The feather-light touch
Yesterday, readers, we told you that “online newspaper polls are self-selecting and vulnerable to manipulation”. Here’s what that looks like in practice. Let’s crunch some numbers. Just over 24 hours ago, the National’s poll (which launched on Monday afternoon and is incredibly sloppily coded, allowing anyone to vote multiple times simply by refreshing the page) […]
Yesterday, readers, we told you that “online newspaper polls are self-selecting and vulnerable to manipulation”. Here’s what that looks like in practice. Let’s crunch some numbers. Just over 24 hours ago, the National’s poll (which launched on Monday afternoon and is incredibly sloppily coded, allowing anyone to vote multiple times simply by refreshing the page) […]
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