<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"><title>PJ Media</title><link>https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/04/23/mickey-cruel-to-the-punditocracy/feed/</link><description>PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:22:05 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>Mickey  cruel to the punditocracy</title><description>&lt;![CDATA[Have a heart, Mickey.  You may be right&amp;#8230; in fact, no doubt you are&amp;#8230;  when you describe exit polls in general as &amp;#8220;crappy&amp;#8221; and then have the temerity to ask the logical question: &amp;#8220;If the exit polls are this unreliable for press&amp;#8217; result-predicting purposes, why aren&amp;#8217;t they also unreliable for all the scholarly purposes they are supposedly put to? Garbage is garbage, no?&amp;#8221;]]&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:00:05 -0400</pubDate><creator xmlns="dc">&lt;![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]&gt;</creator><enclosure url="" type="image/jpeg" length="123" /><link>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2008/04/23/mickey-cruel-to-the-punditocracy-n215617</link></item></channel></rss>