Fake news: Media pushes bogus survey as proof Trump causes bullying
December 1, 2016 | BPR Wire | Print Article
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.
Even before Trump had secured the Republican nomination for president, SPLC was aggressively promoting the idea that a “Trump Effect” was causing a rise in bullying in American schools. The claim was even repeated by Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail. Now, in the wake of Trump’s victory, SPLC is doubling down on the idea, using a survey of American teachers in which it asks them what has been happening in their schools since Election Day.
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