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So much for elite opinion

9 November 2016

6:47 PM

9 November 2016

6:47 PM

dewey-defeats-truman-2On the morning of the American presidential election, The Australian, with all the massive North American and indeed worldwide resources of News Corp and by far Australia’s leading newspaper, made a confident and conclusive announcement about the presidential election on its front page.

They declared: “Hillary Clinton is poised to become the next US President after a late surge in support yesterday gave her what should be a winning lead,” adding that ”… the respected Real Clear Politics average of polls showed Mrs Clinton’s lead jump from 1.8

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