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13th Annual Top Ten Dubious Polling Awards

Editor’s note: Every January, iMediaEthics’ polling director David W. Moore assembles the top ten “Dubious Polling” Awards for iMediaEthics. The tongue-in-cheek awards…

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The 2020 Election Polls Were Even Worse Than It Appears

In the days following the election, many pundits argued “the polls were wrong again and much of America wants to…

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Are Fears of “Red Mirage” Nightmare on Election Night Overblown? Probably…

In the past few weeks, numerous news articles have raised the specter of chaos and confusion on Election Night because…

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Did Professor Allan Lichtman correctly “predict” the winner of the 2016 presidential election? His own book says no. [Updated with response]

This month, American University Professor Allan Lichtman made his widely anticipated prediction of who would win the 2020 presidential election.…

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Abortion Polls: What They Do and Don’t Tell Us

The Supreme Court’s rejection of a Louisiana law that restricts access to abortion may have lobbed that issue into the…

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McLaughlin should apologize for Critique of NBC, ABC, and CNN Polls

Upset with polls showing him trailing presumptive Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden by double digits, President Trump released last…

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Why CNN’s poll on Biden, Trump & battleground states can’t be trusted

A new CNN poll reports Joe Biden leading Donald Trump nationally by five percentage points, but trailing Trump in the…

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BBC Wales uses picture of historic house in Ramadan report

BBC Wales used a photo of Brighton Pavilion with a news story on Ramadan, as if the building were a…

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Corrections: Kim Jong Un sources

1.The Daily NK, an English-language news site based in Seoul, South Korea, published a correction on a story about North…

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Australian news site wrongly claimed pregnant woman infected wedding guests with coronavirus

The Australian news site News.com.au reported a pregnant woman infected others with coronavirus at a wedding, when in fact she…

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