Are Facebook polls automatically suspect? The Egyptian army doesn't want you to think so, no matter what you read:
the Supreme Council of Armed Forces had created a poll on their Facebook page to see how much support each of the expected candidates is having on the ground.
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[T]he newspaper's investigations... found out that a group of 10 to 15 youths, between the ages of 15 and 18 years, were hired by a lady who is said to be close to Soliman, and they were paid to sign up for Facebook and vote for him.
Once again, we return to the question of Facebook's status. Will people see it as a dubious place of multiply bad experiences, or will it float above the fearsome media tide?
(thanks to Ed "Cairo" Webb)
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