50. Trump, Biden and the Problem with Today’s Polls
The Sharyl Attkisson Podcast
Sharyl Attkisson
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2020
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Trump, Biden and the problem with today’s polls
Are we traveling down the same well-worn path when it comes to reporting on polls? And when it come to some infamous 2016 predictions: where are they now?
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| 1:22.4 | Today, I'm going to take you on a polling trip down |
| 1:27.0 | short-term memory lane. Ah, polling, one of my favorite topics. Remember we asked after the media got caught by such |
| 1:44.7 | surprise with a Trump win in 2016. We asked would the media self-correct next time? |
| 1:50.4 | Look at its polling in punditry and change for 2020, improve? |
| 1:56.1 | I guess we now have our answer. |
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