With Hillary and Bernie basically tied in Iowa and with Ted Cruz over Donald Trump, let’s take a look at some of Media Matters’ Eric Boehlert’s predictions from before the caucuses, shall we?
Here are some of his funniest, but wrong tweets:
ha. i like the part where, in its analysis of new Iowa polls, @thefix leaves out the ones showing Clinton leading; https://t.co/HUPwNkOTWg
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 12, 2016
There have been 5 Iowa polls in last wk: HRC leads in 3. but The Narrative….
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 14, 2016
correction: there have been 6 Iowa polls in the last week; Clinton leads in 4.
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 14, 2016
i have no idea who's going to win. my only Q: does press coverage this week reflect fact HRC's ahead in 4 of 6 Iowa polls?
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 14, 2016
Ted sees Iowa slipping away https://t.co/veapL1U2UF
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 17, 2016
538 gives Hillary 82% chance of winning Iowa. now compare that to last week's non-stop She's Doomed coverage https://t.co/EffyQzbCAk
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 17, 2016
can't make this up, just checked RCP: Clintons' lead in 26 of the last 28 Iowa polls–NYT coverage reflects that?? https://t.co/zdOJ5vIr1L
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 21, 2016
ha. 2 iowa polls out today; 1 has HRC up 9 pts, 1 has Sanders up 8 pts. guess which one the NYT did *not* report on? https://t.co/paH0ZmldJq
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 21, 2016
new Iowa poll today giving Clinton 20 pt lead will test my claim: press simply ignores Dem polls they don't like; https://t.co/x04Vka5wSK
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 22, 2016
in last 30 hrs there have been 4 Iowa polls; Clinton leads 3. **only** the Sanders poll treated as news. https://t.co/x04Vka5wSK #journalism
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 22, 2016
can't wait to read @NRO after Trump wins Iowa by 10, NH by 20
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 23, 2016
ha. gotta love the Fox News headline for new Iowa poll that shows Hillary +6 pic.twitter.com/LtpjlMQick
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 26, 2016
Once the results came in, then he liked the Sanders polls? With his earlier rants, shouldn’t he report all of the polls that had Hillary winning, too?
i mean c'mon @CNN. tripping over itself portraying tie as a Sanders victory when the last CNN Iowa poll had Sanders up 8 pts.
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) February 2, 2016
By Thursday, however, he was dissing the accuracy of that CNN poll:
(same CNN pollster that had Sanders winning Iowa by 8 pt) https://t.co/FZnPIvsX3S
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) February 5, 2016
CNN POLL: SANDERS +31 NH… https://t.co/kbjuuBfIvs
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) February 5, 2016
We’ll find out on Tuesday night!
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