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null By James FreemanSept. 25, 2023 1:33 pm ET Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated PressPolling is not an exact science, if it’s even a science. But what are news consumers to make of media outlets that dismiss their own survey results? By an amazing coincidence, the Washington Post is questioning its own opinion research at a moment when it suggests good news for Donald Trump. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8Continue reading your article witha WSJ subscriptionSubscribe NowAlready a subscriber? Sign InAbout this articleBest of the Web Today“Best of the Web” highlights the most interesting and important stories of the day—often suggested by readers—and also features constructive media criticism and sometimes even poetry. It appears every weekday online. James FreemanJames Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and author of the weekday Best of the Web column. He is the co-author of "
Sept. 25, 2023 1:33 pm ET
Polling is not an exact science, if it’s even a science. But what are news consumers to make of media outlets that dismiss their own survey results? By an amazing coincidence, the Washington Post is questioning its own opinion research at a moment when it suggests good news for Donald Trump.
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James Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and author of the weekday Best of the Web column. He is the co-author of "Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi," recognized as a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Financial Times Business Book of the Month. He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and a host of "Deep Dive" on Fox Nation. Before joining the Journal in September 2007, James served as investor advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he encouraged the transformation of financial reporting technology to benefit individual investors. He is a graduate of Yale.
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