• Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    54 to 46% is a crappy statistic to use “majority” for, but fine.

    More egregious is saying that “slightly more” Republicans found Trump’s trial unfair than Democrats.

    4% of Democrats found the trial unfair. 86% of Republicans found that trial on fair.

    82% is not a slight difference.

    He lost, they don’t need to inaccurately describe the results to make him lose more, it just makes it easier for journalism like this to be discredited. Even if the numbers are accurate, the descriptors are false.