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  1. Aja says:

    That’s more than… no, wait.

  2. MRN ♂ says:

    Well, they did warn it was a non-scientific poll.

  3. Bait says:

    This is actually funnier than most of the stuff on GraphJam.

  4. Moon says:

    Wait… That seems quite unfair xD This one could be made in the white house rofl

  5. bewyrd says:

    u know, people keep talking about him getting nominated after being in office only 12 days and i realized something today…

    he did exist before taking office, right?

  6. czuhc says:

    Yes: 50%
    No: 50%
    Perhaps: 50%

    Attention! This is just an estimate!

  7. Not Economically Viable says:

    if x=50%, then 50%(50%)-50%=50%+50%. And I think the trains were moving at 50 mph and 40 mph, respectively.

  8. lenny says:

    fakez.

  9. Moon says:

    Hehe quite propagandic, that was the word i was looking for. Imagine how non-obamavoters feel about this, that must suck quite bad. I think i’m halfway through the mystery: It’s just half-finished, i guess xD

  10. Jay says:

    Have to agree on the fake part.
    It has clearly been altered.
    Even with crappy paint ^^

  11. justin says:

    This is called fair and balanced graphical representation in some circles. Ooh! Gotcha!

  12. Old Codger says:

    Charles Nelson Reilly is waaaay more Awesome.

  13. Roland of Gilead says:

    Looks like the bigger half is against it.. or?

  14. Moon says:

    Does a bear poo in the woods?

  15. colman says:

    At least it’s half right….

  16. Screen says:

    at first i thought this was a contribution from graph jam

  17. its me says:

    Matter of fact, he doesn’t deserve it. He hasn’t done THAT much since he’s president.

    • mostlyharmless says:

      He’s existed before he was president.

      He’s had quite a life. Nobel worthy? I don’t know. I mean, anyone can nominate you practically. Even Rush Limbaugh got nominated for the thing.

      • Jack Squat says:

        But the reason he was nominated was his outreach to foreign leaders in his campaign, and the promises he made. IIRC, a reason from it was that he “made it OK to hope again.” He basically got the award because he wasn’t Bush.

        In his credit though, when he gave his speech, he had that “Why the hell am I getting this?” look.

  18. Sherlock Holmes says:

    “Picture by: dunno source” – After tireless investigation involving the gray text at the bottom of the image, I believe the source to be The Washington Post.

  19. the lower one is all red and inflamed

  20. The Moomin says:

    Moominfail: Just accidentally drew on my face in green pen :(

  21. is it because he’s black?

  22. 5 eagles/high5/1finches/1fox/1cats/1vole/owl/caterpiller/1subway C.C.C. says:

    I don’t think President Obama should have received the Nobel Peace prize.
    They where a lot more deserving people then he. It looked like to me only he received it because he was the first black president.”Safety”
    Thats my 50% poll take on things.

  23. Spotter says:

    First of all if you look closely at this, the numbers have been erased and new numbers put in. Just look at the terrible attempt to erase the old numbers. Gee Wiz people!

  24. Sir Robin says:

    Double-fail!
    1) The obvious labeling problem with the poll display script.
    2) A majority of people think he actually deserved it. Ha ha! What a riot!

  25. JDispensa says:

    In case it was not here already – this is the source – no I did not upload it originally. Its an ongoing poll and it looks like it was not a doctored image – just a bad graph program Wash Post is using to display results. Still funny.

    http://views.washingtonpost.com/post-user-polls/2009/10/obamas-nobel-prize.html?hpid=talkbox1

  26. Scuba12 says:

    Yes! Big-time FAIL!!!

  27. wtf says:

    WTF?? US is more making Wars all around the world than peace!!!

  28. Brewski says:

    Was this poll on the Verizon website?

  29. Larry B. says:

    Here’s the link to the website… the results have now changed:

    http://views.washingtonpost.com/post-user-polls/2009/10/obamas-nobel-prize.html?hpid=talkbox1

  30. Dargus says:

    Non-Scientific, indeed.

  31. Steve says:

    Faked or not, it’s pretty easy to get a graph like that.

    No = 49.7%
    Yes = 50.3%

    Plot the x-axis between 49.6% and 50.4%, then truncate all numbers on the graph to zero decimal places. I can easily see some automatic graph generator choosing parameters like that.

    Voila.

    • ogrady says:

      Too much time on your hands?

    • ogrady says:

      I actually took the poll. If I’d known my vote would magically turn into 50%, I would have… Ok, I probably would have voted anyway.

      Popcorn! Peanuts! Nobel Prizes! Programs!

    • John says:

      Also, I think that the numbers were reversed. Wouldn’t it make more sense to make “no” red and “yes”?
      Also, the result for the Facebook poll was pretty much the opposite of this. I think the results were switched.

  32. Scott says:

    FAKE, FAKE, FAKE…like so many fails this days.

    Here’s the non-edited (REAL) version…

    http://views.washingtonpost.com/post-user-polls/2009/10/obamas-nobel-prize.html?hpid=talkbox1

  33. TrollBrigade says:

    damn. that clearly shows, that some of us are more equal than others

  34. Matt Scheaffer says:

    Move along. nothing to see here. We all support Dear Leader as this graph clearly shows. Move along. Don’t forget to pickup your welfare check.

