Gallup, the polling firm whose surveys on the attitudes of the American public are reported regularly by big media outlets like CNN and
USA Today wants to get in the media game itself. The firm
has launched a new "Gallup Poll on Demand" subscription package that includes news, as well as access to Gallup's search engine, election polling data and extensive public opinion analysis.
The
daily eight-minute video, featuring Editor in Chief Frank Newport in the alpha-anchor spotlight, illustrates, elucidates, and even prognosticates on Gallup's diverse and unbiased polling data.
"We really try to figure out what the world is thinking," says Gallup Poll CEO Jim Clifton, who adds that he is troubled by the quality of non-scientific and biased polls that the media--and the
public--are currently inundated with. "Going by a poll conducted by Lou Dobbs or Bill O'Reilly is senseless," says Clifton. "It's only a gimmick to engage their viewers." About one million users went
to the free portion of the Web site last month.