Pot...Kettle...Black

David Nitkin of the Sun gave us this gem today in an online Q&A:

Ron, Gaithersburg: Why has Duncan done better than O'Malley against Ehrlich in several recent independent polls (Rasmussen)? What else can this possibly suggest except that Duncan is the stronger candidate in any general election contest with Ehrlich?

Nitkin: Politicians like to say that the only poll that counts is the one taken on Election Day. The Sun does not widely publicize polls that we do not commission ourselves, because there is not a good way to verify the methodology and other factors -- such as the order of questions. The most recent Sun poll, conducted in November, had O'Malley ahead of Duncan in a primary, 42 percent to 23 percent, with 34 percent undecided.

Mind you, as we have documented before, it appears that the Sun poll, not the other polls, are the ones used flawed polling methodology. It is just fascinating to note that the newspaper that has issues commissioning accurate polls refuses to print independent poll results, particularly when those independent polls reflect poorly on Mayor O'Malley.