There is a live controversy over who should be credited with the following quote:
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts.
Whomever first coined it, I fear that this little bit of wisdom is slowly being lost. We increasingly find ourselves in social situations where people feel entirely entitled to their own facts.
Case in point, we have the relatively recent and politically salient question of who “won” the Presidential debate last week. First, consider the reputable scientific polling on point:
Clinton was deemed the debate winner by 62% of voters who tuned in to watch, according to a CNN/ORC poll https://t.co/srRzoTjlHE pic.twitter.com/6KGHCaFmPO
— CNN (@CNN) September 27, 2016
By almost 2 to 1, Americans think that Hillary Clinton won the first presidential debate https://t.co/GxqHAeGPo4 pic.twitter.com/zH1o9lRWHn
— YouGov (@YouGov) September 27, 2016
JUST IN: In new @NBCNews poll, majority of voters say Clinton won the 1st presidential debate. https://t.co/8YvY9UFV9D pic.twitter.com/UdIrPHdhIG
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) September 28, 2016
Fox News poll confirms: Hillary Clinton won the debate in a landslide https://t.co/tvumDQM8cZ pic.twitter.com/tp9hCTqK3c
— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) September 30, 2016
That seems like a strong consensus, but we also have the non-random sampling done by websites unscrupulously and unscientifically surveying their self-selected readership. Someone with no love of sound polling methodology has already taken the trouble to gather those together:
Such a great honor. Final debate polls are in – and the MOVEMENT wins!#AmericaFirst #MAGA #ImWithYouhttps://t.co/3KWOl2ibaW pic.twitter.com/sfCEE3I5pF
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27, 2016
We are living in totally separate media bubbles these days. How surreal.
