Media Culpa? The Press and the Election Result

Since Tuesday night, there has been a lot of handwringing about how the media, with all its fancy analytics, failed to foresee Donald Trump’s victory. The Times alone has published three articles on this theme, one of which ran under the headline “How Data Failed Us in Calling an Election.” On social media, Trump supporters have been mercilessly haranguing the press for getting it wrong.

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