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	Comments on: Times of Malta&#8217;s poll is going haywire &#8211; hadn&#8217;t they better get their people onto it?	</title>
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	<description>Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta.</description>
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		By: Mela darba.....		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mela darba.....]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 20:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I noticed that the same ridiculous surge happened a few minutes ago today in the poll regarding Dr Mallia.  And the poll is now changed.  

If this continues to happen all credibility in Times of Malta&#039;s polls will be lost and it would be better for the newspaper to stop them.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I noticed that the same ridiculous surge happened a few minutes ago today in the poll regarding Dr Mallia.  And the poll is now changed.  </p>
<p>If this continues to happen all credibility in Times of Malta&#8217;s polls will be lost and it would be better for the newspaper to stop them.</p>
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		By: Tabatha White		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tabatha White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 09:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/times-of-maltas-poll-is-going-haywire-hadnt-they-better-get-their-people-onto-it/#comment-2804462&quot;&gt;Tabatha White&lt;/a&gt;.

I&#039;m not talking about pro-Nationalist.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/times-of-maltas-poll-is-going-haywire-hadnt-they-better-get-their-people-onto-it/#comment-2804462">Tabatha White</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not talking about pro-Nationalist.</p>
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		By: Superman		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Superman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 20:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Because this poll is easily manipulated (clearing browsers, opening multiple tabs/windows, etc), it can&#039;t be taken as a scientifically accurate poll at all.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Because this poll is easily manipulated (clearing browsers, opening multiple tabs/windows, etc), it can&#8217;t be taken as a scientifically accurate poll at all.</p>
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		By: Superman		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Superman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 20:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/times-of-maltas-poll-is-going-haywire-hadnt-they-better-get-their-people-onto-it/#comment-2806008&quot;&gt;C Falzon&lt;/a&gt;.

Just clear your cookies. Then you can vote a second time.
Probably this can be repeated.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/times-of-maltas-poll-is-going-haywire-hadnt-they-better-get-their-people-onto-it/#comment-2806008">C Falzon</a>.</p>
<p>Just clear your cookies. Then you can vote a second time.<br />
Probably this can be repeated.</p>
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		By: bob-a-job		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bob-a-job]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 18:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/times-of-maltas-poll-is-going-haywire-hadnt-they-better-get-their-people-onto-it/#comment-2802140&quot;&gt;Edward&lt;/a&gt;.

Dhaka?

Dahka fil-wicc more likely.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/times-of-maltas-poll-is-going-haywire-hadnt-they-better-get-their-people-onto-it/#comment-2802140">Edward</a>.</p>
<p>Dhaka?</p>
<p>Dahka fil-wicc more likely.</p>
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		By: decimus		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[decimus]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 17:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The fact is that truth is being tampered with at the highest levels.  Truth is hidden, created, or deleted, depending on the circumstances.  It looks like it is becoming the modus operandi for the PL government.  It is as in the glory days of Stalin when his propagandists used to erase people from photographs, for similar reasons.  And not only from photographs.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The fact is that truth is being tampered with at the highest levels.  Truth is hidden, created, or deleted, depending on the circumstances.  It looks like it is becoming the modus operandi for the PL government.  It is as in the glory days of Stalin when his propagandists used to erase people from photographs, for similar reasons.  And not only from photographs.</p>
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		By: C Falzon		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[C Falzon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/times-of-maltas-poll-is-going-haywire-hadnt-they-better-get-their-people-onto-it/#comment-2802392&quot;&gt;bob-a-job&lt;/a&gt;.

I&#039;m guessing it will end up the same way.

From the outside it looks like a botnet attack as that is the only way to get that amount of different IPs in such a short time.  

However I do think it is far more likely to be an inside job which would typically be very easy for anyone who has access. That would not require any votes at all, not even fake ones.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/times-of-maltas-poll-is-going-haywire-hadnt-they-better-get-their-people-onto-it/#comment-2802392">bob-a-job</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m guessing it will end up the same way.</p>
<p>From the outside it looks like a botnet attack as that is the only way to get that amount of different IPs in such a short time.  </p>
<p>However I do think it is far more likely to be an inside job which would typically be very easy for anyone who has access. That would not require any votes at all, not even fake ones.</p>
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		By: David J Camilleri		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David J Camilleri]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/times-of-maltas-poll-is-going-haywire-hadnt-they-better-get-their-people-onto-it/#comment-2804021&quot;&gt;NGT&lt;/a&gt;.

I agree with you NGT, but it&#039;s not only that. Being curious I tried using four different browsers from my computer and I managed to vote four times, one vote on each browser. 

I even managed to vote another four times by opening the private windows for each browser. So that&#039;s eight votes. My conclusion is that I can never believe the Times of Malta polls and have my reservation on other polls too.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/times-of-maltas-poll-is-going-haywire-hadnt-they-better-get-their-people-onto-it/#comment-2804021">NGT</a>.</p>
<p>I agree with you NGT, but it&#8217;s not only that. Being curious I tried using four different browsers from my computer and I managed to vote four times, one vote on each browser. </p>
<p>I even managed to vote another four times by opening the private windows for each browser. So that&#8217;s eight votes. My conclusion is that I can never believe the Times of Malta polls and have my reservation on other polls too.</p>
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		By: jd		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jd]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 14:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have noticed this happening to. It is virtually impossible to get all those votes in such a very short time.

There is a way you can vote more than once but it is not possible to get that result is that short span of time.

The site has ether been hacked or it has been an internal job.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have noticed this happening to. It is virtually impossible to get all those votes in such a very short time.</p>
<p>There is a way you can vote more than once but it is not possible to get that result is that short span of time.</p>
<p>The site has ether been hacked or it has been an internal job.</p>
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		By: Crockett		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Crockett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 14:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/times-of-maltas-poll-is-going-haywire-hadnt-they-better-get-their-people-onto-it/#comment-2804462&quot;&gt;Tabatha White&lt;/a&gt;.

Let&#039;s not get too carried away by Times of Malta and the Strickland connection. The &#039;pre-Mabel&#039; Times was anything but pro-Nationalist. Things changed later, under her watch, when she had the foresight to realise the dangers of Mintoffianism.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/times-of-maltas-poll-is-going-haywire-hadnt-they-better-get-their-people-onto-it/#comment-2804462">Tabatha White</a>.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s not get too carried away by Times of Malta and the Strickland connection. The &#8216;pre-Mabel&#8217; Times was anything but pro-Nationalist. Things changed later, under her watch, when she had the foresight to realise the dangers of Mintoffianism.</p>
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