• troed@fedia.io
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    1 month ago

    I’m sure New York Times made sure to poll few enough people to get what they wanted with their … checks article

    The margin of error in each state is between four and five percentage points.

    So, Statistics 101, which surely no journalist has ever taken, says we can’t say anything about anyone leading anyone else here.

    Ok then.

    • thesohoriots@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      The NYT has its place. NYT polls are crap. Political coverage? Crap. Timely news coverage? Crap. The occasional long-form piece about an obscure musicology journal with only about three dozen subscribers worldwide that’s experiencing some crazy infighting? Stellar.