CNN tackles the problems with polls
Robin Garfield, SVP/Research & Scheduling at CNN, was in the catbird's seat as Donald Trump surprised Hillary Clinton - as well as most pollsters, forecasters, and analysts - to win last year's presidential election at a canter.
"Was it a polling fiasco?" asked Garfield - who joined the Time Warner-owned news network in 2009, after spells at Scripps Networks, MSNBC, and NBC - during a keynote session at The Media Insights & Engagement Conference 2017, an event held by KNect365 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Her unexpected answer: "Well, no, it really...