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Tuesday 4 August 2009

The Guardian have a voting problem

The Guardian are running a poll to discover "the best TV show of the decade 2000-09?" and there are 40 programmes to choose from, these having been nominated by readers of the Guardian website. The Guardian's problem is that rather than 24 or The Wire or West Wing (good liberal programmes) looking like winners, there appears to be some sort of conspiracy because as of now only four programmes have more than 1% of the votes:
The West Wing - 4.1%
The Wire - 19.5%
QI - 24.6%
Top Gear - 47.5%

You'd need a heart of stone not to laugh at the fear and despondency at Guardian HQ at the thought of practically the only non right-on programme winning their poll. The results are meant to be announced on Thursday but The Guardian are now saying
"Monday 2pm: we are aware that there has been some *ahem* multiple voting and we are investigating how to eliminate this. In the meantime, please keep voting - legitimately"

So go and vote ONCE ONLY for Top Gear, I have and if enough people vote JUST ONCE it can still win. The thought of the look on the face of George Monbiot if his precious ecologically correct, climate change obsessed newspaper has to give an award to Top Gear may keep me chuckling all afternoon.

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