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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Rasmussen poll

LOL why even give that shit space in your article? Like its one of the worst! Even 538 gives it a poor grade (doesn't even make it to the top 275)

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/pollster-ratings/

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Because rawstory - like all ad-supported media - wants money. It’s a horse race bonanza.

Polls released in late July or early August have offered some . . .

It was published August 1. What “early August” poll are they referencing? Apparently one that happened within 12 hours of the story?

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 4 points 3 months ago

I love the "or" part. You're the goddamn "journalist" find out what the date was lol

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago

LoL i didn't catch that part, good call

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. The literal second a poll is released it's getting analyzed. Then it's weird to read about later the same day because the stories have to be written to make sense a year from now.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What do you doubt? That style guides force a past tense on news articles? Or that polls are pretty immediately getting analyzed when they're released?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That they’re written to make sense a year from now.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Oh yeah, that's a bit of an exaggeration.