The other day, Brian Kilmeade stirred controversy on “Fox and Friends” — a show our president watches religiously — with harsh rhetoric about the migrant children currently being held in horrific, inhumane conditions at the southern border. “Like it or not, these aren’t our kids,” Kilmeade said. “Show them some […] Read more »
CNN debuts new polling standards as 2020 race heats up
Today, CNN is launching new standards for reporting on polling. These standards will serve to elevate research conducted by the most skilled pollsters and will make it easier for readers and viewers to understand what a poll says. The news is flooded with polls every election year. Those looking to […] Read more »
Confidence in Organized Religion Remains Low
Americans’ confidence in the church or organized religion continues to erode, with 36% now saying they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in organized religion, establishing another new low point in Gallup’s trend. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
No, Russian Twitter trolls didn’t demonstrably push Trump’s poll numbers higher
There will always be an audience for a particular type of story about the 2016 election — claims that Russia’s social media activity powered President Trump’s eventual victory. There is a sizable portion of the American public that believes Trump’s electoral-vote victory was illegitimate; some large percentage of that group […] Read more »
Russian Twitter propaganda predicted 2016 US election polls
Trump’s poll numbers went up after high levels of Russian troll activity, though Clinton’s didn’t go down. AP/Mary Altaffer, Chuck Burton Damian Ruck, University of Bristol When Robert Mueller completed his long-awaited investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, he left many questions unanswered. But one conclusion was […] Read more »
Fake news: source ratings and better user interface design help us see deception
Deception has been a long-running problem on the Internet, and it rose to global attention in 2016 with the Brexit referendum and the U.S. presidential election, when “fake news” was deliberately created and spread through social media as part of a disinformation campaign to influence voting. More than 50 per […] Read more »