Opinion | Why did the polls and those who report on them miss Trump’s appeal again?
The polls still aren’t performing as they should. The frequency and nature of the reporting on them don’t help matters.
The polls still aren’t performing as they should. The frequency and nature of the reporting on them don’t help matters.
Four media experts and analysts discuss how the press covered Trump in this election cycle and what to expect going forward
From election to election, it isn’t unusual or a sign of fraud for voters to shift support from one party to another or to choose not to vote
‘It would be a mistake for future campaigns to ignore or neglect podcasting as a vehicle for their candidates’
The election results underscore how disconnected and oversimplified media coverage of this community turned out to be
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Kelly McBride
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Kathy Lu
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Kate Cox
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Kerwin Speight
After winning a second term, Trump now seems emboldened to continue his assault on the media
In the end, it didn’t take all that long to declare that Donald Trump was returning to the White House
CNN’s John King and MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki, who showed viewers where the results were headed well before official numbers came in
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Tony Elkins
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Kelly McBride
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