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How the mainstream media missed Trump’s momentum

Clip: 11/9/2016 | 8m 53s

Pollsters, pundits and many journalists seemed confident that Clinton would clinch the win

Pollsters, pundits and many journalists seemed confident that Hillary Clinton would clinch the win. Steve Deace of the Steve Deace Show, Margaret Sullivan of The Washington Post and Jim Rutenberg of The New York Times join Judy Woodruff and Hari Sreenivasan to discuss how the media failed to fully grasp the dynamics that propelled Donald Trump to the White House.

11/09/2016 | Rating NR

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