DC: The New York Times is changing a voting data graphic that many readers claim led them to falsely believe then-candidate Donald Trump would lose the 2016 presidential election in a landslide.
TheNYT is working to avoid triggering panic attacks among people who felt the election needle duped them into believing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would easily win. The needle supposedly created confusion between real-life election data and flawed predictive polling.
“Until we get a sufficient sampling of early results to make that model meaningful, we won’t even surface the needle,” Managing Editor Joe Kahn told Vanity Fair’s Joe Pompeo Monday. There will now be two needles – one for the House and one for the Senate – and neither will be placed high up on the front page, he said. MORE
“The NYT is working to avoid triggering panic attacks…”
Yeah. THAT oughta work….it’s also known as OSTRICH HEAD IN THE SAND.
That’s a shame, I really enjoyed watching it in 2016.
In other news, the New York Times will also be censoring final scores of all Knicks, Nets, Mets and Jets games so as to avoid triggering New York sports fans. The Times sports page will now be devoted solely to the Yankees and women’s figure skating.
Fuckers can all ride the needle as far as I’m concerned…
They will cry anyway.
No Noooooo I’m looking forward to the crying.
Bunch a Pee-Pants Sniveling, Life’s not fair
cry babies.
Whatever, NYT. It’s not like it’s a fireworks barge.
What about my feelings? I love to see NYT readers cry.
Will there be violins with it?
Am I missing something here?
2 years after the prior election, and I still don’t know what the fcuk an ‘election needle’ is?
What fcukin planet is this?
Are we talking about a graph, or are we crocheting more pussy hats and banana hammocks?
What kind of millennial bullshit is this?
It’s a clock you fcuking retread! The big hand doesn’t say shit!
@ Old_Oaks – Note the day and time of the post below:
https://gizmodo.com/the-new-york-times-live-presidential-meter-is-fucking-w-1788732314
It was a glorious thing to watch that evening…
MAGA2016THANKGOD
KAG2020REGARDLESSOFWHATHAPPENSTONIGHT
Anniegirl November 6, 2018 at 3:39 pm
If the liberal demorats start a war, we should call it a “Snivel War”.