“After projecting a relatively easy victory for Hillary
Clinton with all the certainty of a calculus solution, news outlets like The
New York Times, The Huffington Post and the major networks scrambled to provide
candid answers.”[1] The
dynamics likely went beyond even candid answers from the media, with major
implications for how much reliance Americans should place on their
media-establishment for political information.
The full essay is at "Getting an Election So Wrong."
1. Jim
Rutenberg, “News
Outlets Wonder Where the Predictions Went Wrong,” The New York Times, November 9, 2016.