Darth Acheron
David2074
Shama_okami
Because getting tenth out of seven billion is something to look down on.
Exactly what I was thinking.
The description of the survey methodology says it was an open ended write in question with the only stipulation being the person had to be alive. You me and OP apparently didn't make the list. Nor did (insert any of many, many thousands of famous people).
It also says their sample size was 13,895 people, via phone text and internet, and that they don't feel they were able to get a representative sample in all countries they polled.
I don't consider 14k people out of 7+ billion to be the end all be all of what the world thinks of Hillary or anyone else on the list.
As to the "why did Rush score higher than Hillary?" question.. it may be as simple as Rush talked about it on his show and encouraged folks to go to the survey and vote (presumably for him).
14K isn't much and I too would of liked to see a larger sample. He probably didn't, but considering how large his listening audience probably is, I think it would of resulted in a larger sample number. This still beats all the talk about the Golden Globes imho.
I'm not familiar with what you mean about the golden globes talk. Unless you just mean the general hype that goes on before them (or the other stuff like the Oscars) are decided.
I don't like or listen to Rush. He's such an a*****e that even when I've heard him say something I agree with he usually managed to say it in a way that annoyed me.
But the few times I have heard him (like at a friend's house) there were typically one or more instances of some version of "a loyal listener brought this to my attention..." So I thought he might have mentioned it.
I also think the list was likely influenced both by how famous the name is and by the context in which it is heard. I was a bit surprised Bill Gates topped the list. After all, a lot of folks love to hate on Microsoft and some of what Bill did in the early days is questionable. But then if you think about it it kind of makes sense. His name is hugely recognizable. When you do hear his name mentioned in the news it is usually something positive like how the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation donated (a ton of money) to (some cause). If it is negative news about Microsoft or licensing crap with Xbox1 it's the brand name you are hearing, not Bill Gate's name. Likewise Rush's name is highly recognizable and more likely to pop into someone's head in a 'fill in the blank' type of question. Hillary Clinton is a recognizable name but right or wrong it has been associated with some negative stuff. She was Secretary of State while some bad stuff was going down and first lady while her husband the president liked to get his c**k sucked by interns.
I'm not a huge Hillary fan but I think the article you posted is putting a very biased spin on things. It could have been along the lines of "Congratulations to these few dozen people who are the most admired in the world" instead of a "Hillary is a skank for being low in the top 30 out of 7 billion people". It's like they were trying to write in some drama to make the survey results more interesting but it comes across as low journalism.
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