Should one believe in accuracy of polls, most of them giving President Donald Trump a bad time? asks Grumpy Editor.
With a handle on that is the New York Post’s John Crudele who points out: “These are the same polls that said Hillary Clinton would be in the White House right now. Not only that, but they said Clinton would easily win the presidency.”
Crudele adds, “Pollsters must love these between-election polls because they can report anything and not be proved wrong. It’s when there is an election coming up that they really stick their necks out.”
And what about the media’s role in carrying out the findings?
Concludes Crudele: “The media, of course, are complicit in the pollsters’ scam. Without the press, the polls would go unnoticed.”
IN CASE YOUR FAVORITE NEWS OUTLETS MISSED THESE..
Now that’s pinpointing the action. A Fox News item, with a video of swinging fists, Saturday night mentions pro and anti Donald Trump forces fighting in California with no mention of exactly where in the third most extensive state --- with 163,696 square miles. (It was in Huntington Beach, in Orange County)…Despite a busy news day, Associated Press, in a "this is big news" report from Hanoi, manages to alert U.S. media that Vietnam’s aviation authority suspended three air traffic controllers, including one who fell asleep while on duty…Where is the beef? A New York Times report finds Americans ate 19 percent less beef from 2005 to 2014…The Hollywood Reporter agrees to pay $900,000 to freelancers as part of a settlement with a class action lawsuit…The Army will be welcoming thousands of new soldiers in coming months to fill gaps in tactical units’ combat readiness…Chris Roush, writing in Talking Biz News, reports a Women’s Media Center study shows female bylines at the Wall Street Journal dropped from 39.2 percent in 2015 to 34.3 percent in last year’s Sept. 1 to Nov. 30 period…Joining the cancellation crowd linked to next month’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner are Time and People magazines' annual pre-dinner celebrity-heavy social gathering…Kaiser Family Foundation reports in 24 of the nation’s 50 states at least half of the babies born in the latest year tally (2015) had births paid via Medicaid. Top three states: New Mexico, Arkansas and Louisiana...The Wall Street Journal reports median pay for CEOs of the 100 biggest U.S. companies rose nearly 7 percent last year to $11.5 million.
WalletHub, Washington, D.C. analysts compare all states and District of Columbia across 18 key metrics, with data ranging from share of STEM professionals to R&D spending per capita to average Internet speed to come up with the most and least innovative.
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Most Innovative States |
Least Innovative States |
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1 |
District of Columbia |
42 |
Maine |
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2 |
Maryland |
43 |
South Dakota |
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3 |
Massachusetts |
44 |
Iowa |
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4 |
California |
45 |
Tennessee |
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5 |
Colorado |
46 |
North Dakota |
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6 |
Washington |
47 |
Oklahoma |
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7 |
Virginia |
48 |
Kentucky |
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8 |
Utah |
49 |
Louisiana |
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9 |
Connecticut |
50 |
Mississippi |
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10 |
New Hampshire |
51 |
West Virginia |
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