NYT MAKES CHANGES TO ELECTION NEEDLE SO READERS WON’T GET UPSET
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.
NYT Makes Changes To Election Needle So Readers Won’t Get Upset