  35. its photoshoped by the one any only republican with half a brain

  36. Munkir says:

    thats about right….i think ya its…ok no i get it…nope w8..

  37. Unit4 says:

    You’ve all got it wrong… It was clearly YES with extremely high values of 50% and NO with extremely low values of 50%. If it had been, say, 49.9% and 50.1% it may have rounded and then only displayed 50% for all the values, while it zoomed in on the difference to show detail. It would have been nice to show details though, people don’t like rounded numbers where I come from.
    Don’t you know that 2+2=5 with extremely high values of 2?

  38. Michael says:

    Does no one else see the OBVIOUS photoshopping of the numbers on the graph? I think it’s hilarious that people are photoshopping things to put on failblog. Seriously?!?

  39. jennifertilley says:

    Half of the people thinks he’s Jesus the other half think he’s the anti-christ.

  40. Bunny42 says:

    This is more of a Photoshop Fail.
    Thats why the red is pixelated behind the YES 50%

    • Um says:

      No, it’s not.

    • Spotter says:

      agreed. i understand the jpeg compression thing… but i can just tell that only the numbers and % sign were affected. Lame attempt at lulz. fail.

      • Satsumo says:

        It’s how JPEG works. It divides the image into 8×8 tiles, puts them through a DCT, quantizes the result then … well, never mind. Point is the number have that distortion around them in an 8×8 grid pattern, JPEG quantization error.

        I’d say you failed, except I think I fail for knowing _exactly_ how JPEG compression works.

    • John says:

      When saving a file in the JPG format, one of the most common formats, the pixels are not exact; the computer saves the pixels in groups and enlarges them, causing a JPG blur effect.

  41. Dr. F says:

    Damn right it’s not scientific.

  42. Obama's Momma says:

    Catching sarcasm fail.

    The graph failed DELIBERATELY!

  43. John says:

    The Facebook poll percentage was 17% yes, 79% no, 4% undecided.

  44. tristyjoy says:

    But the pink part is bigger! Who cares about the numbers…anyone who says the numbers matter is just a right-wing nut job….
    Wait, the numbers don’t add up…but…RACIST! The pink part is bigger!! Obama wins!!!

  45. Topher says:

    This is fake. There is extra saturation around the numbers.

  46. Josh says:

    Obama is FAIL!

    • Andrew Ong says:

      Wrong, sorry. Have a closer look at the polling graph – it is 100% MIXED-UP! Look at the horizontal axis – all 50%! Someone who has used the graphing program has to fix it up and use it properly!

  47. Eric Pires says:

    Fake.

    Look around the numbers: it’s a different color.

    • Andrew Ong says:

      Yes, the colors are different – but the figures are the same! The graph is all mixed up! So blame the graph, not Obama.

  48. Kaboom says:

    The person who made this must be obsessed with 50%.
    They must be from the neutral planet (kudos if you get the Futurama reference).
    And how do I feel about this chart?
    I have no strong feelings whatsoever.

    … The chart had changed since then; more people have obviously voted.

  49. UMad? says:

    Whats more fail is everyone missing the satire…

  50. Kurtis says:

    Obviously yet another attempt to sway opinion of the short attention span of today’s youth. This is not the first time, nor will it be the last.

  51. aaron m says:

    How did Obama win the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize??? I don’t understand that because the nobel peace prize of 2009 closed 12 days after he got inaugurated. He hasn’t done anything then…or at all

  52. Matt says:

    A whiny piece of trash political commentary that doesn’t belong on Fail Blog. Anyone still whining about this, when he’s the only one *I* see remotely trying to improve our world, can shut the hell up and bite my shiny metal a**. As for what he’s done: attempted to improve health care, shut down an illegal prison, helped in ending torture as a US policy, implemented the fair pay act, is attempting to further gay rights, and improved diplomacy around the globe. Just because Faux News tells you he’s done nothing doesn’t make it true. Try thinking for yourselves you ignorant bunch of racist hicks.

    • slaggingham says:

      Oh, look, a Obamazombie.

      *Shuffle shuffle* ” CHAAAAANGE! CHAAAAAAAAAAANGE!”

      Actually, he hasn’t done any of that. Gitmo is still open, the Bush-Era policies are almost totally still in place, gays still aren’t allowed in the military, and Obamacare will “improve” health care the same way my taking a dump on your front porch would “improve” your property values.

      And judging from your statements, neither education nor tolerance has improved, either.

      Try thinking for yourself, you drooling simpleton.

  53. Michael says:

    Definitely fake…

  54. Harold says:

    this is totally faked

  55. this graph must have come from the white house.

  56. rob says:

    just goes to show how liberal our society is

  57. slythwolf says:

    Subtle manipulation of statistics fail?

  58. jeff says:

    fake, someone thought they were funny

  59. zwabb0r says:

    so epic fail edited..

  60. Corey says:

    Photoshopped

  61. Lappy says:

    Must have been an american who counted that………….

  62. Julio Cesar says:

    FAAAAAAAAKE, Paint made.

  63. That editing sucks. Or is that the fail?

  64. sucktush says:

    GO Bama’

  65. Óli says:

    The real failure is giving a warlord a peace prize. The noble peace prize is worth nothing now.

  66. Llamaz Pwnz says:

    Sucktush this is my opinion…… NOBOMA

  67. arty says:

    Guess those are the legendary bigger and lesser halfs.


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