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NYT Makes Changes To Election Needle So Readers Won’t Get Upset
Daily Caller News Foundation ^ | November 5, 2018 | Chris White

Posted on 11/06/2018 4:07:46 AM PST by kevcol

TheNYT’s needle initially showed Clinton with an 85 percent chance of victory, but then the needle began lurching toward Trump, one editor told Pompeo. “[Y]ou could tell who was watching, because they were the ones who started getting distraught … There were people crying in the newsroom that night,” the person said.

The change comes as poll numbers are increasingly tightening ahead of Tuesday’s midterm election. Democrats and Republicans are essentially tied in the roughly 30 House districts rated as toss-ups by the Cook Political Report, which relied on 10,000 interviews for its conclusion.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2018elections; mediabias; nytimes; trumpwinsagain
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1 posted on 11/06/2018 4:07:46 AM PST by kevcol
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To: kevcol

Cook is going to discover 10% of their sample lied to them. Shy Tories. And they have only themselves to blame for shouting us down.


2 posted on 11/06/2018 4:12:49 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: kevcol

All those wailing and crying over the result should be disqualified from voting. Voting is for adults, not crybabies.


3 posted on 11/06/2018 4:13:02 AM PST by I want the USA back (It's Ok To Be White. White Lives Matter. White Guilt is Socially Constructed)
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To: kevcol

Since the Left will be upset by any indication of non-Leftists winning anything, the NY Times will no longer report, or ever admit to the validity of, non-Leftists winning anything.


4 posted on 11/06/2018 4:14:03 AM PST by BeauBo
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To: kevcol

I’ve never seen that one before. It’s gorgeous! Thanks for posting it.


5 posted on 11/06/2018 4:15:26 AM PST by definitelynotaliberal (I believe it! He's alive! Sweet Jesus!)
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To: kevcol

TRANSLATION: We know Trump is going to crush us again.


6 posted on 11/06/2018 4:17:21 AM PST by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: kevcol

Good times, good times.

May they be repeated tonight.

7 posted on 11/06/2018 4:21:59 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Always believe women except: clinton rape, ellison assault, booker groping, ted kennedy murder)
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To: freedumb2003

LETS DO THIS! GOOD MORNING AMERICA! #MAGA


8 posted on 11/06/2018 4:25:57 AM PST by Republic Rocker
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To: kevcol
"What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you... and to hear the lamentation of their women!" - Conan

LOL..!!!

9 posted on 11/06/2018 4:26:17 AM PST by JesusIsLord
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To: I want the USA back

“There were people crying in the newsroom that night”

This is what you get when you raise kids in an environment where nobody loses and everybody get’s a participation trophy. I never realized what valuable life lessons all the athletic and other competitions I participated in as a kid were, heck I just thought I was just having fun. One of the most valuable ones was how to lose, losing is part of life and the most important part is how you handle it and respond. The snowflakes have earned their name.


10 posted on 11/06/2018 4:30:33 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: kevcol

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.


11 posted on 11/06/2018 4:32:11 AM PST by gasport (The dung beatle should be the symbol of the Democrat Party)
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One of the most priceless reactions to the NY Times needle on Election Night 2016 was the Young Turks. They began the evening as smug, arrogant pricks, confident in a Hillary win.

As the evening wore on and the needle moved from Hillary to Trump, they increasingly became vulgar, angry, and disbelieving.

Schadenfreude is a real thing! I recommend anyone needing a "pick-me-up" to venture over to YouTube and search for Young Turks Election 2016. You will love it.

Hoping we get more Schadenfreude videos after tonight!
12 posted on 11/06/2018 4:32:41 AM PST by Dan in Wichita
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-—“There were people crying in the newsroom that night”

This is what you get when you raise kids in an environment where nobody loses and everybody gets a participation trophy.——

It’s horribly embarrassing. You think Murrow cried when London was on fire? What a joke.


13 posted on 11/06/2018 4:35:19 AM PST by StoneRainbow68
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To: kevcol

Was this at Wellesly? That’s about as hoity-toity-lefty as it gets. JMOPI.


14 posted on 11/06/2018 4:40:32 AM PST by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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To: Dan in Wichita

It is the best video evah!


15 posted on 11/06/2018 4:41:17 AM PST by frogjerk (We are conservatives. Not libertarians, not "fiscal conservatives", not moderates)
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#Repeal_19


16 posted on 11/06/2018 4:41:35 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Tucker39

I noticed there’s not a dude in sight in that pic.


17 posted on 11/06/2018 4:43:36 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: kevcol

Lacking pearls, leftist women clutch noses


18 posted on 11/06/2018 4:44:21 AM PST by bert ((KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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as poll numbers are increasingly tightening ahead of Tuesday’s midterm election

Meaning that the lying fraud "news" Media liars have been lying about the poll numbers to influence the election, in collusion with the Democrat Party.

19 posted on 11/06/2018 4:46:44 AM PST by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: StoneRainbow68

These kids probably still don’t realize how their collective butts were saved.


20 posted on 11/06/2018 4:48:19 AM PST by V_TWIN
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