:19 pm
a massive conspiracy is the simplest explanation for this
ncurses
December 16, 2007 at 3:10 pm
yeah, but you’re a cave dwelling weirdo
cashman57
December 16, 2007 at 3:08 pm
I informed Yahoo and wrote that I will discontinue their service if the problem is not corrected and advised them to poll their customers about Ron Paul.
JoJoMoMo
December 16, 2007 at 2:57 pm
Ron Paul is the only candidate that is increasing in “Polls”, “Yahoo Buzz”, and “Prediction Markets”. Things are changing.
(click “other candidates” to see his profile)
IMJgalt
December 16, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Looks like the establishment is getting nervous.
mvlazysusan
December 16, 2007 at 2:35 pm
attempting to give a dam … dam given in .5 sec… action =polite comment to yahoo as to there reduction in value as news provider