Tuesday, January 24, 2012

On consistent distortions

Of course, we shouldn't be spending too much time watching polls four years away from the next federal election campaign in the first place. But is it really too much to suggest that an eight point drop for the governing party and a near-total lack of movement get reflected in the headlines, rather than having two separate outlets put together equally-overwrought declarations that NDP movement within the margin of error is the end of the world?

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