Research 2000

Research 2000 Chief Says Business Has Taken 'A Fatal Hit,' Promises 'Criminal Sanctions' For Kos

Justin Elliott | June 30, 2010, 10:09AM

Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos and Del Ali of Research 2000 (inset)

Research 2000 President Del Ali tells TPMmuckraker in an email that the explosive claim by Daily Kos Tuesday that the firm fabricated poll data has dealt a "fatal" blow to his business, and, "Several long time clients who believe in us have stated that even after we are cleared and criminal sanctions are imposed on Kos, that they can not do business with us due to perception."

It's not clear how Kos' accusing the firm of making up data would result in "criminal sanctions," but the charge is another sign of Ali amping up his pushback against Kos since the allegations were initially leveled.

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polling

Kos Lawyer On R2K: 'He Handed Daily Kos Fiction And Claimed It Was Fact'

Justin Elliott | June 29, 2010, 3:21PM

Markos Moulitsas

The lawyer for Daily Kos is not mincing words when it comes to accusing Research 2000 of outright fraud in its poll data.

"He handed Daily Kos fiction and claimed it was fact and got us to put our name on it," said Attorney Adam Bonin of R2K president Del Ali.

In an interview with TPMmuckraker, Bonin, of the firm Cozen O'Connor in Philadelphia, says he will file suit against Research 2000 in the next week in the Northern District of California, where Kos is based. The suit will allege "breach of contract, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and a number of other counts." It will seek damages for "the amount that was paid for this polling, and ... things like reputational harm and punitive damages." Ali and his attorney have forcefully denied the allegations.

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Del Ali

Research 2000 President: 'We Conducted EVERY Poll Properly' For Kos

Justin Elliott | June 29, 2010, 2:46PM

Research 2000 President Del Ali, responding to the allegation today by Daily Kos that his firm provided bogus poll data, tells TPMmuckraker in an email, "I will tell you unequivocally that we conducted EVERY poll properly for the Daily Kos."

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Daily Kos

Kos Alleges Top Pollster Provided Bogus Data, Will Sue

Justin Elliott | June 29, 2010, 2:09PM

Markos Moulitsas

Calling into question years worth of polls, Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas said today his site will sue pollster Research 2000 after a statistical analysis showed that R2K allegedly "fabricated or manipulated" poll data commissioned by Kos.

Two weeks ago, after Kos dropped R2K for inaccuracy, a group of three of what Kos calls "statistics wizards" began looking at some of the firm's data and found a number of "extreme anomalies" that they claim may be the result of some kind of randomizer.

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