[And despite how it sounds, know that this isn't a full-on rant and so it does belong *here* instead of on a Soapbox Saturday ... and, besides, I'm saving this particular Saturday for a comment or two about all this "pope and circumstance" going on ...]
So anyways ... let's talk numbers.
For instance, this screenshot from a program last night was accompanied by talking heads discussing the SURGE of those underneath the one unchanged at the top.
[In full disclosure, the one unchanged at the top considers this particular talking head a bimbo, but that's not germane to tonight's main point.]
Turns out that, if one checks the fine print, there's a MARGIN OF ERROR of 4.5 percentage points, which, means that the numbers in play can swing UP or DOWN 4.5 points .. which means that it is also possible that NO ONE. MOVED. ONE. SINGLE. BIT.
Surge. Sheesh. Give me a break. Let's play nice with numbers, folks, and stop talking just because you have to fill time on the damn 24 hour news cycle.
LET'S TALK NUMBERS:
http://www.robertniles.com/stats/margin.shtml
LIKE A DOG WITH A BONE, THIS GUY IS:
http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-megyn-kelly-fox-news-tweets-2015-9
HOW TO COPE WITH THE DAMN 24 HOUR NEWS CYCLE:
http://aplus.com/a/sanity-24-hour-news-cycle
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