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The Donald, the media — and the misunderstandings

24 November 2016

7:27 AM

24 November 2016

7:27 AM

Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally In Warren, MichiganYou’ve really got to hand it to mainstream media commentators – often wrong but never in doubt.

Their spectacularly inaccurate predictions of the US election were based on severe misconceptions about voter sentiment. And now, despite years of portraying a very specific caricature of Trump supporters, seasoned political analysts have abandoned it in search for a new one.

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