Summary
Donald Trump has sued pollster J. Ann Selzer and The Des Moines Register over a pre-election poll showing Kamala Harris leading in Iowa by three points, claiming it created a “false narrative of inevitability.”
Trump, who won the state by 13 points, alleges election interference but provides no evidence of wrongdoing.
Legal experts expect the case to fail, citing First Amendment protections. Critics argue the lawsuit is intended to burden media outlets financially.
Selzer has retired, and Gannett, the newspaper’s parent company, has defended the poll’s methodology as sound.
The DmR is such a weird target. It may be in a blue city but it panders to the red state. It spends most of its time sucking off the far right policies of iowa politicians and normalizing the tiny dicked, serial sex pest’s insane behavior.
He’s only choosing the DmR because Selzer is one of the most famous pollsters with one of the most accurate track records in the history of political prediction- and very widely regarded as such. He needs to make an example out of any resistance there might be to his upcoming reign, as well as use this as proof that the previous election was “manipulated” as justification for future election “”“reforms”“”.
What a childish sore winner. Contrary to popular belief polls don’t predict results, they represent a fleeting moment in time. Now fuck off, you won.
trump is a weak, pathetic idiot. I hope he sues me too.
Only Trump is allowed to say and do whatever the hell he wants with impunity.
I do hate Trump, but and bear with me here but maybe there’s actually some good that can come out of that. Maybe we’ll get more accurate polls. Maybe we’ll get a better understanding where people are actually at.
One can only hope.
The dipshit in orange is suing about a poll that (he claims) wasn’t accurate.
How is having more accurate polls not related?
Jesus Christ man, you want to throw out the first amendment over a bad poll? Seriously?
A little reading and comprehension goes a long way.
Where did I say I want to throw anything out? Where did I say I like this lawsuit? Where did I even imply that I want this lawsuit to continue?
The only thing I said was maybe something good can come of it. It’s called a thin silver lining.
Headline: Trump sues pollster
You: This could be good, maybe we’ll get better polls.
What did I miss?
This isn’t about polling, it’s extortion, he’s trying to get money. He’s going to keep doing this for the money
This lawsuit is strong arming for sure but you have a valid point.
As much as everything that Trump does sucks, if he ends up putting stricter regulations on news media against reporting unfounded claims, it’s going to be good in the long term. I can’t wait for the day that Fox News finds itself needing to report facts.
The balancing act will be accurate reporting vs the fear of reporting anything negative against a public figure. The latter will be a death blow to democracy.
if he ends up putting stricter regulations on news media against reporting unfounded claims, it’s going to be good in the long term.
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A face palm. How is it bad to tell media to report facts and not spread misinformation like they did to support Trump during his initial election? There were people literally asking the government to do something to stop the spread of misinformation (it was people on the left asking for that).
