Fake News: Media Pushes Bogus Survey As Proof Trump Causes Bullying

Fake News,Donald Trump,Bullying,Media Bias

Posted on AllSides November 30, 2016

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Multiple U.S. media outlets are citing an online survey by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as proof Donald Trump’s election is causing a surge of bullying in schools. But the survey is flawed in several obvious ways, and shouldn’t be taken as proof of anything at all.

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