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EPISODE · Jul 10, 2015

The Numbers Don't Lie, Except When They Do

from The Eyebrow (On the Media)

The media has been fixating on Donald Trump's surprising "surge" in the polls. But the real story, according to Bob, is more predictable: the media's sloppy and disingenuous use of polls to fill air time and manufacture conflict. Update: Here's a clarification on how we characterized "margin of error" erroneously in this segment. 

The media has been fixating on Donald Trump's surprising "surge" in the polls. But the real story, according to Bob, is more predictable: the media's sloppy and disingenuous use of polls to fill air time and manufacture conflict.

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