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Do Journalists Legitimize the Trump Presidency by Reporting Lies? The Case of “Fake” Polls

This is the sixth piece in a series of op-eds about polling in the 2016 presidential election. Read the previous piece here. John E. Newhagen is an associate professor emeritus at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism.  President Trump has cited post-election polls showing low