[Simulacra]

Could this article be propaganda?

[Fellshard]

In a way. The thing to remember about polls is that they tell you about publicly expressed opinion - in a freer nation, this can be a good gauge. When your very well-being relies on you responding in 'the right ways' to public inquiry, however...

[hntrader]

Preference falsification, self-selection bias and sampling bias.

Three sources of bias in polling.

No problem in politically uncontroversial polls, but cryptonite otherwise.

[SkyMarshal]

More likely just run-of-the-mill journalistic statistics ignorance, which seems commonplace in US media these days, combined with deadline and story quota pressures.

[tinus_hn]

I love how you’re accusing a journalist of lying, as a defense of journalists being accused of lying. ‘Oh well, that’s just run-of-the-mill journalistic statistics ignorance’

[bobthepanda]

I don’t think it’s necessarily secret that since Craigslist traditional newsrooms have hemorrhaged money and staff.

Sometimes things are malicious, sometimes things are ignorant, and sometimes it’s a mix. Is trying to be more specific about causes a “defence”?