Philadelphia Inquirer: When is a poll not really a poll? When it’s a “push poll” that aims to mold public opinion rather than just measure it — which is what several Comcast customers familiar with the technique believe the company has been doing in Philadelphia. The telephone survey’s service-related questions were said to move in questionable directions. “When the question was, ‘Do you think it’s a good thing that Comcast employs more than 8,000 people in the city of Philadelphia?’ how is someone supposed to respond?”