Joshua Foust 🪖🎮: The claim that Biden “lost” the race because of a bad debate is still searching for evidence. The way such a claim has shaped news coverage monolithically is pointing at deeper, more structural flaws in the industry.

The claim that Biden “lost” the race because of a bad debate is still searching for evidence. The way such a claim has shaped news coverage monolithically is pointing at deeper, more structural flaws in the industry.

NEW: Biden has narrowed Trump’s lead in swing states despite a widely panned presidential debate performance, the Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll finds

Biden Narrows Gap With Trump in Swing States Despite Debate Losswww.bloomberg.com The incumbent trails his GOP rival by just 2 points across key states, a Bloomberg News/Morning Consult shows, even as three in 10 Democrats say he should leave the race.

Keeping all the pundits who got everything wrong since 9/11 on the payroll has had a noticable ripple effect

Haven’t there also been a bunch of polls since the debate that show Trump pulling further ahead though?

No. At best it was a few points but none have been outside the margin of error that I’m aware of. And the big NYT/Siena poll that claimed a bigger effect over sampled conservatives and had like a 6% MoE. If this was a real change in the electorate we would have been able to measure it conclusively.

I hope you’re right.

I honestly don’t know if I am, but neither do the people confidently declaring that a last minute swap will somehow fix things. This is a problem and artifact of elite groupthink, not heightened civic concern.

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