Election Punditry and other Fact Free Analysis
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Wednesday, November 7. 2012
Election Punditry and other Fact Free Analysis
xkcd cartoon on Obama victory statistics
The
xkcd
cartoon above says it all, re: my
earlier post
on the increasing trend towards "fact free analysis" in The Daily Meedja.
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